Job 21:4

As for me, is my complaint to man? Why shouldn’t I be impatient?

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WEBBE

As for me, is my complaint to man? Why shouldn’t I be impatient?

BSB

Is my complaint against a man? Then why should I not be impatient?

KJV

As for me, is my complaint to man? and if it were so, why should not my spirit be troubled?

ASV

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

BBE

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

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Commentary

Matthew Henry · Verses 1–6

Job comes closer to the question in dispute. This was, Whether outward prosperity is a mark of the true church, and the true members of it, so that ruin of a man's prosperity proves him a hypocrite? This they asserted, but Job denied. If they looked upon him, they might see misery enough to demand compassion, and their bold interpretations of this mysterious providence should be turned into silent wonder.

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