Job 21:4
As for me, is my complaint to a person? 1 Why should I not be impatient? 1
Unlocked Literal Bible
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
3Put up with me, and I also will speak; 1 after I have spoken, mock on. 1
5Look at me and be astonished, 1 and lay your hand upon your mouth. 1
Cross References
Exodus 6:9When Moses told this to the Israelites, they would not listen to him because of their discouragement about their harsh slavery.
2 Kings 6:26As the king of Israel was passing by on the wall, a woman cried to him, saying, “Help, my master, king.”
Job 7:11Therefore I will not restrain my mouth; 1 I will speak in the anguish of my spirit; 1 I will complain in the bitterness of my soul. 1
Job 10:2I will say to God, 'Do not merely condemn me; 1 show me why you accuse me. 1
Psalms 22:1My God, my God, why have you abandoned me? 1 Why are you so far from saving me and far from the words of my anguish? 1
Psalms 77:3I thought of God as I groaned; 1 I thought about him as I grew faint. Selah 1
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 →