Job 21:4

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Suffer me that I may speak; and after that I have spoken, mock on.	As for me, [is] my complaint to man? and if [it were so], why should not my spirit be troubled?	Mark me, and be astonished, and lay [your] hand upon [your] mouth.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

As for me, is my complaint^H7879 to man^H120? and if it were so, why should not my spirit^H7307 be troubled^H7114?

Original Hebrew

הֶאָנֹכִי לְאָדָם שִׂיחִי וְאִם־מַדּוּעַ לֹא־תִקְצַר רוּחִי׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
הֶ֭/אָנֹכִי	He./'a.no.khi	H595	HTi/Pp1cs	¿/ I
לְ/אָדָ֣ם	le./'a.Dam	H120	HR/Ncmsa	to/ humankind
שִׂיחִ֑/י	si.Ch/i	H7879	HNcmsc/Sp1cs	(is) complaint/ my
וְ/אִם	ve./'im-	H518	HC/C	and/ if
מַ֝דּ֗וּעַ	ma.Du.a'	H4069	HTi	why?
לֹא	lo'-	H3808	HTn	not
תִקְצַ֥ר	tik.Tzar	H7114	HVqi3fs	will it be short
רוּחִֽ/י	ru.Ch/i	H7307	HNcbsc/Sp1cs	spirit/ my

Source: Westminster Leningrad Codex (MorphHB), TAHOT (Tyndale House)

Strong's References

H120 — אָדָם (ʼâdâm, aw-dawm'): from אָדַם; ruddy i.e. a human being (an individual or the species, mankind, etc.); [idiom] another, [phrase] hypocrite, [phrase] common sort, [idiom] low, man (mean, of low degree), person.
H7114 — קָצַר (qâtsar, kaw-tsar'): a primitive root; to dock off, i.e. curtail (transitive or intransitive, literal or figurative); especially to harvest (grass or grain); [idiom] at all, cut down, much discouraged, grieve, harvestman, lothe, mourn, reap(-er), (be, wax) short(-en, -er), straiten, trouble, vex.
H7307 — רוּחַ (rûwach, roo'-akh): from רוּחַ; 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 being (including its expression and functions); air, anger, blast, breath, [idiom] cool, courage, mind, [idiom] quarter, [idiom] side, spirit(-ual), tempest, [idiom] vain, (whirl-) wind(-y).
H7879 — שִׂיחַ (sîyach, see'-akh): from שִׂיחַ; a contemplation; by implication, an utterance; babbling, communication, complaint, meditation, prayer, talk.

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

H518 — אִם (ʼim, eem): a primitive particle; used very widely as demonstrative, lo!; interrogative, whether?; or conditional, if, although; also Oh that!, when; hence, as a negative, not; (and, can-, doubtless, if, that) (not), [phrase] but, either, [phrase] except, [phrase] more(-over if, than), neither, nevertheless, nor, oh that, or, [phrase] save (only, -ing), seeing, since, sith, [phrase] surely (no more, none, not), though, [phrase] of a truth, [phrase] unless, [phrase] verily, when, whereas, whether, while, [phrase] yet.
H595 — אָנֹכִי (ʼânôkîy, aw-no-kee'): sometimes, aw-no'-kee; a primitive pronoun; I; I, me, [idiom] which.
H3808 — לֹא (lôʼ, lo): or לוֹא; or לֹה; (Deuteronomy 3:11), a primitive particle; not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles; [idiom] before, [phrase] or else, ere, [phrase] except, ig(-norant), much, less, nay, neither, never, no((-ne), -r, (-thing)), ([idiom] as though...,(can-), for) not (out of), of nought, otherwise, out of, [phrase] surely, [phrase] as truly as, [phrase] of a truth, [phrase] verily, for want, [phrase] whether, without.
H4069 — מַדּוּעַ (maddûwaʻ, mad-doo'-ah): or מַדֻּעַ; from מָה and the passive participle of יָדַע; what (is) known?; i.e. (by implication) (adverbially) why?; how, wherefore, why.

Cross References

Verse Cross-References (Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, Enhanced)

if it were — 2 Kings 6:26-27, Psalms 42:11
is my complaint — 1 Samuel 1:16, Job 7:11-21, Job 10:1-2, Psalms 22:1-3, Psalms 77:3-9, Psalms 102:1, Psalms 142:2-3, Matthew 26:38
troubled — Exodus 6:9

Reciprocal references (3): Judges 16:16, Psalms 73:2, John 14:1

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