Parallel Verses
Modern King James verseion
As for me, is my complaint to man? And why should my spirit not be troubled?
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 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 Rise with me and I shall speak; and after I have spoken, mock on. 4 As for me, is my complaint to man? And why should my spirit not be troubled? 5 Turn to me and be amazed, and lay your hand on your mouth.
Phrases
Names
Cross References
Exodus 6:9
And Moses said so to the sons of Israel. But they did not listen to Moses through anguish of spirit and through cruel bondage.
1 Samuel 1:16
Do not count your handmaid for a daughter of wickedness, for out of the abundance of my meditation and grief I have spoken until now.
2 Kings 6:26-27
And as the king of Israel was passing by on the wall, a woman cried to him, saying, Help, my lord, O king!
Job 6:11
What is my strength, that I should hope? And what is my end, that I should be patient?
Job 7:11-21
Therefore I will not hold my mouth; I will speak in the trouble of my spirit; I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.
Job 10:1-2
My soul is weary of my life; I will leave my complaint on my self; I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.
Psalm 22:1-3
To the Chief Musician, on the deer of the dawn. A Psalm of David. My God, my God, why have You forsaken me, and are far from my deliverance, and from the words of my groaning?
Psalm 42:11
Why are you cast down, O my soul? And why do you moan within me? Hope in God; for I still praise Him, the salvation of my face, and my God.
Psalm 77:3-9
I remembered God, and was troubled; I complained, and my spirit fainted. Selah.
Psalm 102:1
A prayer of the afflicted, when he is overwhelmed and pours out his complaint before Jehovah. Hear my prayer, O Jehovah, and let my cry come to You.
Psalm 142:2-3
I poured out my prayer before Him; I declared my trouble before Him.
Matthew 26:38
Then He said to them, My soul is exceedingly sorrowful, even to death. Wait here and watch with Me.