Job 9:27

If I say, I will forget my complaint, I will leaue off my heauinesse, and comfort my selfe.
- King James Version (1611) - View 1611 Bible Scan

"Though I say, 'I will forget my complaint, I will leave off my {sad} countenance and be cheerful,'
- New American Standard Version (1995)

If I say, I will forget my complaint, I will put off my `sad' countenance, and be of good cheer;
- American Standard Version (1901)

If I say, I will put my grief out of mind, I will let my face be sad no longer and I will be bright;
- Basic English Bible

If I say, I will forget my complaint, I will leave off my [sad] countenance, and brighten up,
- Darby Bible

If I say, I will forget my complaint, I will leave off my heaviness, and comfort myself:
- Webster's Bible

If I say, 'I will forget my complaint, I will put off my sad face, and cheer up;'
- World English Bible

Though I say, `I forget my talking, I forsake my corner, and I brighten up!'
- Youngs Literal Bible

If I say: 'I will forget my complaint, I will put off my sad countenance, and be of good cheer',
- Jewish Publication Society Bible

Wesley's Notes for Job 9:27

9:25 Now - What he had said of the calamities which God frequently inflicts upon good men, he now exemplifies in himself. My days - The days of my life. Post - Who rides upon swift horses. See - I enjoy no good in them. Seeing is often put for experiencing either good or evil.

9:26 Eagle - Which flies swiftly, especially when in the sight of his prey. See here how swift the motion of time is! It is always upon the wing, hastening to its period. What little need have we of past - times! What great need to redeem time, which runs out, runs on so fast toward eternity! And how vain are the enjoyments of time, which we may be deprived of, even while time continues! Our day may be longer than our sunshine: and when that is gone, it is as if it had never been.

9:28 Afraid - I find all such endeavours vain; for if my griefs be suspended for a time, yet my fears continue. Will not - I plainly perceive thou, O God, (to whom he makes a sudden address, as he doth also, ver.#31|,) wilt not clear my innocency by removing those afflictions which make them judge me guilty of some great crime. Words proceeding from despair and impatience.

9:29 I shall - I shall be used like a wicked man still. Why - Why then should I comfort myself with vain hopes of deliverance, as thou advisest me.