Job 7:11
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.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
In Context
10He will not come back to his house, and his place will have no more knowledge of him.
12Am I a sea, or a sea-beast, that you put a watch over me?
Cross References
Genesis 42:21And they said to one another, Truly, we did wrong to our brother, for we saw his grief of mind, and we did not give ear to his prayers; that is why this trouble has come on us.
2 Kings 4:27And when she came to where the man of God was on the hill, she put her hands round his feet; and Gehazi came near with the purpose of pushing her away; but the man of God said, Let her be, for her soul is bitter in her; and the Lord has kept it secret from me, and has not given me word of it.
Job 10:1My soul is tired of life; I will let my sad thoughts go free in words; my soul will make a bitter outcry.
Job 13:13Keep quiet, and let me say what is in my mind, whatever may come to me.
Job 21:3Let me say what is in my mind, and after that, go on making sport of me.
Job 23:2Even today my outcry is bitter; his hand is hard on my sorrow.
Matthew Henry on Job 7:8-17
7 O remember that my life is wind: mine eye shall no more see good. 8 The eye of him that hath seen me shall see me no more: thine eyes are upon me, and I am not. 9 As the cloud is consumed and vanisheth away: so he that goeth down to the grave shall come up no more. 10 He shall return no more to his house, neither shall his place know him any more. 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. 12 Am I a sea, or a whale, that thou… Read the whole commentary →