Job Chapter 21 verse 4 Holy Bible
As for me, is my complaint to man? And why should I not be impatient?
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As for me, is my outcry against man? is it then to be wondered at if my spirit is troubled?
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As for me, is my complaint to a man? or wherefore should not my spirit be impatient?
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As for me, is my complaint to man? and if it were so, why should not my spirit be troubled?
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As for me, is my complaint to man? and if it were so, why should not my spirit be troubled?
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As for me, is my complaint to man? Why shouldn't I be impatient?
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I -- to man `is' my complaint? and if `so', wherefore May not my temper become short?
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 4. - As for me, is my complaint to man? Do I address myself to man, pour out my complaint to him, and expect him to redress my wrongs? No; far otherwise. I address myself to God, from whom alone I can look for effectual assistance. And if it were so; rather, and if so, if this is the case, if my appeal is to God, and he makes me no answer, then why should not my spirit be troubled? or, Why should I not be impatient? (Revised Version). Job thinks that he has a right to be impatient, if God does not vouchsafe him an answer.
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(4) Is my complaint to man?--"It is not to man that I complain. I do not ask for your sympathy, and, therefore, why should ye resent an offence that is not given? If, however, I did ask it, might not my spirit with good reason be impatient? But, on the contrary, my complaint is to God; and, concerning the ways of God, I venture to ask why it is that His justice is so tardy; and this is a problem which when I remember it I am troubled, and horror taketh hold on my flesh, so difficult and arduous is it."
