Parallel Verses

Amplified


“As for me, is my complaint to man or about him?
And why should I not be impatient and my spirit troubled?

New American Standard Bible

“As for me, is my complaint to man?
And why should I not be impatient?

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

As for me, is my complaint against a man?
Then why shouldn’t I be impatient?

International Standard Version

After all, isn't my complaint against a human being? If so, 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?

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

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
As for me, is my complaint
שׂיח 
Siyach 
Usage: 14

to man
אדם 
'adam 
Usage: 541

and if it were so, why should not my spirit
רוּח 
Ruwach 
Usage: 378

Context Readings

Job's Seventh Speech: A Response To Zophar

3
“Bear with me, and I also will speak;
And after I have spoken, you may [continue to] mock [me].
4 
“As for me, is my complaint to man or about him?
And why should I not be impatient and my spirit troubled?
5
“Look at me and be astonished and appalled;
And put your hand over your mouth.


Cross References

Exodus 6:9

Moses told this to the Israelites, but they did not listen to him because of their impatience and despondency, and because of their forced labor.

1 Samuel 1:16

Do not regard your maidservant as a wicked and worthless woman, for I have spoken until now out of my great concern and [bitter] provocation.”

2 Kings 6:26-27

As the king of Israel (Jehoram) was passing by on the [city] wall a woman cried out to him, “Help, my lord, O king!”

Job 6:11


“What strength do I have left, that I should wait [and hope]?
And what is ahead of me, that I should be patient and endure?

Job 7:11-21


“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 [O Lord].

Job 10:1-2

“I am disgusted with my life and loathe it!
I will give free expression to my complaint;
I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.

Psalm 22:1-3

My God, my God, why have You forsaken me?
Why are You so far from helping me, and from the words of my groaning?

Psalm 42:11


Why are you in despair, O my soul?
Why have you become restless and disquieted within me?
Hope in God and wait expectantly for Him, for I shall yet praise Him,
The help of my countenance and my God.

Psalm 77:3-9


I remember God; then I am disquieted and I groan;
I sigh [in prayer], and my spirit grows faint. Selah.

Psalm 102:1

Hear my prayer, O Lord,
And let my cry for help come to You!

Psalm 142:2-3


I pour out my complaint before Him;
I declare my trouble before Him.

Matthew 26:38

Then He said to them, “My soul is deeply grieved, so that I am almost dying of sorrow. Stay here and stay awake and keep watch with Me.”

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