Job 7:11
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.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
10Nor shall he return my more into his house, neither shall his place know him any more.
12Am I a sea, or a whale, that thou hast enclosed me in a prison?
Cross References
Genesis 42:21And they talked one to another: We deserve to suffer these things, because we have sinned against our brother, seeing the anguished of his soul, when he besought us, and we would not hear: therefore is this affliction come upon us.
2 Kings 4:27And when she came to the man of God to the mount, she caught hold on his feet: and Giezi came to remove her. And the man of God said: Let her alone for her soul is in anguish, and the Lord hath hid it from me, and hath not told me.
Job 10:1My soul is weary of my life, I will let go my speech against myself, I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.
Job 13:13Hold your peace a little while, that I may speak whatsoever my mind shall suggest to me.
Job 21:3Suffer me, and I will speak, and after, if you please, laugh at my words.
Job 23:2Now also my words are in bitterness, and the hand of my scourge is more grievous than my mourning.
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 →