Catholic Public Domain Version
"But what can I do? When I am speaking, my grief will not be quiet; and if I am quiet, it will not withdraw from me. "
— Job 16:7, Catholic Public Domain Version
“But now he hath made me weary: thou hast made desolate all my company.”
“But now he hath made me weary: Thou hast made desolate all my company. ”
“But now, God, you have surely worn me out. You have made desolate all my company.”
“Surely now he has worn me out, you have devastated my entire household.”
“But what shall I do? If I speak, my pain will not rest: and if I hold my peace, it will not depart from me.”
“But now he has overcome me with weariness and fear, and I am in the grip of all my trouble.”
“But now he hath made me weary: thou hast made desolate all my company.”
I, too, can speak like you; and I also wish that your soul favored my soul.
I would also comfort you with speeches and would wag my head over you.
I would strengthen you with my mouth, and would move my lips, as if being lenient to you.
But what can I do? When I am speaking, my grief will not be quiet; and if I am quiet, it will not withdraw from me.
But now my grief has crushed me, and all my limbs have been reduced to nothing.
My wrinkles bear witness against me, and a liar rises up against my face, contradicting me.
He has gathered together his fury towards me, and, threatening me, he has roared against me with his teeth; my enemy has beheld me with terrible eyes.