Job 9:27
If I said to myself, ‘I will forget my complaints; I will stop crying and be happy,’
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
If I say, I will forget my complaint, I will leave off my heaviness, and comfort myself:
In Context
26They pass by like fast sailing ships, like an eagle swooping down on its prey.
28I would still be terrified at all my suffering because you, God, will not say I'm innocent.
Cross References
Job 7:11So, no, I won't hold my tongue—I will speak in the agony of my spirit; I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.
Psalms 77:2When I was in trouble I prayed to the Lord. All night long I stretched out my hands to him in prayer but nothing brought me any comfort.
Matthew Henry on Job 9:26-35
25 Now my days are swifter than a post: they flee away, they see no good. 26 They are passed away as the swift ships: as the eagle that hasteth to the prey. 27 If I say, I will forget my complaint, I will leave off my heaviness, and comfort myself: 28 I am afraid of all my sorrows, I know that thou wilt not hold me innocent. 29 If I be wicked, why then labour I in vain? 30 If I wash myself with snow water, and make my hands never so clean; 31 Yet shalt thou plunge me in the ditch, and mine own clothes shall abhor… Read the whole commentary →