Job 7:11

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

9Clouds disappear and you never see them again. That is like people who die and go into their graves. They do not come back again. 10They do not come back to live in their homes. People forget about them. So I must continue to speak. I will tell you how upset I am. I am angry because of what has happened to me. So I must complain. 12Why do you have to watch me, God, like a guard? Do you think that I am a dangerous monster from the sea? 13When I lie down to sleep, I hope that my pain will be less.

Job 7:11 word by word

גַּם־אֲנִי֮ לֹ֤א אֶחֱשָׂ֫ךְ פִּ֥י אֲֽ֭דַבְּרָה בְּצַ֣ר רוּחִ֑י אָ֝שִׂ֗יחָה בְּמַ֣ר נַפְשִֽׁי׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Therefore I will not refrainחָשַׂךְchâώak · to withholdH2820
• my mouthפֶּהpeh · lipH6310
• I will speakדָבַרdâbar · to speak: speakH1696
• in the anguishצַרtsar tsâr · distressH6862
• of my spiritרוּחַrûach · spiritH7307
• I will complainשִׂיחַώîyach · to museH7878
• in the bitternessמַרmar mârâh · bitterH4751
• of my soulנֶ֫פֶשׁnephesh · soulH5315

Cross-references for Job 7:11

• Job 6:26You are warning me because of what I say. I have no hope and you think that my words are empty.
• Job 10:1I do not want to live any longer. I must continue to complain. I am very upset and I have to speak about it.
• Job 13:13So be quiet now and let me speak. Then we will see what happens to me.
• Job 16:6But now, if I speak, my pain does not become any better. If I stop speaking, my pain continues to be there.
• Job 21:3Be patient with me so that I can speak. After you have heard what I say, you may choose to laugh at me.
• Psalms 39:3It was like a fire inside me! As I thought more about it, I just had to say something! So I said this:
• Psalms 40:9In the great meeting of your people, I have told them about your justice. I cannot keep quiet! You know that this is true, Lord.
• Genesis 42:21The brothers said to each other, ‘This punishment is happening to us because of what we did to Joseph. We saw how upset he was when he asked us not to kill him. But we refused to be kind to him. That is why we have all this trouble.’
• 2 Kings 4:27But when she reached the man of God at Mount Carmel, she took hold of his feet. Gehazi came to push her away. But the man of God said, ‘Leave her alone. She is very upset. But the Lord has hidden the reason from me. He did not tell me about her problem.’
• Matthew 26:37Then Jesus took Peter and Zebedee's two sons, James and John, with him. He became very sad and upset.
• Luke 22:44Jesus began to have troubles in his mind. He prayed again even more strongly. His sweat became like blood and it fell to the ground.
• 2 Corinthians 2:4When I wrote that letter, I was very sad and upset. I cried a lot. I did not want to make you sad. Instead, I wanted you to know that I love you very much.
• Job 10:15If I am guilty of sin, that brings terrible trouble to me. But if I am righteous, I still feel ashamed. Whatever I do, I have nothing but shame and my life is full of trouble.
• Job 21:25But another person is sad all his life, until he dies. No good things ever happen to him.
• 1 Samuel 1:10Hannah was very upset as she prayed to the Lord. She could not stop weeping.
• Isaiah 38:15I do not know what I can say. The Lord has told me what must happen. He has done what he decided to do. I will live quietly for the rest of my life, because I am very sad and upset.

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

In the dictionaries

• Bitterness
• Complain
• Dust
• Preserver
• Terrify
• Wearisome

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