Job 21:4
Is my complaint against a man? Then why should I not be impatient?
Berean Standard Bible
In The King James Version
As for me, is my complaint to man? and if it were so, why should not my spirit be troubled?
In Context
3Bear with me while I speak; then, after I have spoken, you may go on mocking.
5Look at me and be appalled; put your hand over your mouth.
Cross References
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.
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 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 10:2I will say to God: Do not condemn me! Let me know why You prosecute me.
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 77:3I remembered You, O God, and I groaned; I mused and my spirit grew faint. Selah
Matthew Henry on Job 21:2-7
The Reply of Job to Zophar. ( b. c. 1520.) 1 But Job answered and said, 2 Hear diligently my speech, and let this be your consolations. 3 Suffer me that I may speak; and after that I have spoken, mock on. 4 As for me, is my complaint to man? and if it were so, why should not my spirit be troubled? 5 Mark me, and be astonished, and lay your hand upon your mouth. 6 Even when I remember I am afraid, and trembling taketh hold on my flesh. Job here recommends himself, both his case and his discourse, both what he… Read the whole commentary →