約伯記 9:18

18 我 就 是 喘 一 口 氣 ， 他 都 不 容 ， 倒 使 我 滿 心 苦 惱 。

約伯記 9:18 Meaning and Commentary

Job 9:18

He will not suffer me to take my breath
Which some think refers to Job's disease, which was either an asthma, or a quinsy in his throat, which occasioned great difficulty in breathing: I should rather think the allusion is to the hot burning winds in those countries before mentioned, which sometimes blew so strongly as almost to take away a man's breath; so the above traveller ^F21 reports, that between Suez and Cairo (in Egypt) they had for a day's time and more so hot a wind, that they were forced to turn their backs to it, to take a little breath. The design of Job is to show, that his afflictions were continued, and were without any intervals; they were repeated so fast, and came so thick upon him, one after another, that he had no breathing time; the import of the phrase is the same with that in ( Job 7:19 ) ;

but filleth me with bitterness;
to the full, to satiety, to loathing, as a man may be with a bitter potion, with wormwood drink, and water of gall, with bitter afflictions comparable to such, whereby Job's life was embittered to him, see ( Jeremiah 9:15 ) ( Lamentations 3:15 Lamentations 3:19 ) .

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FOOTNOTES:

F21 Travels. par. 1. B. 2. c. 34. p. 177.

約伯記 9:18 In-Context

16 我 若 呼 籲 ， 他 應 允 我 ； 我 仍 不 信 他 真 聽 我 的 聲 音 。

17 他 用 暴 風 折 斷 我 ， 無 故 地 加 增 我 的 損 傷 。

18 我 就 是 喘 一 口 氣 ， 他 都 不 容 ， 倒 使 我 滿 心 苦 惱 。

19 若 論 力 量 ， 他 真 有 能 力 ！ 若 論 審 判 ， 他 說 誰 能 將 我 傳 來 呢 ？

20 我 雖 有 義 ， 自 己 的 口 要 定 我 為 有 罪 ； 我 雖 完 全 ， 我 口 必 顯 我 為 彎 曲 。