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.

Similar Verses (AI)

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

  • Lam 3:15-16
    2 verses
    79%

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

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

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

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

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

  • Job 16:12-14
    3 verses
    76%

    12 I was at ease, but he shattered me; he seized me by the neck and crushed me. He has made me his target.

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

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

  • Lam 3:4-7
    4 verses
    75%

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

    9 He has stripped me of my honor and removed the crown from my head.

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

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

  • Ps 143:3-4
    2 verses
    74%

    3 For the enemy has pursued me, crushing my life to the ground and making me dwell in darkness, like those long dead.

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

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

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

  • 15 What 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.

  • 13 From 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.

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

  • Job 16:7-9
    3 verses
    73%

    7 Surely now, God has worn me out; you have devastated my entire household.

    8 You have bound me up as a witness; my gauntness rises up and testifies against me.

    9 His anger tears at me, and he hates me; he gnashes his teeth at me. My adversary sharpens his eyes against me.

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

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

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

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

  • 9 He has blocked my ways with cut stone; He has made my paths crooked.

  • 4 Is my complaint directed to a man? Why then should my spirit not be impatient?

  • 18 Why then did You bring me out of the womb? I wish I had died and no eye had seen me.

  • 4 For the arrows of the Almighty are within me; my spirit drinks their poison. The terrors of God are arrayed against me.

  • 10 Be gracious to me, O LORD, for I am in distress. My eyes grow weak with sorrow, as do my soul and my body.

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

  • Job 6:9-10
    2 verses
    72%

    9 That God would be willing to crush me, to let loose His hand and cut me off!

    10 It would still be my comfort— I would even exult in the midst of unrelenting pain— for I have not denied the words of the Holy One.

  • 16 And now my soul is poured out within me; days of suffering seize hold of me.

  • 20 Are not my days few? Leave me alone, so I may have a moment of relief.

  • 10 I am mute; I will not open my mouth because You have done this.

  • 28 I still dread all my suffering, for I know You will not hold me innocent.

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

  • 18 The Lord has disciplined me severely, but He has not given me over to death.

  • 11 His anger burns against me, and He counts me as one of His enemies.

  • 19 A person is also chastened with pain on their bed and continual aching in their bones.

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