Job 9:18 “He does not let me catch my breath, but overwhelms me with bitterness.”

Job 9:18

He does not let me catch my breath, but overwhelms me with bitterness.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

He will not suffer me to take my breath, but filleth me with bitterness.

World English Bible

He will not allow me to catch my breath, but fills me with bitterness.

American Standard Version

He will not suffer me to take my breath, But filleth me with bitterness.

Geneva Bible 1599

He wil not suffer me to take my breath, but filleth me with bitternesse.

Darby Translation

He suffereth me not to take my breath, for he filleth me with bitternesses.

Young's Literal Translation

He permitteth me not to refresh my spirit, But filleth me with bitter things.

Bible in Basic English

He would not let me take my breath, but I would be full of bitter grief.

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Cross references

“will not”

Job 7:19 Psalm 39:13 Psalm 88:7 Psalm 88:15–18 Lamentations 3:3 Lamentations 3:18

Job 7:19 · BSB

Will You never look away from me, or leave me alone to swallow my spittle?

Psalm 39:13 · BSB

Turn Your gaze away from me, that I may again be cheered before I depart and am no more.”

Psalm 88:7 · BSB

Your wrath weighs heavily upon me; all Your waves have submerged me. Selah

Psalm 88:15–18 · BSB

From my youth I was afflicted and near death. I have borne Your terrors; I am in despair.

Lamentations 3:3 · BSB

Indeed, He keeps turning His hand against me all day long.

Lamentations 3:18 · BSB

So I say, “My strength has perished, along with my hope from the LORD.”

“filleth me”

Lamentations 3:15 Job 3:20 Hebrews 12:11 Lamentations 3:19

Lamentations 3:15 · BSB

He has filled me with bitterness; He has intoxicated me with wormwood.

Job 3:20 · BSB

Why is light given to the miserable, and life to the bitter of soul,

Hebrews 12:11 · BSB

No discipline seems enjoyable at the time, but painful. Later on, however, it yields a harvest of righteousness and peace to those who have been trained by it.

Lamentations 3:19 · BSB

Remember my affliction and wandering, the wormwood and the gall.

Also

Job 27:2

Job 27:2 · BSB

“As surely as God lives, who has deprived me of justice— the Almighty, who has embittered my soul—

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

In context

17For He would crush me with a tempest and multiply my wounds without cause.

19If it is a matter of strength, He is indeed mighty! If it is a matter of justice, who can summon Him ?

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