Job 6:7

Job Replies: My Complaint Is Just · Job 6:1–30
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Translations

Modern
My soul refuses to touch them; they are loathsome food to me.
Traditional
The things that my soul refused to touch are as my sorrowful meat.
Literal
My soul refuses to touch them; they are are like disease in my food.
Latin
Quæ prius nolebat tangere anima mea, nunc, præ angustia, cibi mei sunt.

Original

Hebrew
English
My soul refuses to touch them; they are loathsome food to me.

Notes

Job responds by criticizing his counselors and questioning God (chapters 6 and 7). He explains his intense words by indicating his deep "grief" or "anguish" (6:2–3; 7:11). Job states that Eliphaz has not provided comfort or sympathy as a friend. Instead, Eliphaz chose to argue about out of date religious or theological ideas.

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