18He will not suffer me to take my breath, but fills me with bitterness.


In Context

15 Whom, though I were righteous, yet would I not answer, but I would make supplication to my judge.

16 If I had called, and he had answered me; yet would I not believe that he had listened to my voice.

17 For he breaks me with a tempest, and multiplies my wounds without cause.

18 He will not suffer me to take my breath, but fills me with bitterness.

19 If I speak of strength, see, he is strong: and if of judgment, who shall set me a time to plead?

20 If I justify myself, my own mouth shall condemn me: if I say, I am perfect, it shall also prove me perverse.

Job 9:18 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

9:18He will not suffer me to take my breath, but filleth me with bitterness.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

9:18He would not let me regain my breath but would overwhelm me with misery.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

9:18He alloweth not my spirit to rest, and he filleth me with bitterness.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

9:18He will not suffer me to take my breath, But filleth me with bitterness.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

9:18He suffereth me not to take my breath, for he filleth me with bitternesses.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

9:18He will not suffer me to take my breath, but filleth me with bitterness.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

9:18He will not suffer me to take my breath, but filleth me with bitterness.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

9:18He will not allow me to catch my breath, but fills me with bitterness.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

9:18He permitteth me not to refresh my spirit, But filleth me with bitter things.