Job 6:7

“The things that my soule refused to touch, are as my sorrowfull meat.”

1611 King James Version (KJV)




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Other Translations

The things [that] my soul refused to touch [are] as my sorrowful meat.
- King James Version

"My soul refuses to touch {them;} They are like loathsome food to me.
- New American Standard Version (1995)

My soul refuseth to touch `them'; They are as loathsome food to me.
- American Standard Version (1901)

My soul has no desire for such things, they are as disease in my food.
- Basic English Bible

What my soul refuseth to touch, that is as my loathsome food.
- Darby Bible

The things that my soul refused to touch are as my sorrowful food.
- Webster's Bible

My soul refuses to touch them. They are as loathsome food to me.
- World English Bible

My soul is refusing to touch! They [are] as my sickening food.
- Youngs Literal Bible

My soul refuseth to touch them; they are as the sickness of my flesh.
- Jewish Publication Society Bible

Bible commentary

Wesley's Notes for Job 6:7


6:7 The things, &c. - The sense may be, those grievous afflictions, which I dreaded the very thought of, are now my daily, though sorrowful bread.


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