Job 9:27

Modern

If I were to say, ‘I will forget my complaint and change my expression and smile,’

Traditional

If I say, I will forget my complaint, I will leave off my heaviness, and comfort myself:

Literal

If I were to say, ‘I will forget my complaint, let me change my face and smile,’

Latin

Cum dixero: Nequaquam ita loquar: commuto faciem meam, et dolore torqueor.

Hebrew

English

If I were to say, ‘I will forget my complaint and change my expression and smile,’

Job answered Bildad by describing God's universal and legal power. His speech resembles a complex legal case.

It includes:

A summons and response (9:3, 14–16, 19b, 32).
The risk of proving himself guilty (9:20).
A "mediator" (9:33–34).
A question of accusation (9:12).
A legal sentence (9:22).
A declaration of guilt (9:28–30).

Job 7:13
When I think my bed will comfort me and my couch will ease my complaint,
Psalm 77:2–3
In the day of trouble I sought the Lord; through the night my outstretched hands did not grow weary; my soul refused to be comforted.
Jeremiah 8:18
My sorrow is beyond healing; my heart is faint within me.
Job 7:11
Therefore I will not restrain my mouth; I will speak in the anguish of my spirit; I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.