Job 9:18

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

He does not allow me to recover my breath, for he fills me with bitterness.

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Referenced Verses

  • Job 7:19 : 19 Will you never look away from me, will you not let me alone long enough to swallow my spittle?
  • Lam 3:15 : 15 He has given me my fill of bitter herbs and made me drunk with bitterness.
  • Lam 3:18-19 : 18 So I said,“My endurance has expired; I have lost all hope of deliverance from the LORD.” 19 ז(Zayin) Remember my impoverished and homeless condition, which is a bitter poison.
  • Heb 12:11 : 11 Now all discipline seems painful at the time, not joyful. But later it produces the fruit of peace and righteousness for those trained by it.
  • Job 3:20 : 20 Longing for Death“Why does God give light to one who is in misery, and life to those whose soul is bitter,
  • Job 27:2 : 2 “As surely as God lives, who has denied me justice, the Almighty, who has made my life bitter–
  • Ps 39:13 : 13 Turn your angry gaze away from me, so I can be happy before I pass away.
  • Ps 88:7 : 7 Your anger bears down on me, and you overwhelm me with all your waves.(Selah)
  • Ps 88:15-18 : 15 I am oppressed and have been on the verge of death since my youth. I have been subjected to your horrors and am numb with pain. 16 Your anger overwhelms me; your terrors destroy me. 17 They surround me like water all day long; they join forces and encircle me. 18 You cause my friends and neighbors to keep their distance; those who know me leave me alone in the darkness.
  • Lam 3:3 : 3 He repeatedly attacks me, he turns his hand against me all day long.

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