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Source language
JPS Hebrew-English TANAKH   
אם-אדברה לא-יחשך כאבי ואחדלה מה-מני יהלך
Hebrew - Transliteration via code library   
Am-Adbrh lA-yKHSHk kAby vAKHdlh mh-mny yhlk

Intermediate language
Vulgate (Latin)   
roborarem vos ore meo et moverem labia quasi parcens vobis

King James Variants
American King James Version   
Though I speak, my grief is not assuaged: and though I forbear, what am I eased?
King James 2000 (out of print)   
Though I speak, my grief is not relieved: and though I forbear, how am I eased?
King James Bible (Cambridge, large print)   
Though I speak, my grief is not asswaged: and though I forbear, what am I eased?
Authorized (King James) Version   
Though I speak, my grief is not asswaged: and though I forbear, what am I eased?
New King James Version   
“Though I speak, my grief is not relieved; And if I remain silent, how am I eased?
21st Century King James Version   
“Though I speak, my grief is not assuaged; and though I forbear, what am I eased?

Other translations
American Standard Version   
Though I speak, my grief is not assuaged; And though I forbear, what am I eased?
Darby Bible Translation   
If I speak, my pain is not assuaged; and if I forbear, what am I eased?
Holy Bible: Douay-Rheims Version (Genuine Leather Black)   
But what shall I do? If I speak, my pain will not rest: and if I hold my peace, it will not depart from me.
ERV 1885 English Revised Version with Strong's Concordance   
Though I speak, my grief is not assuaged: and though I forbear, what am I eased?
English Standard Version Journaling Bible   
“If I speak, my pain is not assuaged, and if I forbear, how much of it leaves me?
God's Word   
If I speak, my pain is not eased. If I stop talking, how much of it will go away?
Holman Christian Standard Bible   
Even if I speak, my suffering is not relieved, and if I hold back, what have I lost?
International Standard Version   
"But if I speak, my pain isn't assuaged; if I refrain from speaking, what do I have to lose?"
NET Bible   
"But if I speak, my pain is not relieved, and if I refrain from speaking--how much of it goes away?
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 Living Translation   
Instead, I suffer if I defend myself, and I suffer no less if I refuse to speak.
Webster's Bible Translation   
Though I speak, my grief is not assuaged: and though I forbear, what am I eased?
The World English Bible   
"Though I speak, my grief is not subsided. Though I forbear, what am I eased?
EasyEnglish Bible   
But now, if I speak, my pain does not become any better. If I stop speaking, my pain continues to be there.
Young‘s Literal Translation   
If I speak, my pain is not restrained, And I cease -- what goeth from me?
New Life Version   
“If I speak, my pain is not made less. And if I keep quiet, it does not leave me.
The Voice Bible   
And yet, I am not you, you are not me, and my words are of no real use: When I speak, my pain is not relieved; if I remain silent, it does not go away.
Living Bible   
“But now my grief remains no matter how I defend myself; nor does it help if I refuse to speak.
New Catholic Bible   
When I speak, my suffering is not eased, and if I remain silent, my pain does not stop.
Legacy Standard Bible   
“If I speak, my pain is not lessened, And if I cease, what will go forth from me?
Jubilee Bible 2000   
Though if I speak, my pain does not cease; and if I forbear to speak, it does not depart from me.
Christian Standard Bible   
If I speak, my suffering is not relieved, and if I hold back, does any of it leave me?
Amplified Bible © 1954   
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.]
New Century Version   
“Even if I speak, my pain is not less, and if I don’t speak, it still does not go away.
The Message   
“When I speak up, I feel no better; if I say nothing, that doesn’t help either. I feel worn down. God, you have wasted me totally—me and my family! You’ve shriveled me like a dried prune, showing the world that you’re against me. My gaunt face stares back at me from the mirror, a mute witness to your treatment of me. Your anger tears at me, your teeth rip me to shreds, your eyes burn holes in me—God, my enemy! People take one look at me and gasp. Contemptuous, they slap me around and gang up against me. And God just stands there and lets them do it, lets wicked people do what they want with me. I was contentedly minding my business when God beat me up. He grabbed me by the neck and threw me around. He set me up as his target, then rounded up archers to shoot at me. Merciless, they shot me full of arrows; bitter bile poured from my gut to the ground. He burst in on me, onslaught after onslaught, charging me like a mad bull.
Evangelical Heritage Version ™   
Now if I speak up, it does not lessen my pain, and if I hold back, how much of my pain goes away?
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
“If I speak, my pain is not assuaged, and if I forbear, how much of it leaves me?
Good News Translation®   
But nothing I say helps, and being silent does not calm my pain.
Wycliffe Bible   
But what shall I do? If I speak, my sorrow resteth not; and if I am still, it goeth not away from me.
Contemporary English Version   
If I speak, or if I don't, I hurt all the same. My torment continues.
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
“If I speak, my pain is not assuaged, and if I forbear, how much of it leaves me?
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition   
“If I speak, my pain is not assuaged, and if I refrain, how much of it leaves me?
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition   
‘If I speak, my pain is not assuaged, and if I forbear, how much of it leaves me?
Common English Bible © 2011   
If I speak, my pain is not eased; if I hold back, what have I lost?
Amplified Bible © 2015   
“If I speak [to you miserable comforters], my pain is not relieved; And if I refrain [from speaking], what [pain or anguish] leaves me?
English Standard Version Anglicised   
“If I speak, my pain is not assuaged, and if I forbear, how much of it leaves me?
New American Bible (Revised Edition)   
If I speak, my pain is not relieved; if I stop speaking, nothing changes.
New American Standard Bible   
“If I speak, my pain is not lessened, And if I refrain, what pain leaves me?
The Expanded Bible   
“Even if I speak, my pain is not less, and if I don’t speak, it still does not go away.
Tree of Life Version   
“Yet, if I speak, my pain is not relieved, and if I refrain, does it not go away from me?
Revised Standard Version   
“If I speak, my pain is not assuaged, and if I forbear, how much of it leaves me?
New International Reader's Version   
“If I speak, it doesn’t help me. And if I keep quiet, my pain doesn’t go away.
BRG Bible   
Though I speak, my grief is not asswaged: and though I forbear, what am I eased?
Complete Jewish Bible   
If I speak, my own pain isn’t eased; and if I don’t speak, it still doesn’t leave.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised   
‘If I speak, my pain is not assuaged, and if I forbear, how much of it leaves me?
Orthodox Jewish Bible   
Though I speak, my grief is not relieved, and though I forbear, mah (what) alleviation is it for me?
Names of God Bible   
If I speak, my pain is not eased. If I stop talking, how much of it will go away?
Modern English Version   
“Though I speak, my grief is not relieved; and though I stop, how am I eased?
Easy-to-Read Version   
“Nothing I say makes my pain go away. But keeping quiet does not help either.
International Children’s Bible   
“But if I speak, my pain does not become less. And if I don’t speak, it still does not go away.
Lexham English Bible   
If I speak, my pain is not relieved; and if I cease, how much will leave me?
New International Version - UK   
‘Yet if I speak, my pain is not relieved; and if I refrain, it does not go away.