Job 9:18
That would not suffer me to take my breath, but fill me with bitterness.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
He will not suffer me to take my breath, but filleth me with bitterness.
In Context
17He that would break me with a tempest, and multiply my wounds without cause;
19If it be a matter of strength, lo, He is mighty! and if of justice, who will appoint me a time?
Cross References
Ruth 1:20And she said unto them: 'Call me not Naomi, call me Marah; 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 39:13(39-14) Look away from me, that I may take comfort, before I go hence, and be no more.'
Psalms 88:15(88-16) I am afflicted and at the point of death from my youth up; I have borne 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 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 →