Job 7:11
Also I do not withhold my mouth—I speak in the distress of my spirit, I talk in the bitterness of my soul.
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
In Context
10He does not turn to his house again, || Nor does his place discern him again.
12Am I a sea [monster], or a dragon, || That You set a watch over me?
Cross References
Genesis 42:21And they say to one another, “Truly we [are] guilty concerning our brother, because we saw the distress of his soul, in his making supplication to us, and we did not listen: therefore this distress has come on us.”
2 Kings 4:27And she comes to the man of God, to the hill, and lays hold on his feet, and Gehazi comes near to thrust her away, and the man of God says, “Leave her alone, for her soul [is] bitter to her, and YHWH has hidden [it] from me, and has not declared [it] to me.”
Job 10:1“My soul has been weary of my life, I leave off my talking to myself, I speak in the bitterness of my soul.
Job 13:13Keep silent from me, and I speak, || And pass over me what will.
Job 21:3Bear with me, and I speak, || And after my speaking—you may deride.
Job 23:2“Also—today my complaint [is] bitter, || My hand has been heavy because of my sighing.
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 →