Job 9:18
He alloweth not my spirit to rest, and he filleth me with bitterness.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
He will not suffer me to take my breath, but filleth me with bitterness.
In Context
17For he shall crush me in a whirlwind, and multiply my wounds even without cause.
19If strength be demanded, he is most strong: if equity of judgment, no man dare bear witness for me.
Cross References
Ruth 1:20But she said to them: Call me not Noemi, (that is, beautiful,) but call me Mara, (that is, bitter,) for the Almighty hath quite filled me with bitterness.
Job 7:19How long wilt thou not spare me, nor suffer me to swallow down my spittle?
Psalms 39:13Hear my prayer, O Lord, and my supplication : give ear to my tears. Be not silent : for I am a stranger with thee, and a sojourner as all my fathers were.
Psalms 88:15Lord, why castest thou off my prayer: why turnest thou away thy face from me?
Lamentations 3:3Aleph. Only against me he hath turned, and turned again his hand all the day.
Lamentations 3:18Vau. And I said: My end and my hope is perished from the Lord.
Matthew Henry on Job 9:15-22
14 How much less shall I answer him, and choose out my words to reason with him? 15 Whom, though I were righteous, yet would I not answer, but I would make supplication to my judge. 16 If I had called, and he had answered me; yet would I not believe that he had hearkened unto my voice. 17 For he breaketh me with a tempest, and multiplieth my wounds without cause. 18 He will not suffer me to take my breath, but filleth me with bitterness. 19 If I speak of strength, lo, he is strong: and if of judgment, who shall… Read the whole commentary →