KJV King James Version
Then should I yet have comfort; yea, I would harden myself in sorrow: let him not spare; for I have not concealed the words of the Holy One.
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Job 6:10
Then should I yet have comfort; yea, I would harden myself in sorrow: let him not spare; for I have not concealed the words of the Holy One.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
It still brings me comfort, and joy through unrelenting pain, that I have not denied the words of the Holy One.
WEB World English Bible
Be it still my consolation, yes, let me exult in pain that doesn’t spare, that I have not denied the words of the Holy One.
ASV American Standard Version
And be it still my consolation, Yea, let me exult in pain that spareth not, That I have not denied the words of the Holy One.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And yet it is my comfort, (And I exult in pain—He doth not spare,) That I have not hidden The sayings of the Holy One.
Surrounding context — Job 6
7 The things [that] my soul refused to touch [are] as my sorrowful meat.
8 Oh that I might have my request; and that God would grant [me] the thing that I long for!
9 Even that it would please God to destroy me; that he would let loose his hand, and cut me off!
10 Then should I yet have comfort; yea, I would harden myself in sorrow: let him not spare; for I have not concealed the words of the Holy One.
11 What [is] my strength, that I should hope? and what [is] mine end, that I should prolong my life?
12 [Is] my strength the strength of stones? or [is] my flesh of brass?
13 [Is] not my help in me? and is wisdom driven quite from me?
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
וּ֥תְהִיH1961 · ha.yahto beע֨וֹד׀H5750 · odstillנֶ֘חָ֤מָתִ֗יH5165 · ne.cha.mahcomfortוַאֲסַלְּדָ֣הH5539 · sa.ladto rejoiceבְ֭חִילָהH2427 · chilagonyלֹ֣אH3808 · lonotיַחְמ֑וֹלH2550 · cha.malto spareכִּי־H3588 · kiforלֹ֥אH3808 · lonotכִ֝חַ֗דְתִּיH3582 · ka.chadto hideאִמְרֵ֥יH561 · e.merwordקָדֽוֹשׁ׃H6918 · qa.doshholy
Cross-references
Job 23:12Neither have I gone back from the commandment of his lips; I have esteemed the words of his mouth more than my necessary [food].Leviticus 19:2Speak unto all the congregation of the children of Israel, and say unto them, Ye shall be holy: for I the LORD your God [am] holy.Isaiah 57:15For thus saith the high and lofty One that inhabiteth eternity, whose name [is] Holy; I dwell in the high and holy [place], with him also [that is] of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite ones.Psalm 40:9-10I have preached righteousness in the great congregation: lo, I have not refrained my lips, O LORD, thou knowest.Psalm 71:17-18O God, thou hast taught me from my youth: and hitherto have I declared thy wondrous works.2 Peter 2:4-5For if God spared not the angels that sinned, but cast [them] down to hell, and delivered [them] into chains of darkness, to be reserved unto judgment;Acts 20:27For I have not shunned to declare unto you all the counsel of God.Habakkuk 1:12[Art] thou not from everlasting, O LORD my God, mine Holy One? we shall not die. O LORD, thou hast ordained them for judgment; and, O mighty God, thou hast established them for correction.Isaiah 30:11-12Get you out of the way, turn aside out of the path, cause the Holy One of Israel to cease from before us.Job 21:33The clods of the valley shall be sweet unto him, and every man shall draw after him, as [there are] innumerable before him.Job 9:4[He is] wise in heart, and mighty in strength: who hath hardened [himself] against him, and hath prospered?Romans 8:32He that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how shall he not with him also freely give us all things?1 Samuel 2:2[There is] none holy as the LORD: for [there is] none beside thee: neither [is there] any rock like our God.Acts 20:20[And] how I kept back nothing that was profitable [unto you], but have shewed you, and have taught you publickly, and from house to house,Revelation 4:8And the four beasts had each of them six wings about [him]; and [they were] full of eyes within: and they rest not day and night, saying, Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty, which was, and is, and is to come.Job 3:22Which rejoice exceedingly, [and] are glad, when they can find the grave?Psalm 119:13With my lips have I declared all the judgments of thy mouth.Deuteronomy 29:20The LORD will not spare him, but then the anger of the LORD and his jealousy shall smoke against that man, and all the curses that are written in this book shall lie upon him, and the LORD shall blot out his name from under heaven.
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