Parallel Verses
International Standard Version
"Will you get offended if somebody tries to talk to you? Who can keep from speaking at a time like this?
New American Standard Bible
But
King James Version
If we assay to commune with thee, wilt thou be grieved? but who can withhold himself from speaking?
Holman Bible
when you are exhausted?
Yet who can keep from speaking?
A Conservative Version
If a man tries to converse with thee, will thou be grieved? But who can withhold himself from speaking?
American Standard Version
If one assay to commune with thee, wilt thou be grieved? But who can withhold himself from speaking?
Amplified
“If we dare to converse with you, will you be impatient [or offended]?
But who can restrain himself from speaking?
Bible in Basic English
If one says a word, will it be a weariness to you? but who is able to keep from saying what is in his mind?
Darby Translation
If a word were essayed to thee, wouldest thou be grieved? But who can refrain from speaking?
Julia Smith Translation
Trying the word to thee shalt thou be weary? who shall be able to with hold in speaking?
King James 2000
If we venture to converse with you, will you be grieved? but who can withhold himself from speaking?
Lexham Expanded Bible
"[If] someone would test a word with you, would you be offended? But who can refrain from speaking?
Modern King James verseion
Shall one try a word with you, you who are weary? But who can hold back with words?
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
"If we begin to commune with thee, peradventure thou wilt be discontent; but who can withhold himself from speaking?
NET Bible
"If someone should attempt a word with you, will you be impatient? But who can refrain from speaking?
New Heart English Bible
"If someone ventures to talk with you, will you be grieved? But who can withhold himself from speaking?
The Emphasized Bible
If one attempt a word unto thee, wilt thou be impatient? But, to restrain speech, who, can endure?
Webster
If we essay to commune with thee, wilt thou be grieved? but who can refrain from speaking?
World English Bible
"If someone ventures to talk with you, will you be grieved? But who can withhold himself from speaking?
Youngs Literal Translation
Hath one tried a word with thee? -- Thou art weary! And to keep in words who is able?
Interlinear
Yakol
Word Count of 20 Translations in Job 4:2
Verse Info
Context Readings
Eliphaz's First Response To Job
1 In reply, Eliphaz from Teman answered: 2 "Will you get offended if somebody tries to talk to you? Who can keep from speaking at a time like this? 3 Look! You've admonished many people, and you've strengthened feeble hands.
Phrases
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Cross References
Job 32:18-20
because I'm filled with things to say, and my spirit within me compels me to speak.
Jeremiah 6:11
I'm full of the wrath of the LORD, and I'm tired of holding it back. Pour it out on the children in the street and on the groups of young men gathered together. Indeed, both husband and wife will be caught in it, the old and the very old.
Jeremiah 20:9
When I say, "I won't remember the LORD, nor will I speak in his name anymore, then there is this burning fire in my heart. It is bound up in my bones, I grow weary of trying to hold it in, and I cannot do it!
Acts 4:20
for we cannot stop talking about what we've seen and heard."
2 Corinthians 2:4-6
I wrote to you out of great sorrow and anguish of heart along with many tears not to make you sad but to let you know how much love I have for you.
2 Corinthians 7:8-10
If I made you sad with my letter, I do not regret it, although I did regret it then. I see that the letter caused you sorrow, though only for a while.