Job 21:4
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Is my complaint against a man? Then why should I not be impatient?”
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“Is my complaint against a man? Then why should I not be impatient?”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“As for me, is my complaint to man? and if it were so, why should not my spirit be troubled?”
King James Version · Public Domain“As for me, is my complaint to man? And why should I not be impatient?”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“I--to man <FI>is<Fi> my complaint? and if <FI>so<Fi> , wherefore May not my temper become short?”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Job 21:4 — 14 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Exodus 6:9Moses relayed this message to the Israelites, but on account of their broken spirit and cruel bondage, they did not listen to him.
- 1 Samuel 1:16Do not take your servant for a wicked woman; for all this time I have been praying out of the depth of my anguish and grief.”
- 2 Kings 6:26As the king of Israel was passing by on the wall, a woman cried out to him, “Help me, my lord the king!”
- Job 6:11What strength do I have, that I should still hope? What is my future, that I should be patient?
- Job 7:11Therefore I will not restrain my mouth; I will speak in the anguish of my spirit; I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.
- Job 10:1“I loathe my own life; I will express my complaint and speak in the bitterness of my soul.
- Job 10:2I will say to God: Do not condemn me! Let me know why You prosecute me.
- Job 10:6that You should seek my iniquity and search out my sin—
- Psalms 22:1My God, my God, why have You forsaken me? Why are You so far from saving me, so far from my words of groaning?
- Psalms 42:11Why are you downcast, O my soul? Why the unease within me? Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise Him, my Savior and my God.
- Psalms 77:3I remembered You, O God, and I groaned; I mused and my spirit grew faint. Selah
- Psalms 102:1Hear my prayer, O LORD; let my cry for help come before You.
- Psalms 142:2I pour out my complaint before Him; I reveal my trouble to Him.
- Matthew 26:38Then He said to them, “My soul is consumed with sorrow to the point of death. Stay here and keep watch with Me.”
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