Job 7:11

What does Job 7:11 mean?

A plain-English look at Job 7:11 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

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.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

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.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

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.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

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

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

Wherefore, I will not spare my mouth, I will speak in the affliction of my spirit: I will talk with the bitterness of my soul.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

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

v.10He shall return no more to his house, Neither shall his place know him any more.

v.11This passage

v.12Am I a sea, or a sea-monster, That thou settest a watch over me?

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Genesis 42:21

    And they said one to another, We are verily guilty concerning our brother, in that we saw the distress of his soul, when he besought us, and we would not hear; therefore is this distress come upon us.

  • 2 Kings 4:27

    And when she came to the man of God to the hill, she caught hold of his feet. And Gehazi came near to thrust her away; but the man of God said, Let her alone: for her soul is vexed within her; and Jehovah hath hid it from me, and hath not told me.

  • 2 Corinthians 2:4

    For out of much affliction and anguish of heart I wrote unto you with many tears; not that ye should be made sorry, but that ye might know the love which I have more abundantly unto you.

  • Isaiah 38:17

    Behold, it wasformypeacethatI had great bitterness: But thou hast in love to my soul delivered it from the pit of corruption; For thou hast cast all my sins behind thy back.

  • Psalms 39:3

    My heart was hot within me; While I was musing the fire burned; Then spake I with my tongue:

  • Job 21:3

    Suffer me, and I also will speak; And after that I have spoken, mock on.

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