Job 21:4
As for me, is my complaint to man? and if it were so, why should not my spirit be troubled?
Job 21:4 in other translations
| BSB | Is my complaint against a man? Then why should I not be impatient? |
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| WEB | As for me, is my complaint to man? Why shouldn’t I be impatient? |
| ASV | As for me, is my complaint to man? And why should I not be impatient? |
| YLT | I--to man is my complaint? and if so, wherefore May not my temper become short? |
| DARBY | As for me, is my complaint to a man? or wherefore should not my spirit be impatient? |
| BBE | As for me, is my outcry against man? is it then to be wondered at if my spirit is troubled? |
| Webster | As for me, is my complaint to man? and if it were so, why should not my spirit be troubled? |
What does Job 21:4 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain
Adam Clarke's Commentary
Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Job 21:1-6
Job comes closer to the question in dispute. This was, Whether outward prosperity is a mark of the true church, and the true members of it, so that ruin of a man's prosperity proves him a hypocrite? This they asserted, but Job denied. If they looked upon him, they might see misery enough to demand compassion, and their bold interpretations of this mysterious providence should be turned into silent wonder.
Job 21:4 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Job 21:4
- Psalms 142:2-3
I poured out my complaint before him; I shewed before him my trouble. When my spirit was overwhelmed within me, then thou knewest my path. In the way wherein I walked have they privily laid a snare for me.
- Psalms 42:11
Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted within me? hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise him, who is the health of my countenance, and my God.
- Psalms 102:1
A Prayer of the afflicted, when he is overwhelmed, and poureth out his complaint before the Lord. Hear my prayer, O Lord, and let my cry come unto thee.
- Psalms 22:1-3
To the chief Musician upon Aijeleth Shahar, A Psalm of David. My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? why art thou so far from helping me, and from the words of my roaring? O my God, I cry in the daytime, but thou hearest not; and in the night season, and am not silent. But thou art holy, O thou that inhabitest the praises of Israel.
- Job 10:1-2
My soul is weary of my life; I will leave my complaint upon myself; I will speak in the bitterness of my soul. I will say unto God, Do not condemn me; shew me wherefore thou contendest with me.
- Psalms 77:3-9
I remembered God, and was troubled: I complained, and my spirit was overwhelmed. Selah. Thou holdest mine eyes waking: I am so troubled that I cannot speak. I have considered the days of old, the years of ancient times. I call to remembrance my song in the night: I commune with mine own heart: and my spirit made diligent search. …
- Job 6:11
What is my strength, that I should hope? and what is mine end, that I should prolong my life?
- Job 7:11-21
Therefore I will not refrain my mouth; I will speak in the anguish of my spirit; I will complain in the bitterness of my soul. Am I a sea, or a whale, that thou settest a watch over me? When I say, My bed shall comfort me, my couch shall ease my complaint; Then thou scarest me with dreams, and terrifiest me through visions: …
- 1 Samuel 1:16
Count not thine handmaid for a daughter of Belial: for out of the abundance of my complaint and grief have I spoken hitherto.
- Exodus 6:9
And Moses spake so unto the children of Israel: but they hearkened not unto Moses for anguish of spirit, and for cruel bondage.
- 2 Kings 6:26-27
And as the king of Israel was passing by upon the wall, there cried a woman unto him, saying, Help, my lord, O king. And he said, If the Lord do not help thee, whence shall I help thee? out of the barnfloor, or out of the winepress?
- Matthew 26:38
Then saith he unto them, My soul is exceeding sorrowful, even unto death: tarry ye here, and watch with me.
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Context
- Job 21:3
Suffer me that I may speak; and after that I have spoken, mock on.
- Job 21:4
As for me, is my complaint to man? and if it were so, why should not my spirit be troubled?
- Job 21:5
Mark me, and be astonished, and lay your hand upon your mouth.
Job 21:4 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | ¿Hablo yo á algún hombre? y ¿por qué no se ha de angustiar mi espíritu? |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Ma plainte s’adresse-t-elle à un homme? Et pourquoi mon esprit ne serait-il pas à bout de patience? |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Richtet sich meine Klage an einen Menschen? Oder warum sollte ich nicht ungeduldig sein? |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Numquid contra hominem disputatio mea est, ut merito non debeam contristari? |