Parallel Verses
The Emphasized Bible
Did, I, unto man, make my complaint? Wherefore, then, should my spirit not 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?
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?
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?
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 Suffer me, that, I, may speak, and, after I have spoken, thou canst mock! 4 Did, I, unto man, make my complaint? Wherefore, then, should my spirit not be impatient? 5 Turn round to me, and be astonished, and lay hand on mouth!
Phrases
Names
Cross References
Exodus 6:9
And Moses spake thus unto the sons of Israel, but they hearkened not unto Moses, through shortness of spirit, and through hard service.
1 Samuel 1:16
Do not count thy handmaid for an abandoned woman, - for, out of the abundance of my grief and my vexation, have I spoken, hitherto.
2 Kings 6:26-27
And so it was that, as the king of Israel was passing by on the wall, a woman, made outcry unto him, saying - Save, my lord, O king!
Job 6:11
What is my strength, that I should hope? Or what mine end, that I should prolong my desire?
Job 7:11-21
I also, cannot restrain my mouth, - I must speak, in the anguish of my spirit, I must find utterance, in the bitterness of my soul.
Job 10:1-2
My soul doth loathe my life, - I let loose my complaint, I speak, in the bitterness of my soul.
Psalm 22:1-3
My GOD, my GOD, why hast thou forsaken me? Far from saving me, The words of my loud lamentation?
Psalm 42:11
Why shouldst thou be sat down, O my soul? And why shouldst thou moan over me? Wait thou for God, for yet shall I praise him, As the triumph of my presence and my God.
Psalm 77:3-9
I remember God and I murmur, I muse, and my spirit swooneth. Selah.
Psalm 102:1
O Yahweh, hear thou my prayer, and let, my cry for help, unto thee, enter in.
Psalm 142:2-3
I pour out before him my complaint, My distress - before him, I tell.
Matthew 26:38
Then, saith he unto them: Encompassed with grief, is my soul, unto death: Abide ye here, and be watching with me.