Job 9:18

NETBible

He does not allow 1  me to recover 2  my breath, for he fills 3  me with bitterness.

NIV ©

He would not let me regain my breath but would overwhelm me with misery.

NASB ©

"He will not allow me to get my breath, But saturates me with bitterness.

NLT ©

He will not let me catch my breath, but fills me instead with bitter sorrows.

MSG ©

He won't even let me catch my breath, piles bitterness upon bitterness.

BBE ©

He would not let me take my breath, but I would be full of bitter grief.

NRSV ©

he will not let me get my breath, but fills me with bitterness.

NKJV ©

He will not allow me to catch my breath, But fills me with bitterness.

KJV
He will not suffer
<05414> (8799)
me to take
<07725> (8687)
my breath
<07307>_,
but filleth
<07646> (8686)
me with bitterness
<04472>_.
NASB ©
"He will not allow
<5414>
me to get
<7725>
my breath
<7307>
, But saturates
<7646>
me with bitterness
<4472>
.
LXXM
ouk
<3364> 
ADV
ea
<1439> 
V-PAI-3S
gar
<1063> 
PRT
me
<1473> 
P-AS
anapneusai {V-AAN} eneplhsen {V-AAI-3S} de
<1161> 
PRT
me
<1473> 
P-AS
pikriav
<4088> 
N-GSF
NET [draft] ITL
He does not
<03808>
allow
<05414>
me to recover
<07725>
my breath
<07307>
, for
<03588>
he fills
<07646>
me with bitterness
<04472>
.
HEBREW
Myrrmm
<04472>
ynebvy
<07646>
yk
<03588>
yxwr
<07307>
bsh
<07725>
ynnty
<05414>
al (9:18)
<03808>
NETBible

He does not allow 1  me to recover 2  my breath, for he fills 3  me with bitterness.

NET Notes

1 tn The verb נָתַן (natan) essentially means “to give”; but followed by the infinitive (without the ל [lamed] here) it means “to permit; to allow.”

2 tn The Hiphil of the verb means “to bring back”; with the object “my breath,” it means “get my breath” or simply “breathe.” The infinitive is here functioning as the object of the verb (see GKC 350 §114.m).

3 sn The meaning of the word is “to satiate; to fill,” as in “drink to the full, be satisfied.” Job is satiated – in the negative sense – with bitterness. There is no room for more.