King James Version

Job 6:7

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

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מֵאֲנָ֣הmeanahrefuseמָאֵןverb, piel, perfect, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “refuse”, a completed actionH3985to refuserefuse, [idiom] utterly.לִנְגּ֣וֹעַlingoato reachנָגַעpreposition, verb, qal, infinitive construct — “to reach”, the to-form of the verbH5060properly, to touch, i.e. lay the hand upon (for any purpose; euphemistically, to lie with a woman); by implication, to reach (figuratively, to arrive, acquire); violently, to strike (punish, defeat, destroy, etc.)beat, ([idiom] be able to) bring (down), cast, come (nigh), draw near (nigh), get up, happen, join, near, plague, reach (up), smite, strike, touch.נַפְשִׁ֑יnafshicreatureנֶפֶשׁnoun, common, both genders, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “creature”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH5315properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)any, appetite, beast, body, breath, creature, [idiom] dead(-ly), desire, [idiom] (dis-) contented, [idiom] fish, ghost, [phrase] greedy, he, heart(-y), (hath, [idiom] jeopardy of) life ([idiom] in jeopardy), lust, man, me, mind, mortally,…הֵ֝֗מָּהhemahtheyהֵםpronoun, personal, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “they”H1992they (only used when emphatic)it, like, [idiom] (how, so) many (soever, more as) they (be), (the) same, [idiom] so, [idiom] such, their, them, these, they, those, which, who, whom, withal, ye.כִּדְוֵ֥יkidveas languishingדְּוַיpreposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “as languishing”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH1741sickness; figuratively, loathinglanguishing, sorrowful.לַחְמִֽיlachmibreadלֶחֶםnoun, common, both genders, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “bread”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH3899food (for man or beast), especially bread, or grain (for making it)(shew-) bread, [idiom] eat, food, fruit, loaf, meat, victuals.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

My soul refuseth to touch them; they are as the sickness of my flesh.

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American Standard Version (1901)

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

Young’s Literal Translation

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

World English Bible

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

Darby Translation

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

Douay-Rheims

The things which before my soul would not touch, now, through anguish are my meats.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

My soul refuseth to touch them; they are as the sickness of my flesh.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

For my wrath cannot cease; for I perceive my food as the smell of a lion to be loathsome.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Οὐ δύναται γὰρ παύσασθαί μου ἡ ὀργή· βρόμον γὰρ ὁρῶ τὰ σῖτά μου ὥσπερ ὀσμὴν λέοντος.