KJV ORIGINAL
If I say, I will forget my complaint, I will leave off my heaviness, and comfort myself:
Close to the original. Clear modern English.
✦ MADE SIMPLE
If I say, 'I will forget about my troubles, I will put aside my sadness, and try to cheer myself up:'
⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE
Job is considering whether he should try to stop complaining and force himself to feel better about his situation.
📚 Historical Context
Job is in the middle of his profound suffering, having lost his children, wealth, and health. He's wrestling with whether to continue expressing his pain or to try to suppress it and move on. This verse comes as Job is responding to his friend Bildad's advice and reflecting on the impossibility of arguing his case before God.
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