Job 9:27

American Standard Version (1901)

If I say, I will forget my complaint, I will put off my [sad] countenance, and be of good cheer;

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Referenced Verses

  • Job 7:13 : 13 When I say, My bed shall comfort me, My couch shall ease my complaint;
  • Ps 77:2-3 : 2 In the day of my trouble I sought the Lord: My hand was stretched out in the night, and slacked not; My soul refused to be comforted. 3 I remember God, and am disquieted: I complain, and my spirit is overwhelmed. {{Selah
  • Jer 8:18 : 18 Oh that I could comfort myself against sorrow! my heart is faint within me.
  • Job 7:11 : 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.

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    1My soul is weary of my life; I will give free course to my complaint; I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.

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    9Even that it would please God to crush me; That he would let loose his hand, and cut me off!

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    18Oh that I could comfort myself against sorrow! my heart is faint within me.

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    11Therefore I will not refrain my mouth; I will speak in the anguish of my spirit; I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.

    12Am I a sea, or a sea-monster, That thou settest a watch over me?

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    17And thou hast removed my soul far off from peace; I forgat prosperity.

  • Job 21:4
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    4As for me, is my complaint to man? And why should I not be impatient?

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    14If I sin, then thou markest me, And thou wilt not acquit me from mine iniquity.

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    15What shall I say? he hath both spoken unto me, and himself hath done it: I shall go softly all my years because of the bitterness of my soul.

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    9I will say unto God my rock, Why hast thou forgotten me? Why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?

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    13Hold your peace, let me alone, that I may speak; And let come on me what will.

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  • Job 9:18-19
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    18He will not suffer me to take my breath, But filleth me with bitterness.

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