Job 6:10

KJV1611 – Modern English

Then I should still have comfort; yes, I would harden myself in sorrow. Let him not spare, for I have not concealed the words of the Holy One.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וּ֥תְהִי ע֨וֹד ׀ נֶ֘חָ֤מָתִ֗י וַאֲסַלְּדָ֣ה בְ֭חִילָה לֹ֣א יַחְמ֑וֹל כִּי־לֹ֥א כִ֝חַ֗דְתִּי אִמְרֵ֥י קָדֽוֹשׁ׃

Transliteration

ûtəhî ʿôd neḥāmātî waʾăsallədâ bəḥîlâ lōʾ yaḥmôl kî-lōʾ kiḥadtî ʾimrê qādôš

Grammar Details

• *ûtəhî*: conjunction + Qal jussive, 3rd feminine singular - and let it be
• *ʿôd*: adverb - still/yet
• *neḥāmātî*: noun, feminine singular + 1st person singular suffix - my comfort/consolation
• *waʾăsallədâ*: conjunction + Piel cohortative, 1st person singular - and I would exult
• *bəḥîlâ*: preposition + noun, feminine singular - in pain
• *lōʾ*: negative particle - not
• *yaḥmôl*: Qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - he spares
• *kî-lōʾ*: conjunction + negative particle - for not
• *kiḥadtî*: Piel perfect, 1st person singular - I have concealed/denied
• *ʾimrê*: noun, masculine plural construct - words of
• *qādôš*: adjective, masculine singular - Holy One

Word Meanings

• *hāyâ*: to be/become/happen
• *neḥāmâ*: comfort/consolation
• *sālad*: to leap/exult/spring
• *ḥîl*: pain/agony/writhing
• *ḥāmal*: to spare/have compassion
• *kāḥad*: to hide/conceal/deny
• *ʾēmer*: word/speech/saying
• *qādôš*: holy/sacred/Holy One

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  It would still be my comfort— I would even exult in the midst of unrelenting pain— for I have not denied the words of the Holy One.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  Then should I yet have comfort; yea, I would harden myself in sorrow: let him not spare; for I have not concealed the words of the Holy One.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  And be it still my consolation,{H5165} Yea, let me exult{H5539} in pain{H2427} that spareth{H2550} not, That I have not denied{H3582} the words{H561} of the Holy One.{H6918}

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  Then should I yet have comfort{H5165}; yea, I would harden{H5539}{(H8762)} myself in sorrow{H2427}: let him not spare{H2550}{(H8799)}; for I have not concealed{H3582}{(H8765)} the words{H561} of the Holy One{H6918}.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  The shulde I haue some coforte: yee I wolde desyre him in my payne, that he shulde not spare, for I will not be agaynst ye wordes of the holy one.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Then should I yet haue comfort, (though I burne with sorowe, let him not spare) because I haue not denyed the wordes of the Holy one.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Then shoulde I haue some comfort, yea I woulde desire him in my payne that he would not spare, for I wil not be against the wordes of the holy one.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  Then should I yet have comfort; yea, I would harden myself in sorrow: let him not spare; for I have not concealed the words of the Holy One.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Be it still my consolation, Yes, let me exult in pain that doesn't spare, That I have not denied the words of the Holy One.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  And yet it is my comfort, (And I exult in pain -- He doth not spare,) That I have not hidden The sayings of the Holy One.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And 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.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And 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.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  So I would still have comfort, and I would have joy in the pains of death, for I have not been false to the words of the Holy One.

• World English Bible (2000)

  Be it still my consolation, yes, let me exult in pain that doesn't spare, that I have not denied the words of the Holy One.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Then I would yet have my comfort, then I would rejoice, in spite of pitiless pain, for I have not concealed the words of the Holy One.

Referenced Verses

• Lev 19:2 : 2 Speak to all the congregation of the children of Israel, and say to them, You shall be holy, for I the LORD your God am holy.
• Job 23:12 : 12 Nor have I departed from the commandment of his lips; I have treasured the words of his mouth more than my necessary food.
• Isa 57:15 : 15 For thus says the high and lofty One who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy; I dwell in the high and holy place, with him also who is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite ones.
• Hos 11:9 : 9 I will not execute the fierceness of my anger, I will not return to destroy Ephraim, for I am God, and not a man; the Holy One among you, and I will not enter the city.
• Hab 1:12 : 12 Are You not from everlasting, O LORD my God, my Holy One? We shall not die. O LORD, You have appointed them for judgment; O mighty God, You have established them for correction.
• Hab 3:3 : 3 God came from Teman, and the Holy One from Mount Paran. Selah. His glory covered the heavens, and the earth was full of His praise.
• Acts 20:20 : 20 how I kept back nothing that was helpful, but proclaimed it to you, and taught you publicly and from house to house,
• Acts 20:27 : 27 For I have not shunned to declare to you the whole counsel of God.
• Rom 8:32 : 32 He who did not spare His own Son, but delivered Him up for us all, how shall He not with Him also freely give us all things?
• 2 Pet 2:4-5 : 4 For if God did not spare the angels who sinned, but cast them down to hell and delivered them into chains of darkness, to be reserved for judgment; 5 And did not spare the ancient world, but saved Noah, one of eight people, a preacher of righteousness, bringing in the flood upon the world of the ungodly;
• Rev 3:7 : 7 And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write: These things says he who is holy, he who is true, he who has the key of David, he who opens, and no man shuts; and shuts, and no man opens:
• Rev 4:8 : 8 The four living creatures, each having six wings, were full of eyes around and within. And they do not rest day or night, saying, "Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty, who was, and is, and is to come."
• Ps 37:30 : 30 The mouth of the righteous speaks wisdom, and his tongue talks of justice.
• Ps 40:9-9 : 9 I have preached righteousness in the great congregation: behold, I have not restrained my lips, O LORD, You know. 10 I have not hidden Your righteousness within my heart; I have declared Your faithfulness and Your salvation: I have not concealed Your lovingkindness and Your truth from the great congregation.
• Ps 71:17-18 : 17 O God, you have taught me from my youth; and until now have I declared your wondrous works. 18 Now also when I am old and gray-headed, O God, do not forsake me, until I have shown your strength to this generation, and your power to everyone that is to come.
• Ps 119:13 : 13 With my lips I have declared all the judgments of Your mouth.
• Isa 30:11-12 : 11 Get out of the way, turn aside out of the path, cause the Holy One of Israel to cease from before us. 12 Therefore thus says the Holy One of Israel, Because you despise this word, and trust in oppression and perverseness, and rely on them:
• Deut 29:20 : 20 The LORD will not spare him, but then the anger of the LORD and his jealousy shall smoke against that man, and all the curses that are written in this book shall lie upon him, and the LORD shall blot out his name from under heaven.
• 1 Sam 2:2 : 2 There is none holy like the LORD; for there is none besides you; neither is there any rock like our God.
• Job 3:22 : 22 Who rejoice exceedingly, and are glad, when they can find the grave?
• Job 9:4 : 4 He is wise in heart and mighty in strength: who has hardened himself against Him and succeeded?
• Job 21:33 : 33 The clods of the valley shall be sweet to him; everyone shall follow him, as countless before him.
• Job 22:22 : 22 Receive, I pray you, the law from His mouth, and lay up His words in your heart.