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I must express my anguish. My bitter soul must complain.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/job/7.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />“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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/job/7.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/job/7.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/job/7.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />“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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/job/7.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />“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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/job/7.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220Therefore I will not restrain my mouth; I will speak in the anguish of my spirit, I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/job/7.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/job/7.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />“Indeed I will not hold back my mouth; I will speak in the distress of my spirit; I will muse on the bitterness of my soul.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/job/7.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />“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 [O Lord].<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/job/7.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/job/7.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />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. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/job/7.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/job/7.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />And so, I cry out to you in agony and distress. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/job/7.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/job/7.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />So I won't keep my mouth shut, but I will speak from the distress that is in my spirit and complain about the bitterness in my soul.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/job/7.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />No! I can't be quiet! I am angry and bitter. I have to speak. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/job/7.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />"In addition, I won't keep my opinion to myself; I'll speak from my distressed spirit; I'll complain with my bitter soul.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/job/7.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/job/7.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />"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. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/job/7.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />"Therefore I will not keep silent. I will speak in the anguish of my spirit. I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/job/7.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/job/7.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />“Therefore I will not keep silent. I will speak in the anguish of my spirit. I will complain in the bitterness of my soul. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/job/7.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />Also I do not withhold my mouth—I speak in the distress of my spirit, I talk in the bitterness of my soul.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/job/7.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> Also I -- I withhold not my mouth -- I speak in the distress of my spirit, I talk in the bitterness of my soul.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/job/7.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />Also I will not restrain my mouth; I will speak in the straitness of my spirit; I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/job/7.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />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. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/job/7.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />And because of this, I will not restrain my mouth. I will speak in the affliction of my spirit. I will converse from the bitterness of my soul.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/job/7.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />My own utterance I will not restrain; I will speak in the anguish of my spirit; I will complain in the bitterness of my soul. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/job/7.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />“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.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/job/7.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/job/7.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />Also I shall not restrain my mouth, I shall speak in the grief of my spirit and I shall narrate in the bitterness of my soul<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/job/7.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/job/7.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />Then neither will I refrain my mouth: I will speak being in distress; being in anguish I will disclose the bitterness of my soul.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/job/7-11.