King James Bible
"For my sighing cometh before I eat, and my roarings are poured out like the waters."
Job's grief has become so consuming that it precedes even basic sustenance—he groans before he can bring himself to eat. This reversal of natural order (where eating satisfies) emphasizes how suffering has overtaken his most fundamental human needs. His anguish flows continuously and uncontrollably, compared to water that cannot be contained once released. The Hebrew word for 'roarings' suggests the primal cry of a wounded animal, conveying both the intensity and involuntary nature of his lament.