Job 9:18
He will not suffer me to take my breath, But filleth me with bitterness.
American Standard Version
In The King James Version
He will not suffer me to take my breath, but filleth me with bitterness.
In Context
17For he breaketh me with a tempest, And multiplieth my wounds without cause.
19If [we speak] of strength, lo, [he is] mighty! And if of justice, Who, [saith he], will summon me?
Cross References
Ruth 1:20And she said unto them, Call me not Naomi, call me Mara; for the Almighty hath dealt very bitterly with me.
Job 7:19How long wilt thou not look away from me, Nor let me alone till I swallow down my spittle?
Psalms 39:13Oh spare me, that I may recover strength, Before I go hence, and be no more. Psalm 40 For the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David.
Psalms 88:15I am afflicted and ready to die from my youth up: While I suffer thy terrors I am distracted.
Lamentations 3:3Surely against me he turneth his hand again and again all the day.
Lamentations 3:18And I said, My strength is perished, and mine expectation from Jehovah.
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 →