Job 3:24 — Bible Verse (KJV)

“For my sighing cometh before I eat, and my roarings are poured out like the waters.”

Job 3:24 — King James Version (KJV), 1611

Job 3:24 in 6 Bible Translations

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Job 3:24 WEB — World English Bible (2000)

“For my sighing comes before I eat. My groanings are poured out like water.”

Job 3:24 — World English Bible

Job 3:24 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)

“For my sighing cometh before I eat, And my groanings are poured out like water. ”

Job 3:24 — American Standard Version

Job 3:24 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)

“For before my food, my sighing cometh, And poured out as waters <FI>are<Fi> my roarings.”

Job 3:24 — Young's Literal Translation

Job 3:24 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)

“For my sighing cometh before my bread, and my groanings are poured out like the waters. ”

Job 3:24 — Darby Translation

Job 3:24 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)

“For my sighing commeth before I eate, and my roarings are powred out like the water.”

Job 3:24 — Geneva Bible

Job 3:24 in Context — Job 3

22 Which rejoice exceedingly, and are glad, when they can find the grave?

23 Why is light given to a man whose way is hid, and whom God hath hedged in?

24 For my sighing cometh before I eat, and my roarings are poured out like the waters.

25 For the thing which I greatly feared is come upon me, and that which I was afraid of is come unto me.

26 I was not in safety, neither had I rest, neither was I quiet; yet trouble came.

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What Does Job 3:24 Mean?

Job 3:24 is a verse from the Book of Job, part of the Old Testament. It appears in Job chapter 3. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.

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