Parallel Verses
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?
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 I will speak, and after I have spoken, mock on.
4
And
Phrases
Names
Cross References
Exodus 6:9
Moses spoke thus to the people of Israel, but they did not listen to Moses, because of their broken spirit and harsh slavery.
1 Samuel 1:16
Do not regard your servant as a worthless woman, for all along I have been speaking out of my great anxiety and vexation."
2 Kings 6:26-27
Now as the king of Israel was passing by on the wall, a woman cried out to him, saying, "Help, my lord, O king!"
Job 6:11
What is my strength, that I should wait? And what is my end, that I should be patient?
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.
Job 10:1-2
"I loathe my life; I will give free utterance 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 saving me, from the words of my groaning?
Psalm 42:11
Why are you cast down, O my soul, and why are you in turmoil within me? Hope in God; for I shall again praise him, my salvation and my God.
Psalm 77:3-9
When I remember God, I moan; when I meditate, my spirit faints. Selah
Psalm 102:1
Hear my prayer, O LORD; let my cry come to you!
Psalm 142:2-3
I pour out my complaint before him; I tell my trouble before him.
Matthew 26:38
Then he said to them, "My soul is very sorrowful, even to death; remain here, and watch with me."