Job 9:18

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He will not allow me to catch my breath, but fills me with bitterness.

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Referenced Verses

  • Job 7:19 : 19 Will you never look away from me or leave me alone till I swallow my spit?
  • Lam 3:15 : 15 He has filled me with bitterness; He has made me drink wormwood.
  • Lam 3:18-19 : 18 So I say, 'My strength is gone, and so is my hope from the LORD.' 19 Remember my affliction and my wandering—the bitterness and the gall.
  • Heb 12:11 : 11 No discipline seems pleasant at the time, but painful. Later on, however, it produces a harvest of righteousness and peace for those who have been trained by it.
  • Job 3:20 : 20 Why is light given to those in misery, and life to the bitter in soul?
  • Job 27:2 : 2 As surely as God lives, who has denied me justice, and the Almighty, who has made my soul bitter,
  • Ps 39:13 : 13 Hear my prayer, LORD, and give ear to my cry; do not be silent to my tears, for I am a sojourner with You, a temporary resident like all my fathers.
  • Ps 88:7 : 7 You have placed me in the lowest pit, in the darkest depths.
  • Ps 88:15-18 : 15 Why, LORD, do you reject me and hide your face from me? 16 I have been afflicted and close to death since my youth; I have borne your terrors and am in despair. 17 Your wrath has swept over me; your terrors have destroyed me. 18 They surround me all day long like a flood; they have completely engulfed me.
  • Lam 3:3 : 3 Surely against me He turns His hand again and again, all day long.

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    17For He crushes me with a tempest and multiplies my wounds without cause.

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    15He has filled me with bitterness; He has made me drink wormwood.

    16He has broken my teeth with gravel; He has made me cower in ashes.

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    11Therefore, I will not restrain my mouth; I will speak in the anguish of my spirit; I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.

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    1I am disgusted with my life; I will give voice to my complaint and speak out in the bitterness of my soul.

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    1My spirit is broken, my days have faded away, and the grave is ready for me.

  • Job 16:12-14
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    12I was at ease, but he shattered me; he seized me by the neck and crushed me. He has made me his target.

    13His archers surround me and pierce my kidneys without mercy; he pours my gall on the ground.

    14He breaks me with breach upon breach; he rushes at me like a warrior.

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    4He has worn away my flesh and my skin; He has broken my bones.

    5He has besieged me and surrounded me with bitterness and hardship.

    6He has made me dwell in dark places, like those long dead.

    7He has walled me in so I cannot escape; He has weighed down my chains.

  • Job 9:19
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    19If it is a matter of strength, He is mighty! And if it is a matter of justice, who can summon Him?

  • Job 30:19
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    19He has cast me into the mud, and I am reduced to dust and ashes.

  • Job 19:8-9
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    8He has blocked my path so I cannot pass; He has shrouded my ways with darkness.

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  • Job 27:3
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    3as long as my breath remains in me and the spirit of God is in my nostrils,

  • Job 7:19
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    19Will you never look away from me or leave me alone till I swallow my spit?

  • Ps 143:3-4
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    3For the enemy has pursued me, crushing my life to the ground and making me dwell in darkness, like those long dead.

    4My spirit is overwhelmed within me; my heart is appalled inside me.

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    2How long will you torment my soul and crush me with words?

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    22You lift me up and make me ride on the wind; You dissolve me in the storm.

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    15What shall I say? He has spoken to me, and He has done this. I will walk humbly all my years because of this anguish of my soul.

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    13From on high he sent fire; it burns in my bones. He spread a net for my feet and turned me back. He made me desolate, faint all the day long.

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    11He has turned aside my ways and torn me to pieces; He has made me desolate.

  • Job 16:7-9
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    7Surely now, God has worn me out; you have devastated my entire household.

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  • Job 13:19
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    19Who can contend with me? For now, if I am silent, I will perish.

  • Lam 3:19
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    19Remember my affliction and my wandering—the bitterness and the gall.

  • Job 7:15
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    15I prefer strangling and death rather than this body of mine.

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    24For my sighing comes before my food, and my groanings pour out like water.

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    18My grief is beyond healing; my heart is faint within me.

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    2Even today my complaint is bitter; my suffering is heavier than my groaning.

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    20Why is light given to those in misery, and life to the bitter in soul?