Parallel Verses
International Standard Version
He won't let me catch my breath; instead, he fills me with bitterness.
New American Standard Bible
But saturates me with
King James Version
He will not suffer me to take my breath, but filleth me with bitterness.
Holman Bible
but soaks me with bitter experiences.
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
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Job 9:18
Verse Info
Context Readings
Job's Third Speech: A Response To Bildad
17 For he crushes me with a storm, and keeps on wounding me for no reason. 18 He won't let me catch my breath; instead, he fills me with bitterness. 19 "Is this a contest of strength? He is obviously stronger! Is this a matter of justice? Who can sue him?
Names
Cross References
Job 7:19
Why won't you look away from me? Why don't you leave me alone so I can swallow my saliva?
Job 3:20
"Why does God give light to the sufferer or life to the bitter person:
Job 27:2
"The living God has withheld justice from me; the Almighty has made my life bitter.
Psalm 39:13
Stop looking at me with chastisement, so I can smile again, before I depart and am no more. To the Director: A Davidic Psalm.
Psalm 88:7
Your anger lies heavily upon me; you pound me with all your waves. Interlude
Psalm 88:15-18
Since my youth I have been oppressed and in danger of death. I bear your dread and am overwhelmed.
Lamentations 3:3
He truly turned his hand against me, again and again, all day long.
Lamentations 3:15
He has filled me with bitterness, making me drink wormwood.
Lamentations 3:18-19
So I say, "My strength is gone as is my hope in the LORD."
Hebrews 12:11
No discipline seems pleasant at the time, but painful. Later on, however, for those who have been trained by it, it produces a harvest of righteousness and peace.