Job 7:11

In 11 translations

BSB

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.

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.

WEB

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

ASV

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.

LSV

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

YLT

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

DBY

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.

DRC

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

GNV

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

JPS

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.

LXXE

Then neither will I refrain my mouth: I will speak being in distress; being in anguish I will disclose the bitterness of my soul.

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Original-language editions

WLC

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

LXX-Br

Ἀτὰρ οὖν οὐδὲ ἐγὼ φείσομαι τῷ στόματί μου, λαλήσω ἐν ἀνάγκῃ ὤν, ἀνοίξω πικρίαν ψυχῆς μου συνεχόμενος.

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Cross-references most cited first

• 1 Samuel 1:10In her bitter distress, Hannah prayed to the LORD and wept with many tears.
• Psalms 40:9I proclaim righteousness in the great assembly; behold, I do not seal my lips, as You, O LORD, do know.
• Job 10:1“I loathe my own life; I will express my complaint and speak in the bitterness of my soul.
• Job 21:25Yet another man dies in the bitterness of his soul, having never tasted prosperity.
• Isaiah 38:15What 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.
• Job 6:26Do you intend to correct my words, and treat as wind my cry of despair?
• Isaiah 38:17Surely 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.
• Luke 22:44And in His anguish, He prayed more earnestly, and His sweat became like drops of blood falling to the ground.
• Job 10:15If 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.
• 2 Corinthians 2:4For 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 4:27–28When 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…
• Job 13:13Be silent, and I will speak. Then let come to me what may.
• Job 16:6Even if I speak, my pain is not relieved, and if I hold back, how will it go away?
• Genesis 42:21Then 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.”
• Job 21:3–4Bear with me while I speak; then, after I have spoken, you may go on mocking. Is my complaint against a man? Then why should I not be impatient?
• Matthew 26:37–38He took with Him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee and began to be sorrowful and deeply distressed. Then He said to them, “My soul is consumed with sorrow to the point of death. Stay here and keep watch with Me.”

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