"If I say, I will forget my complaint, I will leave off my heaviness, and comfort {myself}:" — Job 9:27

Job 9:27 · KJV

“If I say, I will forget my complaint, I will leave off my heaviness, and comfort {myself}:”

— Job 9:27

They are passed away as the swift ships: as the eagle {that} hasteth to the prey. {swift...: or, ships of Ebeh: Heb. ships of desire}

I am afraid of all my sorrows, I know that thou wilt not hold me innocent.

Job 9 — Context

Now my days are swifter than a post: they flee away, they see no good.

They are passed away as the swift ships: as the eagle {that} hasteth to the prey. {swift...: or, ships of Ebeh: Heb. ships of desire}

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

I am afraid of all my sorrows, I know that thou wilt not hold me innocent.

{If} I be wicked, why then labour I in vain?

Cross References

Job 7:13

When I say, My bed shall comfort me, my couch shall ease my complaint;

Jeremiah 8:18

{When} I would comfort myself against sorrow, my heart {is} faint in me. {in: Heb. upon}

Psalms 77:2-3

In the day of my trouble I sought the Lord: my sore ran in the night, and ceased not: my soul refused to be comforted. {sore: Heb. hand}

Job 7:11

Therefore I will not refrain my mouth; I will speak in the anguish of my spirit; I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.