Job 9:18
He doesn't give me a chance even to catch my breath; instead he fills my life with bitter suffering.
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
He will not suffer me to take my breath, but filleth me with bitterness.
In Context
17He pounds me with the winds of a storm; he wounds me time and again, without giving a reason.
Cross References
Ruth 1:20She said to them, “Don't call me Naomi! Call me Mara, for the Almighty has treated me very bitterly.
Job 7:19Won't you ever leave me alone long enough to catch my breath?
Psalms 39:13Please leave me alone so I can be cheerful again, before I am dead and gone.
Psalms 88:15I have been sick since I was young, often at death's door. I have had to bear the terrible things you've done to me. I'm in despair!
Lamentations 3:3In fact he hits me again and again all day long.
Lamentations 3:18That's why I say, “My expectation of a long life is gone, along with all that I hoped for 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 →