Job 21:4
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
Is my complaint against a man? Then why should I not be impatient?

Young's Literal Translation
I—to man [is] my complaint? and if [so], wherefore May not my temper become short?

King James Bible
As for me, [is] my complaint to man? and if [it were so], why should not my spirit be troubled?

Hebrew
Is my
הֶ֭אָנֹכִי (he·’ā·nō·ḵî)
Article | Pronoun - first person common singular
Strong's 595: I

complaint
שִׂיחִ֑י (śî·ḥî)
Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's 7879: A contemplation, an utterance

against a man?
לְאָדָ֣ם (lə·’ā·ḏām)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 120: Ruddy, a human being

Then why
מַ֝דּ֗וּעַ (mad·dū·a‘)
Interrogative
Strong's 4069: Why? for what reason?

should I not
לֹא־ (lō-)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's 3808: Not, no

be impatient?
תִקְצַ֥ר (ṯiq·ṣar)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's 7114: To dock off, curtail, to harvest

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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