JOB 6:7 Parallel Verse View

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BrLXX Οὐ δύναται γὰρ παύσασθαί μου ἡ ὀργή· βρόμον γὰρ ὁρῶ τὰ σῖτά μου ὥσπερ ὀσμὴν λέοντος.
(Ou dunatai gar pausasthai mou haʸ orgaʸ; bromon gar horō ta sita mou hōsper osmaʸn leontos. )

BrTr For my wrath cannot cease; for I perceive my food as the smell of a lion to be loathsome.

UST But regarding food itself,
⇔  I actually do not want to eat at all,
⇔ because my troubles are making me too upset to eat.

OEB My soul refuseth to be at rest.

WEBBE My soul refuses to touch them.
⇔ They are as loathsome food to me.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET I have refused to touch such things;
⇔ they are like loathsome food to me.

LSV My soul is refusing to touch! They [are] as my sickening food.

FBV I just can't touch any food—even the thought makes me feel sick!

T4T Just like I do not want to eat food like that,
⇔ and I loathe/detests that kind of food [MET],
⇔ I do not appreciate what you have said to me.

LEB No LEB JOB book available

BBE My soul has no desire for such things, they are as disease in my food.

Moff No Moff JOB book available

JPS My soul refuseth to touch them; they are as the sickness of my flesh.

ASV My soul refuseth to touch them;
⇔ They are as loathsome food to me.

DRA The things which before my soul would not touch, now, through anguish are my meats.

YLT My soul is refusing to touch! They [are] as my sickening food.

Drby What my soul refuseth to touch, that is as my loathsome food.

RV My soul refuseth to touch them; they are as loathsome meat to me.

SLT My soul refused to touch these as the loathsomeness of my bread.

Wbstr The things that my soul refused to touch are as my sorrowful food.

KJB-1769 The things that my soul refused to touch are as my sorrowful meat.

KJB-1611 The things that my soule refused to touch, are as my sorrowfull meat.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation)

Bshps No Bshps JOB book available

Gnva Such things as my soule refused to touch, as were sorowes, are my meate.
(Such things as my soul refused to touch, as were sorrows, are my meat. )

Cvdl No Cvdl JOB book available

Wycl No Wycl JOB book available

Luth No Luth JOB book available

ClVg Quæ prius nolebat tangere anima mea, nunc, præ angustia, cibi mei sunt.[fn]
(Which first/before nolebat to_touch the_soul my, now, before distress, cibi my/mine are. )

6.7 Quæ prius nolebat tangere, id est, mala sæculi jam sunt dulces cibi præ amore cœli. Et cum hæc dulcia sint, Quis det ut veniat petitio mea?

6.7 Which first/before nolebat to_touch, id it_is, evil of_the_world already are dulces cibi before with_love cœli. And when/with these_things dulcia let_them_be, Who give as let_him_come petitio my?

RP-GNT No RP-GNT JOB book available

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / synecdoche

מֵאֲנָ֣ה & נַפְשִׁ֑⁠י

refuses & appetite_of,my

Job is using one part of himself, his soul, to mean all of him. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [I have refused]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / ellipsis

לִ⁠נְגּ֣וֹעַ

to,touch

Job is leaving out some of the words that in many languages a sentence would need in order to be complete. You can supply these words from the context if that would be clearer in your language. Job is moving from quoting a proverb that uses food as an illustration to talking about his actual food. Alternate translation: [to touch food]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

לִ⁠נְגּ֣וֹעַ

to,touch

In this context, the word touch means “eat.” If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [to eat food]

Note 4 topic: writing-pronouns

הֵ֝֗מָּה

they(emph)

The pronoun they refers to the troubles that Job has been experiencing. It may be helpful to clarify this for your readers. Alternate translation: [my troubles]

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / simile

כִּ⁠דְוֵ֥י לַחְמִֽ⁠י

like,loathsome_of food_of,me

The point of this comparison is that just as disease can make a person feel too badly to eat, so Job’s troubles are making him feel too badly to eat. If it would be helpful in your language, you could make this point explicitly. Alternate translation: [are making me feel too badly to eat, as if I were sick]

Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

לַחְמִֽ⁠י

food_of,me

Job is referring to eating by association with the food that people eat. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use an equivalent expression or express the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [when I eat]

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