Job 16:6
NASB Lexicon
NASB ©HebrewStrong'sOrigin
"Ifאִֽם־
(im-)
518: ifa prim. conjunction
I speak,אֲ֭דַבְּרָה
(a·dab·be·rah)
1696: to speaka prim. root
my painכְּאֵבִ֑י
(ke·'e·vi;)
3511: a painfrom kaab
is not lessened,יֵחָשֵׂ֣ךְ
(ye·cha·sech)
2820: to withhold, refraina prim. root
And if I hold back,וְ֝אַחְדְּלָ֗ה
(ve·'ach·de·lah)
2308: to ceasea prim. root
whatמַה־
(mah-)
4100: what? how? anythinga prim. interrogative and indefinite particle
has leftיַהֲלֹֽךְ׃
(ya·ha·loch.)
1980: to go, come, walka prim. root
me? 
 
  


















KJV Lexicon
Though I speak
dabar  (daw-bar')
perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue
my grief
k'eb  (keh-abe')
suffering (physical or mental), adversity -- grief, pain, sorrow.
is not asswaged
chasak  (khaw-sak')
assuage, darken, forbear, hinder, hold back, keep (back), punish, refrain, reserve, spare, withhold.
and though I forbear
chadal  (khaw-dal')
to be flabby, i.e. (by implication) desist; (figuratively) be lacking or idle -- cease, end, fall, forbear, forsake, leave (off), let alone, rest, be unoccupied, want.
what am I eased
halak  (haw-lak')
to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)
Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
"If I speak, my pain is not lessened, And if I hold back, what has left me?

King James Bible
Though I speak, my grief is not asswaged: and though I forbear, what am I eased?

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Even if I speak, my suffering is not relieved, and if I hold back, what have I lost?

International Standard Version
"But if I speak, my pain isn't assuaged; if I refrain from speaking, what do I have to lose?"

NET Bible
"But if I speak, my pain is not relieved, and if I refrain from speaking--how much of it goes away?

GOD'S WORD® Translation
If I speak, my pain is not eased. If I stop talking, how much of it will go away?

King James 2000 Bible
Though I speak, my grief is not relieved: and though I forbear, how am I eased?
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