Quotes about Suffering
Yet man is born to trouble as surely as sparks fly upward.
— Job 5:7
For He wounds, but He also binds; He strikes, but His hands also heal.
— Job 5:18
Then Job replied:
— Job 6:1
For the arrows of the Almighty have pierced me; my spirit drinks in their poison; the terrors of God are arrayed against me.
— Job 6:4
that God would be willing to crush me, to unleash His hand and cut me off!
— Job 6:9
So I am allotted months of futility, and nights of misery are appointed me.
— Job 7:3
My flesh is clothed with worms and encrusted with dirt; my skin is cracked and festering.
— Job 7:5
When I think my bed will comfort me and my couch will ease my complaint,
— Job 7:13
so that I would prefer strangling and death over my life in this body.
— Job 7:15
I loathe my life! I would not live forever. Leave me alone, for my days are but a breath.
— Job 7:16
Will You never look away from me, or leave me alone to swallow my spittle?
— Job 7:19
If I have sinned, what have I done to You, O watcher of mankind? Why have You made me Your target, so that I am a burden to You?
— Job 7:20