I am churning within and cannot rest; days of affliction confront me.
Parallel translations
- WEB My heart is troubled, and doesn’t rest. Days of affliction have come on me.
- KJV My bowels boiled, and rested not: the days of affliction prevented me.
- NKJV My heart is in turmoil and cannot rest; Days of affliction confront me.
- NASB “I am seething within and cannot rest; Days of misery confront me.
- NLT My heart is troubled and restless. Days of suffering torment me.
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Quick answer
Job's heart churns without rest as days of affliction confront him. It expresses inner turmoil that gives no peace.
Overview
Job describes a heart in constant agitation, never finding calm, as his afflictions press upon him day after day. The inward unrest matches his outward suffering, showing that his trial reaches the depths of his being. Such restlessness underscores the need for the peace that the world cannot give, a peace secured by Christ for all who come to him weary and burdened.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 5
- Lam 2:11My eyes fail from weeping; I am churning within. My heart is poured out in grief over the destruction of the daughter of my people, because children and infants faint in the streets of the city.
- Lam 1:20See, O LORD, how distressed I am! I am churning within; my heart is pounding within me, for I have been most rebellious. Outside, the sword bereaves; inside, there is death.
- Jer 4:19My anguish, my anguish! I writhe in pain! Oh, the pain in my chest! My heart pounds within me; I cannot be silent. For I have heard the sound of the horn, the alarm of battle.
- Ps 22:4In You our fathers trusted; they trusted and You delivered them.
- Jer 31:20Is not Ephraim a precious son to Me, a delightful child? Though I often speak against him, I still remember him. Therefore My heart yearns for him; I have great compassion for him,” declares the LORD.
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