Parallel Verses

Holman Bible

I refuse to touch them;
they are like contaminated food.

New American Standard Bible

“My soul refuses to touch them;
They are like loathsome food to me.

King James Version

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

International Standard Version

I cannot bring myself to touch them; food like this makes me sick."

A Conservative Version

My soul refuses to touch [them]. They are as loathsome food to me.

American Standard Version

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

Amplified


“My soul refuses to touch them;
Such things are like loathsome food to me [sickening and repugnant].

Bible in Basic English

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

Darby Translation

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

Julia Smith Translation

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

King James 2000

The things that my soul refused to touch are as loathsome food to me.

Lexham Expanded Bible

{I refused} to touch [them]; they [are] like {food that will make me ill}.

Modern King James verseion

My soul refuses to touch them; they are sickening food to me.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

The things that sometime I might not away withal, are now my meat for very sorrow.

NET Bible

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

New Heart English Bible

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

The Emphasized Bible

My soul hath refused to touch, Those things, are like disease in my food.

Webster

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

World English Bible

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

Youngs Literal Translation

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

Topics

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
The things that my soul
נפשׁ 
Nephesh 
Usage: 753

מאן 
Ma'en 
Usage: 41

to touch
נגע 
Naga` 
Usage: 150

are as my sorrowful
דּוי 
D@vay 
Usage: 2

Verse Info

Context Readings

Job's Second Speech: A Response To Eliphaz

6 Is bland food eaten without salt?
Is there flavor in an egg white?
7 I refuse to touch them;
they are like contaminated food.
8 If only my request would be granted
and God would provide what I hope for:


Cross References

1 Kings 17:12

But she said, “As the Lord your God lives, I don’t have anything baked—only a handful of flour in the jar and a bit of oil in the jug. Just now, I am gathering a couple of sticks in order to go prepare it for myself and my son so we can eat it and die.”

1 Kings 22:27

and say, ‘This is what the king says: Put this guy in prison and feed him only bread and water until I come back safely.’”

Job 3:24

I sigh when food is put before me,
and my groans pour out like water.

Psalm 102:9

I eat ashes like bread
and mingle my drinks with tears

Ezekiel 4:14

But I said, “Oh, Lord God, I have never been defiled. From my youth until now I have not eaten anything that died naturally or was mauled by wild beasts. And impure meat has never entered my mouth.”

Ezekiel 4:16

Then He said to me, “Son of man, I am going to cut off the supply of bread in Jerusalem. They will anxiously eat bread rationed by weight and in dread drink water by measure.

Ezekiel 12:18-19

“Son of man, eat your bread with trembling and drink your water with shaking and anxiety.

Daniel 10:3

I didn’t eat any rich food, no meat or wine entered my mouth, and I didn’t put any oil on my body until the three weeks were over.

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