Job 21:4 - Tree of Life Version As for me, is my complaint against man? If so, why should I not be impatient? Tuilleadh leaganachaKing 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 hope? What is my end, that I should endure?
A prayer of the afflicted one, when he is faint and pours out his lament before Adonai:
As with a crushing in my bones, my adversaries taunt me, by saying to me all day, “Where is your God?”
Moses spoke this way to Bnei-Yisrael, but they did not listen to him because of their broken spirit and cruel bondage.
Then He tells them, “My soul is deeply grieved, even to the point of death. Stay here and keep watch with Me.”
Don’t consider your handmaid a wicked woman. For out of my great anguish and grief I’ve been praying until now.”