Job 6:7 “My soul refuses to touch them; they are loathsome food to me.”

Job 6:7

My soul refuses to touch them; they are loathsome food to me.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

The things that my soul refused to touch are as my sorrowful meat.

World English Bible

My soul refuses to touch them. They are as loathsome food to me.

American Standard Version

My soul refuseth to touch them; They are as loathsome food to me.

Geneva Bible 1599

Such things as my soule refused to touch, as were sorowes, are my meate.

Darby Translation

What my soul refuseth to touch, that is as my loathsome food.

Young's Literal Translation

My soul is refusing to touch! They [are] as my sickening food.

Bible in Basic English

My soul has no desire for such things, they are as disease in my food.

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Cross references

“as my sorrowful meat”

1 Kings 17:12 1 Kings 22:27 Psalm 102:9 Ezekiel 4:14 Ezekiel 4:16 Daniel 10:3

1 Kings 17:12 · BSB

But she replied, “As surely as the LORD your God lives, I have no bread—only a handful of flour in a jar and a little oil in a jug. Look, I am gathering a couple of sticks to take home and prepare a meal for myself and m…

1 Kings 22:27 · BSB

and tell them that this is what the king says: ‘Put this man in prison and feed him only bread and water until I return safely.’”

Psalm 102:9 · BSB

For I have eaten ashes like bread and mixed my drink with tears

Ezekiel 4:14 · BSB

“Ah, Lord GOD,” I said, “I have never defiled myself. From my youth until now I have not eaten anything found dead or mauled by wild beasts. No unclean meat has ever entered my mouth.”

Ezekiel 4:16 · BSB

Then He told me, “Son of man, I am going to cut off the supply of food in Jerusalem. They will anxiously eat bread rationed by weight, and in despair they will drink water by measure.

Daniel 10:3 · BSB

I ate no rich food, no meat or wine entered my mouth, and I did not anoint myself with oil until the three weeks were completed.

Also

Job 3:24

Job 3:24 · BSB

I sigh when food is put before me, and my groans pour out like water.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

6Is tasteless food eaten without salt, or is there flavor in the white of an egg ?

8If only my request were granted and God would fulfill my hope:

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