Job 7 · Verse 11

Job 7:11

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.
Job 7:11, King James Version

Job 7:11 in other translations

BSBTherefore I will not restrain 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.
ASVTherefore I will not refrain my mouth; I will speak in the anguish of my spirit; I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.
YLTAlso I--I withhold not my mouth--I speak in the distress of my spirit, I talk in the bitterness of my soul.
DARBYTherefore I will not restrain my mouth: I will speak in the anguish of my spirit; I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.
BBESo 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.
WebsterTherefore I will not restrain my mouth; I will speak in the anguish of my spirit; I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.

What does Job 7:11 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
11. 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].

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 11 Therefore I will not refrain - All is hopeless; I will therefore indulge myself in complaining.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Job 7:7-16

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…

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Job 7:11 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

גַּם\־gam-alsoH1571
אֲנִי֮'a.NiIH589
לֹ֤אlo'notH3808
אֶחֱשָׂ֫ךְ'e.che.SakhI will restrainH2820
פִּ֥יpimouth myH6310
אֲֽ֭דַבְּרָה'aDa.be.rahI will speakH1696
בְּצַ֣רbe.Tzarin [the] distress ofH6862
רוּחִ֑יru.Chispirit myH7307
אָ֝שִׂ֗יחָה'a.Si.chahI will complainH7878
בְּמַ֣רbe.Marin [the] bitterness ofH4751
נַפְשִֽׁי\׃naf.Shisoul myH5315

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Job 7:11

  • 1 Samuel 1:10

    And she was in bitterness of soul, and prayed unto the Lord, and wept sore.

  • Psalms 40:9

    I have preached righteousness in the great congregation: lo, I have not refrained my lips, O Lord, thou knowest.

  • Job 10:1

    My soul is weary of my life; I will leave my complaint upon myself; I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.

  • Isaiah 38:15

    What 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.

  • Job 21:25

    And another dieth in the bitterness of his soul, and never eateth with pleasure.

  • Isaiah 38:17

    Behold, for peace I 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.

  • Job 6:26

    Do ye imagine to reprove words, and the speeches of one that is desperate, which are as wind?

  • Job 13:13

    Hold your peace, let me alone, that I may speak, and let come on me what will.

  • Job 10:15

    If I be wicked, woe unto me; and if I be righteous, yet will I not lift up my head. I am full of confusion; therefore see thou mine affliction;

  • Job 21:3-4

    Suffer me that I may speak; and after that I have spoken, mock on. As for me, is my complaint to man? and if it were so, why should not my spirit be troubled?

  • 2 Kings 4:27-28

    And when she came to the man of God to the hill, she caught him by the feet: but Gehazi came near to thrust her away. And the man of God said, Let her alone; for her soul is vexed within her: and the Lord hath hid it from me, and hath not told me. Then she said, Did I desire a son of my lord? did I not say, Do not deceive 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 grieved, but that ye might know the love which I have more abundantly unto you.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
I will not.
6:26; 10:1; 13:13; 16:6; 21:3; Ps 39:3; 40:9
the anguish.
Ge 42:21; 2Ki 4:27,28; Mt 26:37,38; Lu 22:44; 2Co 2:4
the bitterness.
10:15; 21:25; 1Sa 1:10; Isa 38:15,17

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Context

  • Job 7:10

    He shall return no more to his house, neither shall his place know him any more.

  • Job 7:11

    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.

  • Job 7:12

    Am I a sea, or a whale, that thou settest a watch over me?

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Job 7:11 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Por tanto yo no reprimiré mi boca; hablaré en la angustia de mi espíritu, y quejaréme con la amargura de mi alma.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Aussi je ne retiendrai pas ma bouche; je parlerai dans la détresse de mon esprit, je discourrai dans l’amertume de mon âme.
German
Elberfelder 1871		So will auch ich meinen Mund nicht zurückhalten, will reden in der Bedrängnis meines Geistes, will klagen in der Bitterkeit meiner Seele.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Quapropter et ego non parcam ori meo: loquar in tribulatione spiritus mei; confabulabor cum amaritudine animæ meæ.