Job 9:18
He will not allow me to catch my breath, but fills me with bitterness.
World English Bible Classic
In The King James Version
He will not suffer me to take my breath, but filleth me with bitterness.
In Context
17For he breaks me with a storm, and multiplies my wounds without cause.
Cross References
Ruth 1:20She said to them, “Don’t call me Naomi. Call me Mara, for the Almighty has dealt very bitterly with me.
Job 7:19How long will you not look away from me, nor leave me alone until I swallow down my spittle?
Psalms 39:13Oh spare me, that I may recover strength, before I go away and exist no more.”
Psalms 88:15I am afflicted and ready to die from my youth up. While I suffer your terrors, I am distracted.
Lamentations 3:3Surely he turns his hand against me again and again all day long.
Lamentations 3:18I said, “My strength has perished, along with my expectation 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 →