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Job 21:4

NETBible	Is my¹ complaint against a man?² If so,³ why should I not be impatient?⁴
NIV © biblegateway Job 21:4	"Is my complaint directed to man? Why should I not be impatient?
NASB © biblegateway Job 21:4	"As for me, is my complaint to man? And why should I not be impatient?
NLT © biblegateway Job 21:4	"My complaint is with God, not with people. No wonder I’m so impatient.
MSG © biblegateway Job 21:4	"It's not [you] I'm complaining to--it's God. Is it any wonder I'm getting fed up with his silence?
BBE © SABDAweb Job 21:4	As for me, is my outcry against man? is it then to be wondered at if my spirit is troubled?
NRSV © bibleoremus Job 21:4	As for me, is my complaint addressed to mortals? Why should I not be impatient?
NKJV © biblegateway Job 21:4	"As for me, is my complaint against man? And if it were , why should I not be impatient?
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KJV	As for me, [is] my complaint <07879> to man <0120>_? and if [it were so], why should not my spirit <07307> be troubled <07114> (8799)_? {troubled: Heb. shortened?}
NASB © biblegateway Job 21:4	"As for me, is my complaint <07879> to man <0120> ? And why <04069> should I not be impatient <07114> ?
LXXM	ti <5100> I-ASN gar <1063> PRT mh <3165> ADV anyrwpou <444> N-GSM mou <1473> P-GS h <3588> T-NSF elegxiv <1649> N-NSF h <2228> CONJ dia <1223> PREP ti <5100> I-ASN ou <3364> ADV yumwyhsomai <2373> V-FPI-1S
NET [draft] ITL	Is my <0595> complaint <07879> against a man <0120> ? If <0518> so, why <04069> should I not <03808> be impatient <07307> <07114> ?
HEBREW	yxwr <07307> ruqt <07114> al <03808> ewdm <04069> Maw <0518> yxyv <07879> Mdal <0120> yknah (21:4) <0595>

NETBible

Is my¹ complaint against a man?² If so,³ why should I not be impatient?⁴

NET Notes

¹tn The addition of the independent pronoun at the beginning of the sentence (“Is it I / against a man / my complaint”) strengthens the pronominal suffix on “complaint” (see GKC 438 §135.f).

²sn The point seems to be that if his complaint were merely against men he might expect sympathy from other men; but no one dares offer him sympathy when his complaint is against God. So he will give free expression to his spirit (H. H. Rowley, Job [NCBC], 147).

³tn On disjunctive interrogatives, see GKC 475 §150.g.

⁴tn Heb “why should my spirit/breath not be short” (see Num 21:4; Judg 16:16).