Job 21:4 · KJV
“As for me, {is} my complaint to man? and if {it were so}, why should not my spirit be troubled? {troubled: Heb. shortened?}”
— Job 21:4
Suffer me that I may speak; and after that I have spoken, mock on.
Mark me, and be astonished, and lay {your} hand upon {your} mouth. {Mark...: Heb. Look unto me}
Job 21 — Context
Hear diligently my speech, and let this be your consolations.
3Suffer me that I may speak; and after that I have spoken, mock on.
4As for me, {is} my complaint to man? and if {it were so}, why should not my spirit be troubled? {troubled: Heb. shortened?}
5Mark me, and be astonished, and lay {your} hand upon {your} mouth. {Mark...: Heb. Look unto me}
6Even when I remember I am afraid, and trembling taketh hold on my flesh.
Cross References
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. {of: or, for}
Psalms 142:2-3
I poured out my complaint before him; I shewed before him my trouble.
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 77:3-9
I remembered God, and was troubled: I complained, and my spirit was overwhelmed. Selah.
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. {anguish: Heb. shortness, or, straitness}
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. {weary...: or, cut off while I live}
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.
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.