Job 16:6
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
Even if I speak, my pain is not relieved, and if I hold back, how will it go away?

Young's Literal Translation
If I speak, my pain is not restrained, And I cease—what goeth from me?

King James Bible
Though I speak, my grief is not asswaged: and [though] I forbear, what am I eased?

Hebrew
Even if
אִֽם־ (’im-)
Conjunction
Strong's 518: Lo!, whether?, if, although, Oh that!, when, not

I speak,
אֲ֭דַבְּרָה (’ă·ḏab·bə·rāh)
Verb - Piel - Imperfect Cohortative - first person common singular
Strong's 1696: To arrange, to speak, to subdue

my pain
כְּאֵבִ֑י (kə·’ê·ḇî)
Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's 3511: Suffering, adversity

is not
לֹא־ (lō-)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's 3808: Not, no

relieved,
יֵחָשֵׂ֣ךְ (yê·ḥā·śêḵ)
Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 2820: To restrain, refrain, to refuse, spare, preserve, to observe

and if I hold back,
וְ֝אַחְדְּלָ֗ה (wə·’aḥ·də·lāh)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect Cohortative - first person common singular
Strong's 2308: To be flabby, desist, be lacking, idle

how
מַה־ (mah-)
Interrogative
Strong's 4100: What?, what!, indefinitely what

will it go away?
יַהֲלֹֽךְ׃ (ya·hă·lōḵ)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 1980: To go, come, walk

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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