Bible verse
He does not let me catch my breath, but overwhelms me with bitterness.
Job 9:18 · BSB
The verses around it, from Job 9.
14 How then can I answer Him or choose my arguments against Him?
15 For even if I were right, I could not answer. I could only beg my Judge for mercy.
16 If I summoned Him and He answered me, I do not believe He would listen to my voice.
17 For He would crush me with a tempest and multiply my wounds without cause.
18 He does not let me catch my breath, but overwhelms me with bitterness.
19 If it is a matter of strength, He is indeed mighty! If it is a matter of justice, who can summon Him?
20 Even if I were righteous, my mouth would condemn me; if I were blameless, it would declare me guilty.
21 Though I am blameless, I have no concern for myself; I despise my own life.
22 It is all the same, and so I say, ‘He destroys both the blameless and the wicked.’
KJV
He will not suffer me to take my breath, but filleth me with bitterness.
ASV
He will not suffer me to take my breath, But filleth me with bitterness.
ERV
He will not suffer me to take my breath, but filleth me with bitterness.
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