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/XAwuD5NuZq0?start=1080" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/job/7.htm">Job Continues: Life Seems Futile</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">10</span>He never returns to his house; his place remembers him no more. <span class="reftext">11</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/1571.htm" title="1571: gam- (Conj) -- Also, moreover, yea. ">Therefore</a> <a href="/hebrew/589.htm" title="589: ’ă·nî (Pro-1cs) -- I. Contracted from 'anokiy; I.">I</a> <a href="/hebrew/3808.htm" title="3808: lō (Adv-NegPrt) -- Not. Or lowi; or loh; a primitive particle; not; by implication, no; often used with other particles.">will not</a> <a href="/hebrew/2820.htm" title="2820: ’e·ḥĕ·śāḵ (V-Qal-Imperf-1cs) -- To withhold, refrain. A primitive root; to restrain or Refrain; by implication, to refuse, spare, preserve; also to observe.">restrain</a> <a href="/hebrew/6310.htm" title="6310: pî (N-msc:: 1cs) -- Mouth. From pa'ah; the mouth, whether literal or figurative; specifically edge, portion or side; adverbially according to.">my mouth;</a> <a href="/hebrew/1696.htm" title="1696: ’ăḏab·bə·rāh (V-Piel-Imperf.Cohort-1cs) -- To speak. A primitive root; perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively, to speak; rarely to subdue.">I will speak</a> <a href="/hebrew/6862.htm" title="6862: bə·ṣar (Prep-b:: Adj-msc) -- Narrow, a tight place, a pebble, an opponent. Or tsar; from tsarar; narrow; a tight place; also a pebble; an opponent.">in the anguish</a> <a href="/hebrew/7307.htm" title="7307: rū·ḥî (N-csc:: 1cs) -- Breath, wind, spirit. From ruwach; wind; by resemblance breath.">of my spirit;</a> <a href="/hebrew/7878.htm" title="7878: ’ā·śî·ḥāh (V-Qal-Imperf.Cohort-1cs) -- To muse, complain, talk (of). A primitive root; to ponder, i.e. converse or utter.">I will complain</a> <a href="/hebrew/4751.htm" title="4751: bə·mar (Prep-b:: Adj-msc) -- Bitter, bitterness. Or marah; from marar; bitter; also bitterness, or bitterly.">in the bitterness</a> <a href="/hebrew/5315.htm" title="5315: nap̄·šî (N-fsc:: 1cs) -- From naphash; properly, a breathing creature, i.e. Animal of vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense.">of my soul.</a> </span><span class="reftext">12</span>Am I the sea, or the monster of the deep, that You must keep me under guard?…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/39-1.htm">Psalm 39:1-3</a></span><br />For the choirmaster. For Jeduthun. A Psalm of David. I said, “I will watch my ways so that I will not sin with my tongue; I will guard my mouth with a muzzle as long as the wicked are present.” / I was speechless and still; I remained silent, even from speaking good, and my sorrow was stirred. / My heart grew hot within me; as I mused, the fire burned. Then I spoke with my tongue:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/142-1.htm">Psalm 142:1-2</a></span><br />A Maskil of David, when he was in the cave. A prayer. I cry aloud to the LORD; I lift my voice to the LORD for mercy. / I pour out my complaint before Him; I reveal my trouble to Him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/lamentations/3-17.htm">Lamentations 3:17-20</a></span><br />My soul has been deprived of peace; I have forgotten what prosperity is. / So I say, “My strength has perished, along with my hope from the LORD.” / Remember my affliction and wandering, the wormwood and the gall. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/77-1.htm">Psalm 77:1-4</a></span><br />For the choirmaster. According to Jeduthun. A Psalm of Asaph. I cried out to God; I cried aloud to God to hear me. / In the day of trouble I sought the Lord; through the night my outstretched hands did not grow weary; my soul refused to be comforted. / I remembered You, O God, and I groaned; I mused and my spirit grew faint. Selah ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/20-7.htm">Jeremiah 20:7-9</a></span><br />You have deceived me, O LORD, and I was deceived. You have overcome me and prevailed. I am a laughingstock all day long; everyone mocks me. / For whenever I speak, I cry out; I proclaim violence and destruction. For the word of the LORD has become to me a reproach and derision all day long. / If I say, “I will not mention Him or speak any more in His name,” His message becomes a fire burning in my heart, shut up in my bones, and I become weary of holding it in, and I cannot prevail.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/6-6.htm">Psalm 6:6-7</a></span><br />I am weary from groaning; all night I flood my bed with weeping and drench my couch with tears. / My eyes fail from grief; they grow dim because of all my foes.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/32-3.htm">Psalm 32:3-4</a></span><br />When I kept silent, my bones became brittle from my groaning all day long. / For day and night Your hand was heavy upon me; my strength was drained as in the summer heat. Selah<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/38-8.htm">Psalm 38:8-10</a></span><br />I am numb and badly crushed; I groan in anguish of heart. / O Lord, my every desire is before You; my groaning is not hidden from You. / My heart pounds, my strength fails, and even the light of my eyes has faded.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/102-1.htm">Psalm 102:1-2</a></span><br />A prayer of one who is afflicted, when he grows faint and pours out his lament before the LORD. Hear my prayer, O LORD; let my cry for help come before You. / Do not hide Your face from me in my day of distress. Incline Your ear to me; answer me quickly when I call.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/42-3.htm">Psalm 42:3-4</a></span><br />My tears have been my food both day and night, while men ask me all day long, “Where is your God?” / These things come to mind as I pour out my soul: how I walked with the multitude, leading the festive procession to the house of God with shouts of joy and praise.