Job

Job 21:3–4

³Bear with me while I speak;

then, after I have spoken, you may go on mocking.

⁴Is my complaint against a man?

Then why should I not be impatient?

Word by word

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Bear with me	שָׂ֭אוּנִי	śā·ʾû·nî	Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural; first person common singular	H5375 lift, take, carry
while I	וְאָנֹכִ֣י	wə·’ā·nō·ḵî	Conjunctive waw; Pronoun - first person common singular	H595 I
speak	אֲדַבֵּ֑ר	’ă·ḏab·bêr	Verb - Piel - Imperfect - first person common singular	H1696 speak
then	וְאַחַ֖ר	wə·’a·ḥar	Conjunctive waw; Adverb	H310 behind
after	וְאַחַ֖ר	wə·’a·ḥar	Conjunctive waw; Adverb	H310 behind
I have spoken	דַּבְּרִ֣י	dab·bə·rî	Verb - Piel - Infinitive construct; first person common singular	H1696 speak
you may go on mocking	תַלְעִֽיג׃	ṯal·‘îḡ	Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - second person masculine singular	H3932 mock, deride

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Is my	הֶ֭אָנֹכִי	he·’ā·nō·ḵî	Article; Pronoun - first person common singular	H595 I
complaint	שִׂיחִ֑י	śî·ḥî	Noun - masculine singular construct; first person common singular	H7879 complaint, musing
against a man	לְאָדָ֣ם	lə·’ā·ḏām	Preposition-l; Noun - masculine singular	H120 man, mankind
Then why	מַ֝דּ֗וּעַ	mad·dū·a‘	Interrogative	H4069 wherefore?
should I not	לֹא־	lō-	Adverb - Negative particle	H3808 not
be impatient	תִקְצַ֥ר	ṯiq·ṣar	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular	H7114 be short

Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.

Job 21:3 Job 17:2 · Job 16:10 · Job 16:20

Job 21:4 Psalm 102:1 · Psalm 142:2–3 · Psalm 42:11

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.