Job 21:4

KJV1611 – Modern English

As for me, is my complaint to a man? And if it were, why should my spirit not be troubled?

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  • Exod 6:9 : 9 And Moses spoke so to the children of Israel: but they did not listen to Moses because of anguish of spirit and cruel bondage.
  • 1 Sam 1:16 : 16 Do not consider your maidservant a wicked woman: for out of the abundance of my complaint and grief have I spoken until now.
  • 2 Kgs 6:26-27 : 26 And as the king of Israel was passing by on the wall, a woman cried to him, saying, Help, my lord, O king. 27 And he said, If the LORD does not help you, how shall I help you? from the threshing floor, or from the winepress?
  • Job 6:11 : 11 What is my strength, that I should hope? And what is my end, that I should prolong my life?
  • Job 7:11-21 : 11 Therefore I will not refrain my mouth; I will speak in the anguish of my spirit; I will complain in the bitterness of my soul. 12 Am I a sea, or a monster, that you set a watch over me? 13 When I say, 'My bed shall comfort me, my couch shall ease my complaint,' 14 then you scare me with dreams, and terrify me with visions: 15 so that my soul chooses strangling, and death rather than my life. 16 I loathe it; I would not live forever. Leave me alone, for my days are vanity. 17 What is man, that you should magnify him, and that you should set your heart upon him? 18 And that you should visit him every morning, and test him every moment? 19 How long will you not depart from me, nor let me alone till I swallow my spittle? 20 I have sinned; what shall I do unto you, O preserver of men? Why have you set me as a mark against you, so that I am a burden to myself? 21 And why do you not pardon my transgression and take away my iniquity? For now shall I sleep in the dust, and you shall seek me in the morning, but I shall not be.
  • Job 10:1-2 : 1 My soul is weary of my life; I will leave my complaint upon myself; I will speak in the bitterness of my soul. 2 I will say to God, Do not condemn me; show me why You contend with me.
  • Ps 22:1-3 : 1 My God, my God, why have You forsaken me? Why are You so far from helping me, and from the words of my groaning? 2 O my God, I cry in the daytime, but You do not hear; and in the night season, and am not silent. 3 But You are holy, O You who inhabit the praises of Israel.
  • Ps 42:11 : 11 Why are you cast down, O my soul? and why are you disquieted within me? hope in God: for I shall yet praise Him, who is the health of my countenance, and my God.
  • Ps 77:3-9 : 3 I remembered God, and was troubled; I complained, and my spirit was overwhelmed. Selah. 4 You hold my eyes wide awake: I am so troubled that I cannot speak. 5 I have considered the days of old, the years of ancient times. 6 I call to remembrance my song in the night; I commune with my own heart, and my spirit diligently searches. 7 Will the Lord cast off forever? and will He be favorable no more? 8 Is His mercy completely gone forever? Does His promise fail forevermore? 9 Has God forgotten to be gracious? Has He in anger shut up His tender mercies? Selah.
  • Ps 102:1 : 1 Hear my prayer, O LORD, and let my cry come to you.
  • Ps 142:2-3 : 2 I poured out my complaint before Him; I showed Him my trouble. 3 When my spirit was overwhelmed within me, then You knew my path. In the way where I walked, they secretly laid a snare for me.
  • Matt 26:38 : 38 Then he said to them, My soul is exceedingly sorrowful, even unto death: stay here, and watch with me.

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  • Job 7:11-12
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    79%

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

    12Am I a sea, or a monster, that you set a watch over me?

  • Job 10:1-2
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    79%

    1My soul is weary of my life; I will leave my complaint upon myself; I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.

    2I will say to God, Do not condemn me; show me why You contend with me.

  • Job 21:3
    78%

    3Allow me to speak; and after I have spoken, mock on.

  • Job 13:19
    77%

    19Who is he that will plead with me? for now, if I keep silent, I shall die.

  • Lam 3:39
    76%

    39Why should a living man complain, a man for the punishment of his sins?

  • Job 23:2
    76%

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

  • Job 10:20
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    20Are not my days few? Cease then, and let me alone, that I may take comfort a little,

  • Job 13:13-14
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    13Hold your peace, let me alone, that I may speak, and let happen to me what will.

