Job 21:4

Geneva Bible (1560)

Doe I direct my talke to man? If it were so, how should not my spirit be troubled?

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  • Exod 6:9 : 9 So Moses told the children of Israel thus: but they hearkened not vnto Moses, for anguish of spirit and for cruel bondage.
  • 1 Sam 1:16 : 16 Count not thine handmaide for a wicked woman: for of the abundance of my complaint and my griefe haue I spoken hitherto.
  • 2 Kgs 6:26-27 : 26 And as the King of Israel was going vpon the wall, there cryed a woman vnto him, saying, Helpe, my lord, O King. 27 And he said, Seeing the Lord doeth not succour thee, howe shoulde I helpe thee with the barne, or with the wine presse?
  • Job 6:11 : 11 What power haue I that I should endure? or what is mine end, if I should prolong my life?
  • Job 7:11-21 : 11 Therefore I will not spare my mouth, but will speake in the trouble of my spirite, and muse in the bitternesse of my minde. 12 Am I a sea or a whalefish, that thou keepest me in warde? 13 When I say, My couch shal relieue me, and my bed shall bring comfort in my meditation, 14 Then fearest thou me with dreames, and astonishest me with visions. 15 Therefore my soule chuseth rather to be strangled and to die, then to be in my bones. 16 I abhorre it, I shall not liue alway: spare me then, for my dayes are but vanitie. 17 What is man, that thou doest magnifie him, and that thou settest thine heart vpon him? 18 And doest visite him euery morning, and tryest him euery moment? 19 Howe long will it be yer thou depart from me? thou wilt not let me alone whiles I may swallowe my spettle. 20 I haue sinned, what shal I do vnto thee? O thou preseruer of me, why hast thou set me as a marke against thee, so that I am a burden vnto my selfe? 21 And why doest thou not pardon my trespasse? and take away mine iniquitie? for nowe shall I sleepe in the dust, and if thou seekest me in the morning, I shall not be found.
  • Job 10:1-2 : 1 My soule is cut off though I liue: I wil leaue my complaint vpon my selfe, & wil speake in the bitternesse of my soule. 2 I will say vnto God, Condemne mee not: shew me, wherefore thou contendest with mee.
  • Ps 22:1-3 : 1 To him that excelleth vpon Aiieleth Hasshahar. A Psalme of Dauid. My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me, and art so farre from mine health, and from the wordes of my roaring? 2 O my God, I crie by day, but thou hearest not, and by night, but haue no audience. 3 But thou art holy, and doest inhabite the prayses of Israel.
  • Ps 42:11 : 11 Why art thou cast downe, my soule? and why art thou disquieted within mee? waite on God: for I wil yet giue him thankes: he is my present helpe, and my God.
  • Ps 77:3-9 : 3 I did thinke vpon God, & was troubled: I praied, and my spirit was full of anguish. Selah. 4 Thou keepest mine eyes waking: I was astonied and could not speake. 5 Then I considered the daies of olde, and the yeeres of ancient time. 6 I called to remembrance my song in the night: I communed with mine owne heart, and my spirit searched diligently. 7 Will the Lorde absent him selfe for euer? and will he shewe no more fauour? 8 Is his mercie cleane gone for euer? doeth his promes faile for euermore? 9 Hath God forgotten to be mercifull? hath he shut vp his teder mercies in displeasure? Selah.
  • Ps 102:1 : 1 A prayer of the afflicted, when hee shall be in distresse, and poure foorth his meditation before the Lorde. O Lorde, heare my prayer, and let my crye come vnto thee.
  • Ps 142:2-3 : 2 I powred out my meditation before him, and declared mine affliction in his presence. 3 Though my spirit was in perplexitie in me, yet thou knewest my path: in the way wherein I walked, haue they priuily layde a snare for me.
  • Matt 26:38 : 38 Then sayde Iesus vnto them, My soule is very heauie, euen vnto the death: tarie yee here, and watch with me.

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  • Job 7:11-12
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    11Therefore I will not spare my mouth, but will speake in the trouble of my spirite, and muse in the bitternesse of my minde.

    12Am I a sea or a whalefish, that thou keepest me in warde?

  • Job 10:1-2
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    1My soule is cut off though I liue: I wil leaue my complaint vpon my selfe, & wil speake in the bitternesse of my soule.

