Job 9:18
He wil not suffer me to take my breath, but filleth me with bitternesse.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
He will not suffer me to take my breath, but filleth me with bitterness.
In Context
17For he destroyeth mee with a tempest, and woundeth me without cause.
Cross References
Ruth 1:20And she answered them, Call me not Naomi, but call me Mara: for the Almightie hath giuen me much bitternes.
Job 7:19Howe long will it be yer thou depart from me? thou wilt not let me alone whiles I may swallowe my spettle.
Psalms 39:13Stay thine anger from me, that I may recouer my strength, before I go hence and be not.
Psalms 88:15I am afflicted and at the point of death: from my youth I suffer thy terrours, doubting of my life.
Lamentations 3:3Surely he is turned against me: he turneth his hand against me all the day.
Lamentations 3:18And I saide, My strength and mine hope is perished 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 →