Job 21:4 “Is my complaint against a man? Then why should I not be impatient?”

Job 21:4

Is my complaint against a man? Then why should I not be impatient?

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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?

American Standard Version

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

Geneva Bible 1599

Doe I direct my talke to man? If it were so, how should not my spirit be troubled?

Darby Translation

As for me, is my complaint to a man? or wherefore should not my spirit be impatient?

Young's Literal Translation

I — to man [is] my complaint? and if [so], wherefore May not my temper become short?

Bible in Basic English

As for me, is my outcry against man? is it then to be wondered at if my spirit is troubled?

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Cross references

“is my complaint”

Psalm 102:1 Job 7:11–21 1 Samuel 1:16 Psalm 22:1–3 Psalm 77:3–9 Matthew 26:38

Psalm 102:1 · BSB

Hear my prayer, O LORD; let my cry for help come before You.

Job 7:11–21 · BSB

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.

1 Samuel 1:16 · BSB

Do not take your servant for a wicked woman, for all this time I have been praying out of the depth of my anguish and grief.”

Psalm 22:1–3 · BSB

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

Psalm 77:3–9 · BSB

I remembered You, O God, and I groaned; I mused and my spirit grew faint. Selah

Matthew 26:38 · BSB

Then He said to them, “My soul is consumed with sorrow to the point of death. Stay here and keep watch with Me.”

“if it were”

Psalm 42:11 2 Kings 6:26 2 Kings 6:27

Psalm 42:11 · BSB

Why are you downcast, O my soul? Why the unease within me? Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise Him, my Savior and my God.

2 Kings 6:26 · BSB

As the king of Israel was passing by on the wall, a woman cried out to him, “Help me, my lord the king!”

2 Kings 6:27 · BSB

He answered, “If the LORD does not help you, where can I find help for you? From the threshing floor or the winepress?”

“troubled”

Exodus 6:9

Exodus 6:9 · BSB

Moses relayed this message to the Israelites, but on account of their broken spirit and cruel bondage, they did not listen to him.

Also

Job 6:11

Job 6:11 · BSB

What strength do I have, that I should still hope? What is my future, that I should be patient?

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

3Bear with me while I speak; then, after I have spoken, you may go on mocking.

5Look at me and be appalled; put your hand over your mouth.

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