Job 7:11 “Therefore I will not restrain my mouth; I will speak in the anguish of…”

Job 7:11

Therefore I will not restrain my mouth; I will speak in the anguish of my spirit; I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Therefore I will not refrain my mouth; I will speak in the anguish of my spirit; I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.

World English Bible

“Therefore I will not keep silent. I will speak in the anguish of my spirit. I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.

American Standard Version

Therefore I will not refrain my mouth; I will speak in the anguish of my spirit; I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.

Geneva Bible 1599

Therefore I will not spare my mouth, but will speake in the trouble of my spirite, and muse in the bitternesse of my minde.

Darby Translation

Therefore I will not restrain my mouth: I will speak in the anguish of my spirit; I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.

Young's Literal Translation

Also I — I withhold not my mouth — I speak in the distress of my spirit, I talk in the bitterness of my soul.

Bible in Basic English

So I will not keep my mouth shut; I will let the words come from it in the pain of my spirit, my soul will make a bitter outcry.

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Cross references

“I will not”

Psalm 40:9 Job 10:1 Job 6:26 Job 13:13 Job 16:6 Psalm 39:3

Psalm 40:9 · BSB

I proclaim righteousness in the great assembly; behold, I do not seal my lips, as You, O LORD, do know.

Job 10:1 · BSB

“I loathe my own life; I will express my complaint and speak in the bitterness of my soul.

Job 6:26 · BSB

Do you intend to correct my words, and treat as wind my cry of despair?

Job 13:13 · BSB

Be silent, and I will speak. Then let come to me what may.

Job 16:6 · BSB

Even if I speak, my pain is not relieved, and if I hold back, how will it go away?

Psalm 39:3 · BSB

My heart grew hot within me; as I mused, the fire burned. Then I spoke with my tongue:

“the anguish”

Genesis 42:21 Luke 22:44 2 Corinthians 2:4 2 Kings 4:27 2 Kings 4:28 Matthew 26:37

Genesis 42:21 · BSB

Then they said to one another, “Surely we are being punished because of our brother. We saw his anguish when he pleaded with us, but we would not listen. That is why this distress has come upon us.”

Luke 22:44 · BSB

And in His anguish, He prayed more earnestly, and His sweat became like drops of blood falling to the ground.

2 Corinthians 2:4 · BSB

For through many tears I wrote you out of great distress and anguish of heart, not to grieve you but to let you know how much I love you.

2 Kings 4:27 · BSB

When she reached the man of God at the mountain, she clung to his feet. Gehazi came over to push her away, but the man of God said, “Leave her alone, for her soul is in deep distress, and the LORD has hidden it from me a…

2 Kings 4:28 · BSB

Then she said, “Did I ask you for a son, my lord? Didn’t I say, ‘Do not deceive me?’”

Matthew 26:37 · BSB

He took with Him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee and began to be sorrowful and deeply distressed.

“the bitterness”

1 Samuel 1:10 Job 21:25 Isaiah 38:15 Isaiah 38:17 Job 10:15

1 Samuel 1:10 · BSB

In her bitter distress, Hannah prayed to the LORD and wept with many tears.

Job 21:25 · BSB

Yet another man dies in the bitterness of his soul, having never tasted prosperity.

Isaiah 38:15 · BSB

What can I say? He has spoken to me, and He Himself has done this. I will walk slowly all my years because of the anguish of my soul.

Isaiah 38:17 · BSB

Surely for my own welfare I had such great anguish; but Your love has delivered me from the pit of oblivion, for You have cast all my sins behind Your back.

Job 10:15 · BSB

If I am guilty, woe to me! And even if I am righteous, I cannot lift my head. I am full of shame and aware of my affliction.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

10He never returns to his house; his place remembers him no more.

12Am I the sea, or the monster of the deep, that You must keep me under guard?

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