Job 9:27
If I say, I will forget my complaint, I will lay aside my sad countenance, and brighten up,
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
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 have passed away with boats of paper-reed, like a vulture [which] rusheth upon food.
28I am afraid of all my pains, I know, that thou wilt not pronounce me innocent.
Cross References
Job 7:11I also, cannot restrain my mouth,—I must speak, in the anguish of my spirit, I must find utterance, in the bitterness of my soul.
Psalms 77:2In the day of my distress—unto My Lord, will I seek, My hand, by night, hath been outstretched and never once became slack, My soul, hath refused to be consoled;
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 →