    14Why do I take my flesh in my teeth and put my life in my hand?

  • Job 6:10-11
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    10Then I should still have comfort; yes, I would harden myself in sorrow. Let him not spare, for I have not concealed the words of the Holy One.

    11What is my strength, that I should hope? And what is my end, that I should prolong my life?

  • Job 6:13
    74%

    13Is not my help within me? And is wisdom driven quite from me?

  • Job 9:27
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    27If I say, I will forget my complaint, I will leave off my heaviness, and console myself:

  • Job 7:20-21
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    74%

    20I have sinned; what shall I do unto you, O preserver of men? Why have you set me as a mark against you, so that I am a burden to myself?

    21And why do you not pardon my transgression and take away my iniquity? For now shall I sleep in the dust, and you shall seek me in the morning, but I shall not be.

  • Job 15:13
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    13That you turn your spirit against God, and let such words go out of your mouth?

  • Job 16:6
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    6Though I speak, my grief is not eased; and though I forbear, what am I relieved?

  • Job 16:21
    74%

    21Oh, that one might plead for a man with God, as a man pleads for his neighbor!

  • Job 31:14
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    14What then shall I do when God rises up? When He visits, what shall I answer Him?

  • Job 9:18-19
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    18He will not allow me to regain my breath, but fills me with bitterness.

    19If I speak of strength, lo, He is mighty: and if of judgment, who shall set a time for me to plead?

  • Job 3:24
    73%

    24For my sighing comes before I eat, and my groanings are poured out like water.

  • Job 37:20
    73%

    20Shall it be told him that I speak? If a man speaks, surely he shall be swallowed up.

  • Job 23:7
    73%

    7There the righteous might dispute with him, so I would be delivered forever from my judge.

  • Job 4:17
    73%

    17Shall mortal man be more just than God? Shall a man be more pure than his maker?

  • Job 21:5
    73%

    5Look at me and be astonished, and place your hand over your mouth.

  • Job 13:24
    73%

    24Why do you hide your face, and hold me as your enemy?

  • Job 19:2
    73%

    2How long will you vex my soul and break me in pieces with words?

  • Job 23:4-5
    2 verses
    73%

    4I would present my case before him and fill my mouth with arguments.

    5I would know the words he would answer me, and understand what he would say to me.

  • Job 9:14
    73%

    14How much less shall I answer Him, and choose my words to argue with Him?

  • Job 31:38
    73%

    38If my land cries against me, or its furrows likewise complain;

  • Ps 143:4
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    4Therefore my spirit is overwhelmed within me; my heart within me is desolate.

  • Job 5:8
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    8I would seek to God, and to God I would commit my cause:

  • Job 27:2-3
    2 verses
    73%

    2As God lives, who has taken away my justice, and the Almighty, who has troubled my soul;

    3As long as my breath is in me, and the spirit of God is in my nostrils;

  • Job 40:8
    73%

    8Will you also annul my judgment? Will you condemn me, that you may be justified?

  • Job 9:32
    73%

    32For He is not a man, as I am, that I should answer Him, and we should come together in judgment.

  • Job 17:1-2
    2 verses
    73%

    1My breath is corrupt, my days are extinct, the graves are ready for me.

    2Are there not mockers with me? And does not my eye continue in their provocation?

  • Job 19:5
    73%

    5If indeed you will magnify yourselves against me and plead against me my reproach,

  • Ps 142:2
    72%

    2I poured out my complaint before Him; I showed Him my trouble.

  • Job 27:9
    72%

    9Will God hear his cry when trouble comes upon him?

  • Job 18:3
    72%

    3Why are we counted as beasts, and considered vile in your sight?

  • Job 19:7
    72%

    7Behold, I cry out of wrong, but I am not heard; I cry aloud, but there is no justice.

  • Jer 8:18
    72%

    18When I would comfort myself against sorrow, my heart is faint within me.

  • Job 20:3
    72%

    3I have heard the rebuke of my dishonor, and the spirit of my understanding prompts me to respond.

  • Lam 3:1
    72%

    1I am the man who has seen affliction by the rod of His wrath.