Job 9:27 Meaning and Explanation
“If I say, I will forget my complaint, I will leave off my heaviness, and comfort myself:”
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Read Full Chapter →Job resolves to set aside his complaint and try to comfort himself, but the resolve will not hold.
What Does Job 9:27 Mean?
Job tries to talk himself into peace. He resolves to forget his complaint, to put off his gloomy face, to comfort himself by an act of will. It is the effort of a weary heart to climb out of its own grief by sheer determination.
Many have made this same brave attempt, and like Job, found it slipping away in the next breath. Real comfort cannot finally be manufactured from within; it must be given. Job's failed resolve quietly points to our need for a Comforter beyond ourselves, one who does not merely tell us to cheer up but enters our sorrow and lifts it.
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What does Job 9:27 mean?
Job resolves to set aside his complaint and try to comfort himself, but the resolve will not hold.