Job 9:18
For he suffers me not to take breath, but he has filled me with bitterness.
LXX2012 (US English)
In The King James Version
He will not suffer me to take my breath, but filleth me with bitterness.
In Context
17Let him not crush me with a dark storm: but he has made by bruises many without cause.
19For indeed he is strong in power: who then shall resist his judgment?
Cross References
Ruth 1:20And she said to them, Nay, do not call me Noemin; call me 'Bitter,' for the Mighty One has dealt very bitterly with me.
Job 7:19How long do you not let me alone, nor let me go, until I shall swallow down my spittle?
Psalms 39:13Be pleased, O Lord, to deliver me; O Lord, draw near to help me. 1
Psalms 88:15Blessed is the people that knows the joyful sound: they shall walk, O Lord, in the light of your countenance. 1
Lamentations 3:3Nay, against me has he turned his hand all the day.
Lamentations 3:18Therefore my success has perished, and my hope 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 →