Darby Bible
Job 7:11
11Therefore I will not restrain my mouth: I will speak in the anguish of my spirit; I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.
Job 7:11 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)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.
- New International Version (NIV)“Therefore I will not keep silent; I will speak out in the anguish of my spirit, I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.
- English Standard Version (ESV)"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.
- New King James Version (NKJV)“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.
Context of Job 7:11
9The cloud consumeth and vanisheth away; so he that goeth down to Sheol shall not come up. 10He shall return no more to his house, neither shall his place know him again. 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. 12Am I a sea, or a sea-monster, that thou settest a watch over me? 13When I say, My bed shall comfort me, my couch shall ease my complaint;
Read all of Job 7Job 7:11 word by word
גַּם־אֲנִי֮ לֹ֤א אֶחֱשָׂ֫ךְ פִּ֥י אֲֽ֭דַבְּרָה בְּצַ֣ר רוּחִ֑י אָ֝שִׂ֗יחָה בְּמַ֣ר נַפְשִֽׁי׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Job 7:11
- Job 6:26Do ye imagine to reprove words? The speeches of one that is desperate are indeed for the wind.
- Job 10:1My soul is weary of my life: I will give free course to my complaint; I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.
- Job 13:13Hold your peace from me, and I will speak, and let come on me what [will]!
- Job 16:6If I speak, my pain is not assuaged; and if I forbear, what am I eased?
- Job 21:3Suffer me and I will speak; and after I have spoken, mock on!
- Psalms 39:3My heart burned within me; the fire was kindled in my musing: I spoke with my tongue,
- Psalms 40:9I have published righteousness in the great congregation: behold, I have not withheld my lips, Jehovah, thou knowest.
- Genesis 42:21Then they said one to another, We are indeed guilty concerning our brother, whose anguish of soul we saw when he besought us, and we did not hearken; therefore this distress is come upon us.
- 2 Kings 4:27And she came to the man of God to the mountain, and caught him by the feet; and Gehazi drew near to thrust her away; but the man of God said, Let her alone, for her soul is troubled within her, and Jehovah has hidden it from me, and has not told me.
- Matthew 26:37And taking with [him] Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, he began to be sorrowful and deeply depressed.
- Luke 22:44And being in conflict he prayed more intently. And his sweat became as great drops of blood, falling down upon the earth.
- 2 Corinthians 2:4For out of much tribulation and distress of heart I wrote to you, with many tears; not that ye may be grieved, but that ye may know the love which I have very abundantly towards you.
- Job 10:15If I were wicked, woe unto me! and righteous, I will not lift up my head, being [so] full of shame, and beholding mine affliction; —
- Job 21:25And another dieth in bitterness of soul, and hath not tasted good:
- 1 Samuel 1:10and she was in bitterness of soul, and prayed to Jehovah, and wept much.
- Isaiah 38:15What shall I say? He hath both spoken unto me, and himself hath done [it]. I shall go softly all my years in the bitterness of my soul.
Commentaries on Job 7:11
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 11Therefore I will not refrain - All is hopeless; I will therefore indulge myself in complaining.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 11Therefore I will not refrain my mouth - The idea in this verse is, “such is my distress at the prospect of dying, that I cannot but express it. The idea of going away from all my comforts, and of being committed to the grave, to revisit the earth no more, is so painful that I cannot but give vent to my feelings.”Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 7-16Verses 7-16 Plain truths as to the shortness and vanity of man's life, and the certainty of death, do us good, when we think and speak of them with application to ourselves. Dying is done but once, and therefore it had need be well done. An error here is past retrieve. Other clouds arise, but the same cloud never returns: so a new generation of men is raised up, but the former generation vanishes away. Glorified saints shall return no more to the cares…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 11I will not restrain my mouth: Job echoed Eliphaz's struggle to "keep from speaking" (4:2).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1111. Therefore, as such is my hard lot, I will at least have the melancholy satisfaction of venting my sorrow in words. The Hebrew opening words, "Therefore I, at all events," express self-elevation [Umbreit].Read the comment
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Commentaries on Job 7
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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