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/88-1.htm">Psalm 88:1-3</a></span><br />A song. A Psalm of the sons of Korah. For the choirmaster. According to Mahalath Leannoth. A Maskil of Heman the Ezrahite. O LORD, the God of my salvation, day and night I cry out before You. / May my prayer come before You; incline Your ear to my cry. / For my soul is full of troubles, and my life draws near to Sheol.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/62-8.htm">Psalm 62:8</a></span><br />Trust in Him at all times, O people; pour out your hearts before Him. God is our refuge. Selah<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_corinthians/1-8.htm">2 Corinthians 1:8-9</a></span><br />We do not want you to be unaware, brothers, of the hardships we encountered in the province of Asia. We were under a burden far beyond our ability to endure, so that we despaired even of life. / Indeed, we felt we were under the sentence of death, in order that we would not trust in ourselves, but in God, who raises the dead.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_corinthians/4-8.htm">2 Corinthians 4:8-10</a></span><br />We are hard pressed on all sides, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair; / persecuted, but not forsaken; struck down, but not destroyed. / We always carry around in our body the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be revealed in our body.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/8-26.htm">Romans 8:26</a></span><br />In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weakness. For we do not know how we ought to pray, but the Spirit Himself intercedes for us with groans too deep for words.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">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.</p><p class="hdg">I will not.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/job/6-26.htm">Job 6:26</a></b></br> Do ye imagine to reprove words, and the speeches of one that is desperate, <i>which are</i> as wind?</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/job/10-1.htm">Job 10:1</a></b></br> My soul is weary of my life; I will leave my complaint upon myself; I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/job/13-13.htm">Job 13:13</a></b></br> Hold your peace, let me alone, that I may speak, and let come on me what <i>will</i>.</p><p class="hdg">the anguish.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/42-21.htm">Genesis 42:21</a></b></br> And they said one to another, We <i>are</i> verily guilty concerning our brother, in that we saw the anguish of his soul, when he besought us, and we would not hear; therefore is this distress come upon us.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/2_kings/4-27.htm">2 Kings 4:27,28</a></b></br> 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 <i>is</i> vexed within her: and the LORD hath hid <i>it</i> from me, and hath not told me… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/matthew/26-37.htm">Matthew 26:37,38</a></b></br> And he took with him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, and began to be sorrowful and very heavy… </p><p class="hdg">the bitterness.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/job/10-15.htm">Job 10:15</a></b></br> If I be wicked, woe unto me; and <i>if</i> I be righteous, <i>yet</i> will I not lift up my head. <i>I am</i> full of confusion; therefore see thou mine affliction;</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/job/21-25.htm">Job 21:25</a></b></br> And another dieth in the bitterness of his soul, and never eateth with pleasure.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_samuel/1-10.htm">1 Samuel 1:10</a></b></br> And she <i>was</i> in bitterness of soul, and prayed unto the LORD, and wept sore.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/job/6-2.htm">Anguish</a> <a href="/job/3-20.htm">Bitter</a> <a href="/2_samuel/2-26.htm">Bitterness</a> <a href="/judges/21-22.htm">Complain</a> <a href="/esther/7-4.htm">Distress</a> <a href="/job/6-30.htm">Mouth</a> <a href="/nehemiah/5-6.htm">Outcry</a> <a href="/job/7-3.htm">Pain</a> <a href="/job/4-2.htm">Refrain</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/7-13.htm">Restrain</a> <a href="/job/6-14.htm">Shut</a> <a href="/job/6-24.htm">Silent</a> <a href="/job/6-7.htm">Soul</a> <a href="/job/2-10.htm">Speak</a> <a href="/job/6-4.htm">Spirit</a> <a href="/job/4-2.htm">Talk</a> <a href="/job/4-2.htm">Withhold</a> <a href="/job/6-26.htm">Words</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/job/15-24.htm">Anguish</a> <a href="/job/9-18.htm">Bitter</a> <a href="/job/9-18.htm">Bitterness</a> <a href="/job/31-38.htm">Complain</a> <a href="/job/15-24.htm">Distress</a> <a href="/job/8-2.htm">Mouth</a> <a href="/job/10-1.htm">Outcry</a> <a href="/job/14-22.htm">Pain</a> <a href="/job/16-6.htm">Refrain</a> <a href="/job/9-12.htm">Restrain</a> <a href="/job/11-10.htm">Shut</a> <a href="/job/11-3.htm">Silent</a> <a href="/job/7-15.htm">Soul</a> <a href="/job/8-2.htm">Speak</a> <a href="/job/9-18.htm">Spirit</a> <a href="/job/11-2.htm">Talk</a> <a href="/job/31-16.htm">Withhold</a> <a href="/job/8-2.htm">Words</a><div class="vheading2">Job 7</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/job/7-1.htm">Job excuses his desire of death.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">12. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/job/7-12.htm">He complains of his own restlessness, and reasons with God.