Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

“He will not allow me to get my breath,
But saturates me with bitterness.

King James Version

He will not suffer me to take my breath, but filleth me with bitterness.

Holman Bible

He doesn’t let me catch my breath
but soaks me with bitter experiences.

International Standard Version

He won't let me catch my breath; instead, he fills me with bitterness.

A Conservative Version

He will not allow me to take my breath, but fills me with bitterness.

American Standard Version

He will not suffer me to take my breath, But filleth me with bitterness.

Amplified


“He will not allow me to catch my breath,
But fills and saturates me with bitterness.

Bible in Basic English

He would not let me take my breath, but I would be full of bitter grief.

Darby Translation

He suffereth me not to take my breath, for he filleth me with bitternesses.

Julia Smith Translation

He will not give me to draw in my spirit, for he will fill me with bitterness.

King James 2000

He will not permit me to take my breath, but fills me with bitterness.

Lexham Expanded Bible

He will not allow me to {catch} my breath; rather, he will fill me with bitterness.

Modern King James verseion

who will not allow me to take my breath, but fills me with bitterness.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

He will not let my spirit be in rest, but filleth me with bitterness.

NET Bible

He does not allow me to recover my breath, for he fills me with bitterness.

New Heart English Bible

He will not allow me to catch my breath, but fills me with bitterness.

The Emphasized Bible

He would not suffer me to recover my breath, for he would surfeit me with bitter things.

Webster

He will not suffer me to take my breath, but filleth me with bitterness.

World English Bible

He will not allow me to catch my breath, but fills me with bitterness.

Youngs Literal Translation

He permitteth me not to refresh my spirit, But filleth me with bitter things.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
He will not suffer
נתן 
Nathan 
Usage: 2011

me to take
שׁוּב 
Shuwb 
Usage: 1058

my breath
רוּח 
Ruwach 
Usage: 378

but filleth
שׂבע שׂבע 
Saba` 
Usage: 98

Context Readings

Job's Third Speech: A Response To Bildad

17 He crushes me with a tempest. He multiplies my wounds without cause. 18 “He will not allow me to get my breath,
But saturates me with bitterness.
19 If I speak of strength and justice, he is strong! Who will appoint my day in court?

Cross References

Job 7:19

How long will you keep looking at me and let me alone till I swallow my spittle?

Job 3:20

Why is light given to those in misery, and life to the bitter in heart?

Job 27:2

As God lives, who has denied me justice, the Almighty? Who has made me taste bitterness?

Psalm 39:13

Look away from me so that I may smile again before I go away and am no more.

Psalm 88:7

Your rage lies heavily on me. You afflict me with all your waves.

Psalm 88:15-18

Ever since I was young, I have been suffering and near death. I have endured your terrors, and now I am in despair.

Lamentations 3:3

Truly against me his hand has been turned again and again all day long.

Lamentations 3:15

He has made my life nothing but pain. He gives me bitterness in full measure.

Lamentations 3:18-19

I said: My strength is cut off, and my hope from Jehovah.

Hebrews 12:11

Now no discipline for the present seems to be joyous. In fact it seems grievous! Nevertheless, afterward it yields the peaceable fruit of righteousness to those who have been trained.

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