Job 21:4 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 As for me, is my complaint addressed to mortals? Why should I not be impatient? More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 As for me, is my complaint to man? And if it were so, why should not my spirit be troubled? Amplified Bible - Classic Edition As for me, is my complaint to man or of him? And why should I not be impatient and my spirit be troubled? American Standard Version (1901) As for me, is my complaint to man? And why should I not be impatient? Common English Bible Are my complaints against another human; why is my patience short? Catholic Public Domain Version Is my dispute against man, so that I would have no reason to be discouraged? Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Is my debate against man, that I should not have just reason to be troubled? |
What is my strength, that I should wait? And what is my end, that I should be patient?
Why are you cast down, O my soul, and why are you disquieted within me? Hope in God, for I shall again praise him, my help and my God.
Moses told this to the Israelites, but they would not listen to Moses, because of their broken spirit and their cruel slavery.
Then he said to them, “My soul is deeply grieved, even to death; remain here, and stay awake with me.”
Do not regard your servant as a worthless woman, for I have been speaking out of my great anxiety and vexation all this time.”