King James Version
Job 9:18 in the King James Version says “He will not suffer me to take my breath, but filleth me with bitterness.” — study this verse from Job chapter 9 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“He will not suffer me to take my breath, but filleth me with bitterness.”
Job 9:18 · KJV
If I had called, and he had answered me; yet would I not believe that he had hearkened unto my voice.
For he breaketh me with a tempest, and multiplieth my wounds without cause.
He will not suffer me to take my breath, but filleth me with bitterness.
If I speak of strength, lo, he is strong: and if of judgment, who shall set me a time to plead?
If I justify myself, mine own mouth shall condemn me: if I say, I am perfect, it shall also prove me perverse.
KJV Study — Public Domain
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
“He will not suffer”
H5414to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
“me to take”
H7725to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point);
“my breath”
H7307wind; by resemblance breath, i.e., a sensible (or even violent) exhalation; figuratively, life, anger, unsubstantiality; by extension, a region of the
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
“but filleth”
H7646to sate, i.e., fill to satisfaction (literally or figuratively)
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