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Job 9:18 Cross-References
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“He will not suffer me to take my breath, but filleth me with bitterness.”
Job 9:18 (KJV)
Commentary on Job 9:18
Job describes relentless affliction: 'He will not suffer me to take my breath, but filleth me with bitterness.' The phrase 'suffer me to take my breath' (yitteneni hasheb ruchi, יִתְּנֵנִי הָשֵׁב רוּחִי) means to recover or catch one's breath—Job gets no respite between blows. 'Filleth me' (yasbienu, יַשְׂבִּעֵנִי) means to saturate or satisfy—but instead of satisfaction, God fills Job with 'bitterness' (mamerurim, מַמְּרֻרִים), plural intensive form suggesting overwhelming bitter experience.Job's imagery evokes drowning or exhaustion—before recovering from one blow, another lands. This descri...
Source: KJV Study Commentary
Cross-References for Job 9:18
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“nor leave me alone until I swallow down my spittle?”
“he has sated me with wormwood.”
“Thy wrath lieth hard upon me”
“Surely against me is he turned; he turneth his hand against me all the day.”
“My strength is perished”
“that I may recover strength”
“Now no chastening for the present seemeth to be joyous”
“I am distracted.”