Job 21:4
As for me, is my complaint to man? and if it were so, why should not my spirit be troubled?
KJV
Numquid contra hominem disputatio mea est, ut merito non debeam contristari ?
Vulgate
τί γάρ; μὴ ἀνθρώπου μου ἡ ἔλεγξις; ἢ διὰ τί οὐ θυμωθήσομαι;
LXX
As for me, is my complaint to man? And why should I not be impatient?
ASV
הֶ֭/אָנֹכִי לְ/אָדָ֣ם שִׂיחִ֑/י וְ/אִם מַ֝דּ֗וּעַ לֹא תִקְצַ֥ר רוּחִֽ/י
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
8 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
אִם
'm
conjunction · 1065×
אָדָ֖ם
'dm
noun · 545×
אָנֹכִ֖י
'nky
pronoun · 356×
י
y
noun · 14×
לֹ֣א
l'
proper_noun · 5171×
מַדּ֖וּעַ
mdv'
adverb · 71×
ר֣וּחַ
rvch
noun · 377×
תִּקְצַ֥ר
tqtsr
verb · 51×
Historic Christian voices
2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- Exod 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.
- John 14:1 — Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me.
- Judg 16:16 — And it came to pass, when she pressed him daily with her words, and urged him, so that his soul was vexed unto death;
- Ps 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.
- Ps 102:1 — Hear my prayer, O LORD, and let my cry come unto thee.
- Ps 142:2 — I poured out my complaint before him; I shewed before him my trouble.