Verse Comparison: Job 16:6
American Standard Version
Though I speak, my grief is not assuaged; And though I forbear, what am I eased?
Amplified® Bible
If I speak [to you miserable comforters], my sorrow is not soothed {or} lessened; and if I refrain [from speaking], in what way am I eased? [I hardly know whether to answer you or be silent.]
Contemporary English Version
If I speak, or if I don't, I hurt all the same. My torment continues.
Darby English Version
If I speak, my pain is not assuaged; and if I forbear, what am I eased?
Good News Bible
But nothing I say helps, and being silent does not calm my pain.
King James Version
Though I speak, my grief is not asswaged: and though I forbear, what am I eased?
New American Standard Bible
"If I speak, my pain is not lessened, And if I hold back, what has left me?
New International Version
"Yet if I speak, my pain is not relieved;
and if I refrain, it does not go away.
New King James Version
“ Though I speak, my grief is not relieved;
And if I remain silent, how am I eased?
N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
"If I speak, my pain has not lessened, And if I hold back, what has left me?
Revised Standard Version
"If I speak, my pain is not assuaged, and if I forbear, how much of it leaves me?
Young's Literal Translation
If I speak, my pain is not restrained, And I cease -- what goeth from me?
