Old Testament · SCRIPTURE
Job 9:27
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Berean Standard Bible
If I were to say, ‘I will forget my complaint and change my expression and smile,’
King James Version
If I say, I will forget my complaint, I will leave off my heaviness, and comfort [myself:]
World English Bible
If I say, ‘I will forget my complaint, I will put off my sad face, and cheer up,’
American Standard Version
If I say, I will forget my complaint, I will put off my [sad] countenance, and be of good cheer;
Berean Literal Bible
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READ IN CONTEXT · BSB
Job 9
25 My days are swifter than a runner; they flee without seeing good.
26 They sweep by like boats of papyrus, like an eagle swooping down on its prey.
27 If I were to say, ‘I will forget my complaint and change my expression and smile,’
28 I would still dread all my sufferings; I know that You will not acquit me.
29 Since I am already found guilty, why should I labor in vain?
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