New American Standard Bible 2020
Job 21:4
Job 21:4 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)As for me, is my complaint to man? and if it were so, why should not my spirit be troubled?
- New International Version (NIV)“Is my complaint directed to a human being? Why should I not be impatient?
- English Standard Version (ESV)As for me, is my complaint against man? Why should I not be impatient?
- New King James Version (NKJV)“As for me, is my complaint against man? And if it were, why should I not be impatient?
Context of Job 21:4
2“Listen carefully to my speech, And let this be your way of consolation. 3Bear with me that I may speak; Then after I have spoken, you may mock me. As for me, is my complaint to a mortal? Or why should I not be impatient? 5Look at me, and be astonished, And put your hand over your mouth. 6Even when I remember, I am disturbed, And horror takes hold of my flesh.
Read all of Job 21Job 21:4 word by word
הֶ֭אָנֹכִי לְאָדָ֣ם שִׂיחִ֑י וְאִם־מַ֝דּ֗וּעַ לֹא־תִקְצַ֥ר רוּחִֽי׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Job 21:4
- Job 7:11“Therefore 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 am disgusted with my own life; I will express my complaint freely; I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.
- 1 Samuel 1:16Do not consider your bond-servant a useless woman, for I have spoken until now out of my great concern and provocation.”
- Psalms 22:1My God, my God, why have You forsaken me? Far from my help are the words of my groaning.
- Psalms 77:3When I remember God, then I am restless; When I sigh, then my spirit feels weak. Selah
- Psalms 102:1Hear my prayer, Lord! And let my cry for help come to You.
- Psalms 142:2I pour out my complaint before Him; I declare my trouble before Him.
- Matthew 26:38Then He said to them, “My soul is deeply grieved, to the point of death; remain here and keep watch with Me.”
- 2 Kings 6:26And as the king of Israel was passing by on the wall, a woman cried out to him, saying, “Help, my lord the king!”
- Psalms 42:11Why are you in despair, my soul? And why are you restless within me? Wait for God, for I will again praise Him For the help of His presence, my God.
- Exodus 6:9So Moses said this to the sons of Israel, but they did not listen to Moses on account of their despondency and cruel bondage.
Commentaries on Job 21:4
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 4As for me - האנכי heanochi, "Alas for me!" Is it not with a man that I speak? And, if this be the case, why should not my spirit be troubled? I do not reply against my Maker: I suffer much from God and man; why then may I not have the privilege of complaining to creatures like myself?Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 4As for me, is my complaint to man? - There is some difficulty in the interpretation of this verse, and considerable variety of explanation may be seen among expositors. The “object” of the verse is plain. It is to state a reason why they should hear him with patience and without interruption. The meaning of this part of the verse probably is, that his principal difficulty was not with his friends, but with God. It was not so much what they had said, that…Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 44. Job's difficulty was not as to man, but as to God, why He so afflicted him, as if he were the guilty hypocrite which the friends alleged him to be. Vulgate translates it, "my disputation." if it were--rather, "since this is the case."Read the comment
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Commentaries on Job 21
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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