Job 21:4
Am I complaining against people? Of course not. Why shouldn't I be impatient?
Free Bible Version
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; let me speak. After I've spoken you can resume mocking me.
5Just take a look at me. Aren't you appalled? Cover your mouth with your hand in shock!
Cross References
Exodus 6:9Moses explained this to the Israelites but they did not listen to him, because they were so discouraged and because of the hard labor they were forced to do.
2 Kings 6:26As the king of Israel was walking by on the city wall, a woman called out to him, “Help me, my lord the king!”
Job 7:11So, no, I won't hold my tongue—I will speak in the agony of my spirit; I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.
Job 10:2I will tell God, “Don't just condemn me—tell me what you have against me.
Psalms 22:1My God, my God, why have you abandoned me? Why are you so far away when I groan, asking for help?
Psalms 77:3I thought about God, groaning loudly; I meditated on him, but I was discouraged. 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 →