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 Living Translation (NLT)“I cannot keep from speaking. I must express my anguish. My bitter soul must complain.

Context of Job 7:11

9As the cloud disappears and vanishes away, So he who goes down to the grave does not come up. 10He shall never return to his house, Nor shall his place know him anymore. “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 serpent, That You set a guard over me? 13When I say, ‘My bed will comfort me, My couch will ease my complaint,’

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 6:26Do you intend to rebuke my words, And the speeches of a desperate one, which are as wind?
• Job 10:1“My soul loathes my life; I will give free course to my complaint, I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.
• Job 13:13“Hold your peace with me, and let me speak, Then let come on me what may!
• Job 16:6“Though I speak, my grief is not relieved; And if I remain silent, how am I eased?
• Job 21:3Bear with me that I may speak, And after I have spoken, keep mocking.
• Psalms 39:3My heart was hot within me; While I was musing, the fire burned. Then I spoke with my tongue:
• Psalms 40:9I have proclaimed the good news of righteousness In the great assembly; Indeed, I do not restrain my lips, O Lord, You Yourself know.
• Genesis 42:21Then they said to one another, “We are truly guilty concerning our brother, for we saw the anguish of his soul when he pleaded with us, and we would not hear; therefore this distress has come upon us.”
• 2 Kings 4:27Now when she came to the man of God at the hill, she caught him by the feet, but Gehazi came near to push her away. But the man of God said, “Let her alone; for her soul is in deep distress, and the Lord has hidden it from me, and has not told me.”
• Matthew 26:37And He took with Him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, and He began to be sorrowful and deeply distressed.
• Luke 22:44And being in agony, He prayed more earnestly. Then His sweat became like great drops of blood falling down to the ground.
• 2 Corinthians 2:4For out of much affliction and anguish of heart I wrote to you, with many tears, not that you should be grieved, but that you might know the love which I have so abundantly for you.
• Job 10:15If I am wicked, woe to me; Even if I am righteous, I cannot lift up my head. I am full of disgrace; See my misery!
• Job 21:25Another man dies in the bitterness of his soul, Never having eaten with pleasure.
• 1 Samuel 1:10And she was in bitterness of soul, and prayed to the Lord and wept in anguish.
• Isaiah 38:15“What shall I say? He has both spoken to me, And He Himself has done it. I shall walk carefully 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

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