Job 9:18
Old Testament • 5 words with Strong's data
"He will not suffer me to take my breath, but filleth me with bitterness."
Word-by-Word Analysis
נָתַן
nâthan
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
לָקַח
lâqach
to take (in the widest variety of applications)
רוּחַ
rûwach
wind; by resemblance breath, i.e. a sensible (or even violent) exhalation; figuratively, life, anger, unsubstantiality; by extension, a region of the ...
שָׂבַע
sâbaʻ
to sate, i.e. fill to satisfaction (literally or figuratively)
מַר
mar
bitter (literally or figuratively); also (as noun) bitterness, or (adverbially) bitterly
Key Terms in This Verse
שָׂבַע sâbaʻ
to sate, i.e. fill to satisfaction (literally or figuratively)
Study H7646 →מַר mar
bitter (literally or figuratively); also (as noun) bitterness, or (adverbially) bitterly
Study H4751 →רוּחַ rûwach
wind; by resemblance breath, i.e. a sensible (or even violent) exhalation; figuratively, life, anger, unsubstantiality; by extension, a region of the sky; by resemblance spirit, but only of a rational...
Study H7307 →נָתַן nâthan
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
Study H5414 →Cross References
How long wilt thou not depart from me, nor let me alone till I swallow down my spittle?
He hath filled me with bitterness, he hath made me drunken with wormwood.
As God liveth, who hath taken away my judgment; and the Almighty, who hath vexed my soul;
Wherefore is light given to him that is in misery, and life unto the bitter in soul;
O spare me, that I may recover strength, before I go hence, and be no more.
Now no chastening for the present seemeth to be joyous, but grievous: nevertheless afterward it yieldeth the peaceable fruit of righteousness unto them which are exercised thereby.
Thy wrath lieth hard upon me, and thou hast afflicted me with all thy waves. Selah.
Surely against me is he turned; he turneth his hand against me all the day.
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