</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/job/7.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/job/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/job/7.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>Therefore I will not restrain my mouth;</b><br>Job, in his suffering, chooses to express his pain openly. This reflects the human tendency to seek relief through verbal expression during times of distress. In the cultural context of the Ancient Near East, lamentation was a common practice, often seen in the Psalms (e.g., <a href="/psalms/13.htm">Psalm 13:1-2</a>). Job's decision to speak mirrors the biblical tradition of bringing one's grievances before God, as seen in the lamentations of the prophets and the cries of the psalmists. This phrase also highlights the importance of honesty in one's relationship with God, as seen in the candid prayers of figures like David.<p><b>I will speak in the anguish of my spirit;</b><br>The term "anguish" indicates deep emotional pain, a theme prevalent throughout the Book of Job. Job's spirit is troubled, reflecting the inner turmoil that accompanies profound suffering. This phrase connects to the broader biblical narrative of human suffering and the quest for understanding, as seen in <a href="/ecclesiastes/1-18.htm">Ecclesiastes 1:18</a>, where increased knowledge brings increased sorrow. Job's willingness to vocalize his anguish is a testament to his faith, as he continues to engage with God despite his distress.<p><b>I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.</b><br>The "bitterness" here signifies a deep-seated grief and resentment, emotions that are not uncommon in the face of inexplicable suffering. This mirrors the experiences of other biblical figures who faced trials, such as Naomi in <a href="/ruth/1-20.htm">Ruth 1:20-21</a>, who also expressed bitterness over her circumstances. Job's complaint is not merely a venting of frustration but a profound theological inquiry into the nature of suffering and divine justice. This anticipates the New Testament's exploration of suffering and redemption, ultimately fulfilled in the person of Jesus Christ, who also experienced anguish and expressed it in prayer (<a href="/matthew/26-38.htm">Matthew 26:38-39</a>).<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/j/job.htm">Job</a></b><br>A man described as blameless and upright, who feared God and shunned evil. He is the central figure in the Book of Job, experiencing intense suffering and questioning the reasons behind it.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/u/uz.htm">Uz</a></b><br>The land where Job lived. It is often associated with the region east of Israel, though its exact location is uncertain.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/j/job's_suffering.htm">Job's Suffering</a></b><br>The context of this verse is Job's immense suffering, both physically and emotionally, as he grapples with the loss of his children, wealth, and health.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_validity_of_lament.htm">The Validity of Lament</a></b><br>Job's expression of anguish teaches us that lament is a valid and biblical response to suffering. It is not a sign of weak faith but an honest dialogue with God.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_authenticity_in_prayer.htm">The Importance of Authenticity in Prayer</a></b><br>Job's refusal to restrain his mouth underscores the importance of being authentic in our prayers. God desires honesty and transparency in our relationship with Him.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_suffering_in_spiritual_growth.htm">The Role of Suffering in Spiritual Growth</a></b><br>While suffering is painful, it can lead to deeper spiritual insights and growth. Job's journey shows that questioning and wrestling with God can lead to a more profound understanding of His character.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_community's_role_in_suffering.htm">The Community's Role in Suffering</a></b><br>Job's friends initially come to comfort him, though they later falter. This highlights the importance of community support and the need for wisdom and compassion when others are suffering.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/trusting_god's_sovereignty.htm">Trusting God's Sovereignty</a></b><br>Despite his complaints, Job ultimately trusts in God's sovereignty. This teaches us to hold onto faith, even when we do not understand our circumstances.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_job_7.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Job 7</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/can_christians_experience_depression.htm">Can Christians experience depression?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_does_sanctification_change_believers.htm">How do scriptures guide us through our emotions?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/does_job_3's_despair_contradict_james_5_11.htm">Does the despair expressed in Job 3 contradict later biblical accounts (e.g., James 5:11) that describe Job as patient and steadfast?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_does_skeptical_theism_say_on_divine_hiddenness.htm">What does the Bible say about mental health?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/job/7.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 11.