Parallel Verses
King James Version
He will not suffer me to take my breath, but filleth me with bitterness.
New American Standard Bible
But saturates me with
Holman Bible
but soaks me with bitter experiences.
International Standard Version
He won't let me catch my breath; instead, he fills me with bitterness.
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 breaketh me with a tempest, and multiplieth my wounds without cause. 18 He will not suffer me to take my breath, but filleth me with bitterness. 19 If I speak of strength, lo, he is strong: and if of judgment, who shall set me a time to plead?
Names
Cross References
Job 7:19
How long wilt thou not depart from me, nor let me alone till I swallow down my spittle?
Job 3:20
Wherefore is light given to him that is in misery, and life unto the bitter in soul;
Job 27:2
As God liveth, who hath taken away my judgment; and the Almighty, who hath vexed my soul;
Psalm 39:13
O spare me, that I may recover strength, before I go hence, and be no more.
Psalm 88:7
Thy wrath lieth hard upon me, and thou hast afflicted me with all thy waves. Selah.
Psalm 88:15-18
I am afflicted and ready to die from my youth up: while I suffer thy terrors I am distracted.
Lamentations 3:3
Surely against me is he turned; he turneth his hand against me all the day.
Lamentations 3:15
He hath filled me with bitterness, he hath made me drunken with wormwood.
Lamentations 3:18-19
And I said, My strength and my hope is perished from the LORD:
Hebrews 12:11
Now no chastening for the present seemeth to be joyous, but grievous: nevertheless afterward it yieldeth the peaceable fruit of righteousness unto them which are exercised thereby.