Parallel Verses
World English Bible
As for me, is my complaint to man? 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?
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?
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 Allow me, and I also will speak; After I have spoken, mock on. 4 As for me, is my complaint to man? Why shouldn't I be impatient? 5 Look at me, and be astonished. Lay your hand on your mouth.
Phrases
Names
Cross References
Exodus 6:9
Moses spoke so to the children of Israel, but they didn't listen to Moses for anguish of spirit, and for cruel bondage.
1 Samuel 1:16
Don't count your handmaid for a wicked woman; for I have been speaking out of the abundance of my complaint and my provocation."
2 Kings 6:26-27
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 wait? What is my end, that I should be patient?
Job 7:11-21
"Therefore I will not keep silent. I will speak in the anguish 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 give free course 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, my soul? Why are you disturbed within me? Hope in God! For I shall still praise him, the saving help of my countenance, and my God.
Psalm 77:3-9
I remember God, and I groan. I complain, and my spirit is overwhelmed. Selah.
Psalm 102:1
Hear my prayer, Yahweh! Let my cry come to you.
Psalm 142:2-3
I pour out my complaint before him. I tell him my troubles.
Matthew 26:38
Then he said to them, "My soul is exceedingly sorrowful, even to death. Stay here, and watch with me."