Job 21:4
“It is certainly not [RHQ] people against whom I am complaining, but God And it is certainly [RHQ] right for me to be impatient!
Translation for Translators
In The King James Version
As for me, is my complaint to man? and if it were so, why should not my spirit be troubled?
In Context
Cross References
Exodus 6:9Moses/I told that to the Israeli people, but they did not believe what he/I said. They were very discouraged [IDM] because of the hard work that they had been forced to do as slaves.
2 Kings 6:26One day when the king of Israel was walking on top of the city wall, a woman cried out to him, “Your Majesty, help me!”
Job 7:11So, I will not be silent; while I am suffering I will speak; I will complain to God about what has happened to me because I [SYN] am very angry.
Job 10:2I will say to God, ‘Do not say that I must be punished; instead, tell me what wrong you are saying that I have done.
Psalms 22:1My God, my God, why have you abandoned/deserted me? Why do you stay so far from me, and why do you not hear/help me [RHQ]? Why do you not hear me when I am groaning?
Psalms 77:3When I think about God, I ◄despair/think that he will never help me►; when I meditate about him, I am discouraged. (Think about that!)
Matthew Henry on Job 21:2-7
The Reply of Job to Zophar. ( b. c. 1520.) 1 But Job answered and said, 2 Hear diligently my speech, and let this be your consolations. 3 Suffer me that I may speak; and after that I have spoken, mock on. 4 As for me, is my complaint to man? and if it were so, why should not my spirit be troubled? 5 Mark me, and be astonished, and lay your hand upon your mouth. 6 Even when I remember I am afraid, and trembling taketh hold on my flesh. Job here recommends himself, both his case and his discourse, both what he… Read the whole commentary →