Parallel Verses

International Standard Version

Why won't you look away from me? Why don't you leave me alone so I can swallow my saliva?

New American Standard Bible

Will You never turn Your gaze away from me,
Nor let me alone until I swallow my spittle?

King James Version

How long wilt thou not depart from me, nor let me alone till I swallow down my spittle?

Holman Bible

Will You ever look away from me,
or leave me alone long enough to swallow?

A Conservative Version

How long will thou not look away from me, nor let me alone till I swallow down my spittle?

American Standard Version

How long wilt thou not look away from me, Nor let me alone till I swallow down my spittle?

Amplified


“Will You never turn Your gaze away from me [it plagues me],
Nor let me alone until I swallow my spittle?

Bible in Basic English

How long will it be before your eyes are turned away from me, so that I may have a minute's breathing-space?

Darby Translation

How long wilt thou not look away from me, nor let me alone till I swallow down my spittle?

Julia Smith Translation

How long wilt thou not look away from me? wilt thou not desist from me even to my swallowing down my spittle?

King James 2000

How long will you not look away from me, nor let me alone till I swallow down my spittle?

Lexham Expanded Bible

{How long} will you not turn away from me? [Or] not leave me alone until I swallow my spit?

Modern King James verseion

Until when will You look away from me, nor let me alone until I swallow down my spittle?

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Why goest thou not from me, nor lettest me alone, so long till I swallow down my spittle?

NET Bible

Will you never look away from me, will you not let me alone long enough to swallow my spittle?

New Heart English Bible

How long will you not look away from me, nor leave me alone until I swallow down my spittle?

The Emphasized Bible

How long wilt thou not look away from me? Wilt thou not let me alone, till I can swallow my spittle?

Webster

How long wilt thou not depart from me, nor let me alone till I swallow my spittle?

World English Bible

How long will you not look away from me, nor leave me alone until I swallow down my spittle?

Youngs Literal Translation

How long dost Thou not look from me? Thou dost not desist till I swallow my spittle.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
מה מ־ מ־ מה מה 
Mah 
Usage: 751

wilt thou not depart
שׁעה 
Sha`ah 
Usage: 15

from me, nor let me alone
רפה 
Raphah 
Usage: 46

בּלע 
Bala` 
Usage: 49

Context Readings

Don'T Forget!

18 visit him every morning, and test him continually? 19 Why won't you look away from me? Why don't you leave me alone so I can swallow my saliva? 20 So what if I sin? What have I done against you, you observer of humankind? Why have you made me your target? Why burden yourself with me?



Cross References

Job 9:18

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

Job 14:6

Look away from him and leave him alone, so he can enjoy his time, like a hired worker."

Psalm 6:3

And my soul is deeply distressed. But you, LORD, how long do I wait?

Psalm 13:1-3

How long? LORD, will you forget me forever? How long will you hide your face from me?

Psalm 94:3

How long will the wicked, LORD, how long will the wicked continue to triumph?

Revelation 6:10

They cried out in a loud voice, "Holy and true Sovereign, how long will it be before you judge and take revenge on those living on the earth who shed our blood?"

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