Bible verse

Job 21:4

Is my complaint against a man? Then why should I not be impatient?

Job 21:4 · BSB

Job 21:4 in context

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.

Read all of Job 21

Job 21:4 in other translations

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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