Job 21:4

NETBible

Is my 1  complaint against a man? 2  If so, 3  why should I not be impatient? 4 

NIV ©

"Is my complaint directed to man? Why should I not be impatient?

NASB ©

"As for me, is my complaint to man? And why should I not be impatient?

NLT ©

"My complaint is with God, not with people. No wonder I’m so impatient.

MSG ©

"It's not [you] I'm complaining to--it's God. Is it any wonder I'm getting fed up with his silence?

BBE ©

As for me, is my outcry against man? is it then to be wondered at if my spirit is troubled?

NRSV ©

As for me, is my complaint addressed to mortals? Why should I not be impatient?

NKJV ©

"As for me, is my complaint against man? And if it were , why should I not be impatient?

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 ©
"As for me, is my complaint
<7879>
to man
<120>
? And why
<4069>
should I not be impatient
<7114>
?
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 my 1  complaint against a man? 2  If so, 3  why should I not be impatient? 4 

NET Notes

1 tn 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).

2 sn 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).

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

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