Job 9:18
He does not permit me to refresh my spirit, || But fills me with bitter things.
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
He will not suffer me to take my breath, but filleth me with bitterness.
In Context
17Because He bruises me with a storm, || And has multiplied my wounds for nothing.
19If of power, behold, the Strong One; And if of judgment—who convenes me?
Cross References
Ruth 1:20And she says to them, “Do not call me Naomi; call me Mara, for the Almighty has dealt very bitterly to me,
Job 7:19How long do You not look from me? You do not desist until I swallow my spittle.
Psalms 39:13Look from me, and I brighten up before I go and am not!
Psalms 88:15I [am] afflicted, and expiring from youth, || I have borne Your terrors—I pine away.
Lamentations 3:3Surely against me He turns back, || He turns His hand all the day.
Lamentations 3:18And I say, My strength and my hope have perished from YHWH.
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 →