Job 9:18
For he suffers me not to take breath, 1 But he has filled me with bitterness. 1
Updated Brenton Septuagint
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: 1 But he has made my bruises many without cause. 1
19For indeed he is strong in power: 1 Who then shall resist his judgment? 1
Cross References
Ruth 1:20And she said to them, Nay, do not call me Naomi; call me Bitter, for the Mighty One has dealt very bitterly with me.
Job 7:19How long dost thou not let me alone, 1 Nor let me go, until I shall swallow down my spittle? 1
Psalms 39:13For innumerable evils have encompassed me; 1 My transgressions have taken hold of me, and I could not see; 1 They are multiplied more than the hairs of my head; 1 And my heart has failed me. 1
Psalms 88:15Justice and judgment are the establishment of thy throne: 1 Mercy and truth shall go before thy face. 1
Lamentations 3:3Nay, against me has he turned his hand all the day. 1
Lamentations 3:18Therefore my success has perished, 1 And my hope from the Lord. 1
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 →