Parallel Verses
International Standard Version
After all, isn't my complaint against a human being? If so, why shouldn't I be impatient?
New American Standard Bible
And
King James Version
As for me, is my complaint to man? and if it were so, why should not my spirit be troubled?
Holman Bible
Then why shouldn’t I be impatient?
A Conservative Version
As for me, is my complaint to man? And why should I not be impatient?
American Standard Version
As for me, is my complaint to man? And why should I not be impatient?
Amplified
“As for me, is my complaint to man or about him?
And why should I not be impatient and my spirit troubled?
Bible in Basic English
As for me, is my outcry against man? is it then to be wondered at if my spirit is troubled?
Darby Translation
As for me, is my complaint to a man? or wherefore should not my spirit be impatient?
Julia Smith Translation
I, is my complaint to man? and then wherefore shall not my spirit be shortened?
King James 2000
As for me, is my complaint to man? and if it were so, why should not my spirit be troubled?
Lexham Expanded Bible
[As for] me, [is] my complaint for human beings? And if [so], why cannot I be impatient?
Modern King James verseion
As for me, is my complaint to man? And why should my spirit not be troubled?
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Is it with a man, that I make this disputation? Which if it were so, should not my spirit be then in sore trouble?
NET Bible
Is my complaint against a man? If so, why should I not be impatient?
New Heart English Bible
As for me, is my complaint to man? Why shouldn't I be impatient?
The Emphasized Bible
Did, I, unto man, make my complaint? Wherefore, then, should my spirit not be impatient?
Webster
As for me, is my complaint to man? and if it were so, why should not my spirit be troubled?
World English Bible
As for me, is my complaint to man? Why shouldn't I be impatient?
Youngs Literal Translation
I -- to man is my complaint? and if so, wherefore May not my temper become short?
Interlinear
Siyach
Word Count of 20 Translations in Job 21:4
Verse Info
Context Readings
Job's Seventh Speech: A Response To Zophar
3 Bear with me and let me speak! Then, after I've spoken, you'll be free to mock me. 4 After all, isn't my complaint against a human being? If so, why shouldn't I be impatient? 5 Look at me, be appalled, and then shut up!
Phrases
Names
Cross References
Exodus 6:9
Then Moses reported this to the Israelis, but they did not listen to Moses due to their irritation and impatience because there was no deliverance and because of the cruel bondage.
1 Samuel 1:16
Don't consider your maid servant a worthless woman. Rather, all this time I've been speaking because I'm very anxious and distressed."
2 Kings 6:26-27
While the king of Israel was walking along the city wall, a woman cried out to him. "Help me, your majesty!" she said.
Job 6:11
"Do I have the strength to wait? And why should I be patient?
Job 7:11-21
"In addition, I won't keep my opinion to myself; I'll speak from my distressed spirit; I'll complain with my bitter soul.
Job 10:1-2
"I am disgusted with living, so I'm going to talk about my complaint freely. I'll speak out from the bitterness of my soul.
Psalm 22:1-3
My God! My God! Why have you abandoned me? Why are you so far from delivering me from my groaning words?
Psalm 42:11
Why are you in despair, my soul? Why are you disturbed within me? Hope in God, for once again I will praise him, since his presence saves me and he is my God.
Psalm 77:3-9
I remember God, and I groan; I meditate, while my spirit grows faint. Interlude
Psalm 102:1
LORD, hear my prayer! May my cry for help come to you.
Psalm 142:2-3
I pour out my complaint to him, telling him all of my troubles.
Matthew 26:38
Then he told them, "I'm so deeply grieved that I feel I'm about to die. Wait here and stay awake with me."