Parallel Strong's Berean Study BibleWhy is my pain unending, and my wound incurable, refusing to be healed? You have indeed become like a mirage to me— water that is not there. Young's Literal Translation Why hath my pain been perpetual? And my wound incurable? It hath refused to be healed, Thou art surely to me as a failing stream, Waters not stedfast. King James Bible Why is my pain perpetual, and my wound incurable, [which] refuseth to be healed? wilt thou be altogether unto me as a liar, [and as] waters [that] fail? Hebrew Whyלָ֣מָּה (lām·māh) Interrogative Strong's 4100: What?, what!, indefinitely what is הָיָ֤ה (hā·yāh) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be my pain כְאֵבִי֙ (ḵə·’ê·ḇî) Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular Strong's 3511: Suffering, adversity unending, נֶ֔צַח (ne·ṣaḥ) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 5331: Eminence, enduring, everlastingness, perpetuity and my wound וּמַכָּתִ֖י (ū·mak·kā·ṯî) Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common singular Strong's 4347: A wound, carnage, pestilence incurable, אֲנוּשָׁ֑ה֙ (’ă·nū·šāh) Adjective - feminine singular Strong's 605: To be frail, feeble, melancholy refusing מֵֽאֲנָה֙ (mê·’ă·nāh) Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person feminine singular Strong's 3985: To refuse to be healed? הֵֽרָפֵ֔א (hê·rā·p̄ê) Verb - Nifal - Infinitive construct Strong's 7495: To mend, to cure You have indeed become הָי֨וֹ (hā·yōw) Verb - Qal - Infinitive absolute Strong's 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be like כְּמ֣וֹ (kə·mōw) Preposition Strong's 3644: Like, as, when a mirage to me— אַכְזָ֔ב (’aḵ·zāḇ) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 391: Deceptive, disappointing water מַ֖יִם (ma·yim) Noun - masculine plural Strong's 4325: Water, juice, urine, semen that is not לֹ֥א (lō) Adverb - Negative particle Strong's 3808: Not, no there. נֶאֱמָֽנוּ׃ (ne·’ĕ·mā·nū) Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person common plural Strong's 539: To confirm, support |