Job 6:7

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

My soul refuseth to touch [them]; They are as loathsome food to me.

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Formal EquivalenceSource: American Standard VersionBest for: Word studies and original-language research

🎯 Translation Approach

A highly literal, word-for-word translation (ASV, 1901) augmented with Strong's numbering to connect English words to underlying Hebrew and Greek terms for study.

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💎 Distinctive Features

Integrated Strong's numbering: Links English terms to underlying Hebrew and Greek words for deeper lexical study.
Formal equivalence: Prioritizes close alignment with source-language forms and structures.
Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
Study-focused formatting: Optimized for reference and research rather than casual reading.

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High fidelity to original languages
Includes Strong's numbers for precise word study
Consistent lexical choices aid exegesis
Stable, longstanding scholarly text

⚠️ Considerations

Archaic language reduces readability
Older textual basis compared to some modern translations
Strong's numbers are a concordance index, not full lexical definitions

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Referenced Verses

1 Kgs 17:12 : 12 And she said, As Jehovah thy God liveth, I have not a cake, but a handful of meal in the jar, and a little oil in the cruse: and, behold, I am gathering two sticks, that I may go in and dress it for me and my son, that we may eat it, and die.
1 Kgs 22:27 : 27 and say, Thus saith the king, Put this fellow in the prison, and feed him with bread of affliction and with water of affliction, until I come in peace.
Job 3:24 : 24 For my sighing cometh before I eat, And my groanings are poured out like water.
Ps 102:9 : 9 For I have eaten ashes like bread, And mingled my drink with weeping,
Ezek 4:14 : 14 Then said I, Ah Lord Jehovah! behold, my soul hath not been polluted; for from my youth up even till now have I not eaten of that which dieth of itself, or is torn of beasts; neither came there abominable flesh into my mouth.
Ezek 4:16 : 16 Moreover he said unto me, Son of man, behold, I will break the staff of bread in Jerusalem: and they shall eat bread by weight, and with fearfulness; and they shall drink water by measure, and in dismay:
Ezek 12:18-19 : 18 Son of man, eat thy bread with quaking, and drink thy water with trembling and with fearfulness; 19 and say unto the people of the land, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah concerning the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and the land of Israel: They shall eat their bread with fearfulness, and drink their water in dismay, that her land may be desolate, [and despoiled] of all that is therein, because of the violence of all them that dwell therein.
Dan 10:3 : 3 I ate no pleasant bread, neither came flesh nor wine into my mouth, neither did I anoint myself at all, till three whole weeks were fulfilled.

Similar Verses (AI)

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Job 33:20-21
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20So that his life abhorreth bread, And his soul dainty food.
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6Can that which hath no savor be eaten without salt? Or is there any taste in the white of an egg?
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18Their soul abhorreth all manner of food; And they draw near unto the gates of death.
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8Oh that I might have my request; And that God would grant [me] the thing that I long for!
9Even that it would please God to crush me; That he would let loose his hand, and cut me off!
10And be it still my consolation, Yea, let me exult in pain that spareth not, That I have not denied the words of the Holy One.
Prov 27:7
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7The full soul loatheth a honeycomb; But to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet.
Ezek 4:14
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14Then said I, Ah Lord Jehovah! behold, my soul hath not been polluted; for from my youth up even till now have I not eaten of that which dieth of itself, or is torn of beasts; neither came there abominable flesh into my mouth.
Job 7:5
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5My flesh is clothed with worms and clods of dust; My skin closeth up, and breaketh out afresh.
Ps 102:9
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9For I have eaten ashes like bread, And mingled my drink with weeping,
Ps 102:4-5
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4My heart is smitten like grass, and withered; For I forget to eat my bread.
5By reason of the voice of my groaning My bones cleave to my flesh.
Job 7:15-16
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15So that my soul chooseth strangling, And death rather than [these] my bones.
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Job 31:31
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31If the men of my tent have not said, Who can find one that hath not been filled with his meat?
Job 6:30
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30Is there injustice on my tongue? Cannot my taste discern mischievous things?
Lam 1:11
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11All her people sigh, they seek bread; They have given their pleasant things for food to refresh the soul: See, O Jehovah, and behold; for I am become abject.
Job 21:25
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25And another dieth in bitterness of soul, And never tasteth of good.
Job 30:16-17
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16And now my soul is poured out within me; Days of affliction have taken hold upon me.
17In the night season my bones are pierced in me, And the [pains] that gnaw me take no rest.
Lam 3:19-20
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71%
19Remember mine affliction and my misery, the wormwood and the gall.
20My soul hath them still in remembrance, and is bowed down 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.
Ps 109:24
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24My knees are weak through fasting; And my flesh faileth of fatness.
Mic 7:1
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Job 6:3-4
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70%
3For now it would be heavier than the sand of the seas: Therefore have my words been rash.
4For the arrows of the Almighty are within me, The poison whereof my spirit drinketh up: The terrors of God do set themselves in array against me.
Ps 42:3
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18Oh that I could comfort myself against sorrow! my heart is faint within me.
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24For my sighing cometh before I eat, And my groanings are poured out like water.
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27My heart is troubled, and resteth not; Days of affliction are come upon me.
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21For my soul was grieved, And I was pricked in my heart:
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9Have mercy upon me, O Jehovah, for I am in distress: Mine eye wasteth away with grief, [yea], my soul and my body.
10For my life is spent with sorrow, And my years with sighing: My strength faileth because of mine iniquity, And my bones are wasted away.
Lam 3:15-16
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69%
15He hath filled me with bitterness, he hath sated me with wormwood.
16He hath also broken my teeth with gravel stones; he hath covered me with ashes.
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Ps 6:3
69%
3My soul also is sore troubled: And thou, O Jehovah, how long?
Job 14:22
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22But his flesh upon him hath pain, And his soul within him mourneth.
Job 42:6
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6Wherefore I abhor [myself], And repent in dust and ashes.
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15I have sewed sackcloth upon my skin, And have laid my horn in the dust.
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7For my loins are filled with burning; And there is no soundness in my flesh.
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Zech 11:8
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Lam 1:19
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19I called for my lovers, [but] they deceived me: My priests and mine elders gave up the ghost in the city, While they sought them food to refresh their souls.
Lam 1:13
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13From on high hath he sent fire into my bones, and it prevaileth against them; He hath spread a net for my feet, he hath turned me back: He hath made me desolate and faint all the day.