    2I will say vnto God, Condemne mee not: shew me, wherefore thou contendest with mee.

  • 3Suffer mee, that I may speake, and when I haue spoken, mocke on.

  • 19Who is he, that will pleade with me? for if I nowe holde my tongue, I dye.

  • 39Wherefore then is the liuing man sorowfull? man suffreth for his sinne.

  • 2Though my talke be this day in bitternes, and my plague greater then my groning,

  • 20Are not my dayes fewe? let him cease, and leaue off from me, that I may take a litle comfort,

  • Job 13:13-14
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    13Holde your tongues in my presence, that I may speake, and let come vpon what will.

    14Wherefore doe I take my flesh in my teeth, and put my soule in mine hande?

  • Job 6:10-11
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    10Then should I yet haue comfort, (though I burne with sorowe, let him not spare) because I haue not denyed the wordes of the Holy one.

    11What power haue I that I should endure? or what is mine end, if I should prolong my life?

  • 13Is it not so, that there is in me no helpe? and that strength is taken from me?

  • 27If I say, I wil forget my complaynt, I will cease from my wrath, and comfort mee,

  • Job 7:20-21
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    20I haue sinned, what shal I do vnto thee? O thou preseruer of me, why hast thou set me as a marke against thee, so that I am a burden vnto my selfe?

    21And why doest thou not pardon my trespasse? and take away mine iniquitie? for nowe shall I sleepe in the dust, and if thou seekest me in the morning, I shall not be found.

  • 13That thou answerest to God at thy pleasure, and bringest such wordes out of thy mouth?

  • 6Though I speake, my sorow can not be asswaged: though I cease, what release haue I?

  • 21Oh that a man might pleade with God, as man with his neighbour!

  • 14What then shal I do when God standeth vp? & when he shal visit me, what shal I answere?

  • Job 9:18-19
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    18He wil not suffer me to take my breath, but filleth me with bitternesse.

    19If we speake of strength, behold, he is strog: if we speake of iudgement, who shall bring me in to pleade?

  • 24For my sighing commeth before I eate, and my roarings are powred out like the water.

  • 20Shall it be told him when I speake? Or shall man speake when he shalbe destroyed?

  • 7There the righteous might reason with him, so I shoulde be deliuered for euer from my Iudge.

  • 17Shall man be more iust then God? or shall a man be more pure then his maker?

  • 5Marke mee, and be abashed, and lay your hand vpon your mouth.

  • 24Wherefore hidest thou thy face, and takest me for thine enemie?

  • 2Howe long will yee vexe my soule, and torment me with wordes?

  • Job 23:4-5
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    4I would pleade the cause before him, & fill my mouth with arguments.

    5I would knowe the wordes, that he would answere me, & would vnderstand what he would say vnto me.

  • 14Howe much lesse shall I answere him? or howe should I finde out my words with him?

  • 38If my lande cry against me, or the furrowes thereof complayne together,

  • 4And my spirit was in perplexitie in me, and mine heart within me was amased.

  • 8But I would inquire at God, and turne my talke vnto God:

  • Job 27:2-3
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    2The liuing God hath taken away my iudgement: for the Almightie hath put my soule in bitternesse.

    3Yet so long as my breath is in me, and the Spirit of God in my nostrels,

  • 8(40:3) Wilt thou disanul my iudgement? or wilt thou condemne me, that thou mayst be iustified?

  • 32For he is not a man as I am, that I shoulde answere him, if we come together to iudgement.

  • Job 17:1-2
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    1My breath is corrupt: my dayes are cut off, & the graue is readie for me.

    2There are none but mockers with mee, & mine eye continueth in their bitternesse.

  • 5But in deede if ye will aduance your selues against me, and rebuke me for my reproche,

  • 2I powred out my meditation before him, and declared mine affliction in his presence.

  • 9Will God heare his cry, when trouble commeth vpon him?

  • 3Wherefore are wee counted as beastes, and are vile in your sight?

  • 7Beholde, I crie out of violence, but I haue none answere: I crie, but there is no iudgement.

  • 18I would haue comforted my selfe against sorowe, but mine heart is heauie in me.

  • 3I haue heard the correction of my reproch: therefore the spirite of mine vnderstanding causeth me to answere.

  • 1I am the man, that hath seene affliction in the rod of his indignation.