King James Version (KJV)
Job 9:18
“He will not suffer me to take my breath, but filleth me with bitterness.”
Verse in context — Job 9
16
If I had called, and he had answered me; [yet] would I not believe that he had hearkened unto my voice.
17
For he breaketh me with a tempest, and multiplieth my wounds without cause.
18
He will not suffer me to take my breath, but filleth me with bitterness.
19
If [I speak] of strength, lo, [he is] strong: and if of judgment, who shall set me a time [to plead]?
20
If I justify myself, mine own mouth shall condemn me: [if I say], I [am] perfect, it shall also prove me perverse.
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