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">Therefore I will not refrain my mouth</span>; rather, I <span class="accented">moreover</span> <span class="accented">will not refrain my lips</span>; that is, "You may do as you like under affliction, I claim the right of complaining." Job has already pointed out that nature teaches the animals to complain when they suffer (<a href="/job/6-5.htm">Job 6:5</a>). Why, then, should not he? Complaint is not necessarily murmuring; it is sometimes merely expostulation, which God allows (comp. <a href="/psalms/4-2.htm">Psalm 4:2</a>; <a href="/psalms/77-3.htm">Psalm 77:3</a>; <a href="/psalms/142-2.htm">Psalm 142:2</a>, etc.). I will speak in the anguish of my spirit; I will complain in the bitterness of my soul. Extreme "anguish" and "bitter" suffering excuse complaints that would otherwise be, blare-able (comp. <a href="/job/6-2.htm">Job 6:2-4</a>). <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/job/7-11.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">Therefore</span><br /><span class="heb">גַּם־</span> <span class="translit">(gam-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1571.htm">Strong's 1571: </a> </span><span class="str2">Assemblage, also, even, yea, though, both, and</span><br /><br /><span class="word">I</span><br /><span class="heb">אֲנִי֮</span> <span class="translit">(’ă·nî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Pronoun - first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_589.htm">Strong's 589: </a> </span><span class="str2">I</span><br /><br /><span class="word">will not</span><br /><span class="heb">לֹ֤א</span> <span class="translit">(lō)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adverb - Negative particle<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3808.htm">Strong's 3808: </a> </span><span class="str2">Not, no</span><br /><br /><span class="word">restrain</span><br /><span class="heb">אֶחֱשָׂ֫ךְ</span> <span class="translit">(’e·ḥĕ·śāḵ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2820.htm">Strong's 2820: </a> </span><span class="str2">To restrain, refrain, to refuse, spare, preserve, to observe</span><br /><br /><span class="word">my mouth;</span><br /><span class="heb">פִּ֥י</span> <span class="translit">(pî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6310.htm">Strong's 6310: </a> </span><span class="str2">The mouth, edge, portion, side, according to</span><br /><br /><span class="word">I will speak</span><br /><span class="heb">אֲ‍ֽ֭דַבְּרָה</span> <span class="translit">(’ăḏab·bə·rāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Piel - Imperfect Cohortative - first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1696.htm">Strong's 1696: </a> </span><span class="str2">To arrange, to speak, to subdue</span><br /><br /><span class="word">in the anguish</span><br /><span class="heb">בְּצַ֣ר</span> <span class="translit">(bə·ṣar)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Adjective - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6862.htm">Strong's 6862: </a> </span><span class="str2">Narrow, a tight place, a pebble, an opponent</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of my spirit;</span><br /><span class="heb">רוּחִ֑י</span> <span class="translit">(rū·ḥî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - common singular construct | first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7307.htm">Strong's 7307: </a> </span><span class="str2">Wind, breath, exhalation, life, anger, unsubstantiality, a region of the sky, spirit</span><br /><br /><span class="word">I will complain</span><br /><span class="heb">אָ֝שִׂ֗יחָה</span> <span class="translit">(’ā·śî·ḥāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect Cohortative - first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7878.htm">Strong's 7878: </a> </span><span class="str2">To muse, complain, talk (of)</span><br /><br /><span class="word">in the bitterness</span><br /><span class="heb">בְּמַ֣ר</span> <span class="translit">(bə·mar)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Adjective - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4751.htm">Strong's 4751: </a> </span><span class="str2">Bitter, bitterness, bitterly</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of my soul.</span><br /><span class="heb">נַפְשִֽׁי׃</span> <span class="translit">(nap̄·šî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5315.htm">Strong's 5315: </a> </span><span class="str2">A soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, passion, appetite, emotion </span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/job/7-11.htm">Job 7:11 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/job/7-11.htm">Job 7:11 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/job/7-11.htm">Job 7:11 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/job/7-11.htm">Job 7:11 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/job/7-11.htm">Job 7:11 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/job/7-11.htm">Job 7:11 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/job/7-11.htm">Job 7:11 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/job/7-11.htm">Job 7:11 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/job/7-11.htm">Job 7:11 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/job/7-11.htm">Job 7:11 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/job/7-11.htm">OT Poetry: Job 7:11 Therefore I will not keep silent (Jb) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/job/7-10.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Job 7:10"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Job 7:10" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/job/7-12.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Job 7:12"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Job 7:12" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>