Job 9:18
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Job 9:18 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Job 9:18 is a verse from the book of Job in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "He will not suffer me to take my breath, but filleth me with bitterness." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Job 9:18 — KJV
“He will not suffer me to take my breath, but filleth me with bitterness.”
— Job 9:18 (KJV)
Job 9:18 in Context — About the Book of Job
Job is the Bible's deepest wrestle with undeserved suffering. A blameless man loses everything, sits in ashes, and refuses easy answers — from his friends or himself. God answers from the whirlwind not with explanations but with Himself, and Job's fortunes are restored double.
Cross-References for Job 9:18
“Then the king said to Haman, Make haste, and take the apparel and the horse, as thou hast said, and do even so to Mordecai the Jew, that sitteth at the king's gate: let nothing fail of all that thou hast spoken. let...: Heb. suffer not a whit to fall”
Shares key themes with Job 9:18: suffer, take
“Nevertheless my lovingkindness will I not utterly take from him, nor suffer my faithfulness to fail. will...: Heb. I will not make void from him to fall: Heb. to lie”
Shares key themes with Job 9:18: suffer, take
“Thou hidest thy face, they are troubled: thou takest away their breath, they die, and return to their dust.”
Shares key themes with Job 9:18: take, breath
“O LORD, thou knowest: remember me, and visit me, and revenge me of my persecutors; take me not away in thy longsuffering: know that for thy sake I have suffered rebuke.”
Shares key themes with Job 9:18: suffer, take
“The breath of our nostrils, the anointed of the LORD, was taken in their pits, of whom we said, Under his shadow we shall live among the heathen.”
Shares key themes with Job 9:18: take, breath
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