Bible verse
Is my complaint against a man? Then why should I not be impatient?
Job 21:4 · BSB
The verses around it, from Job 21.
1 Then Job answered:
2 “Listen carefully to my words; let this be your consolation to me.
3 Bear with me while I speak; then, after I have spoken, you may go on mocking.
4 Is my complaint against a man? Then why should I not be impatient?
5 Look at me and be appalled; put your hand over your mouth.
6 When I remember, terror takes hold, and my body trembles in horror.
7 Why do the wicked live on, growing old and increasing in power?
8 Their descendants are established around them, and their offspring before their eyes.
KJV
As for me, [is] my complaint to man? and if [it were so], why should not my spirit be troubled?
ASV
As for me, is my complaint to man? And why should I not be impatient?
ERV
As for me, is my complaint to man? and why should I not be impatient?
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