TheWay BibleJob 9:18 KJV
Job · chapter 9 · verse 18
He will not suffer me to take my breath, but filleth me with bitterness.Job 9:18 · King James Version
Job 9:18 in context
16If I had called, and he had answered me; yet would I not believe that he had hearkened unto my voice.
17For he breaketh me with a tempest, and multiplieth my wounds without cause.
18He will not suffer me to take my breath, but filleth me with bitterness.
19If I speak of strength, lo, he is strong: and if of judgment, who shall set me a time to plead?
20If I justify myself, mine own mouth shall condemn me: if I say, I am perfect, it shall also prove me perverse.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- fillethsâbaʻto sateH7646 →
- suffernâthanto give, used with greatest latitude of applicationH5414 →
- breathrûwachwindH7307 →
- takeshûwbto turn back transitively or intransitively, literally or figurativelyH7725 →
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What Job had said of man's utter inability to contend with God he here applies to himself, and in effect despairs of gaining his favour, which (some think) arises from the hard thoughts he had of God, as one who, having set himself against him, right or wrong, would be too hard for him.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 14-21