Verse 1

My soul{H5315} is weary{H5354} of my life;{H2416} I will give free course{H5800} to my complaint;{H7879} I will speak{H1696} in the bitterness{H4751} of my soul.{H5315}

Referenced Verses

  • Job 7:11 : 11 Therefore I will not refrain{H2820} my mouth;{H6310} I will speak{H1696} in the anguish{H6862} of my spirit;{H7307} I will complain{H7878} in the bitterness{H4751} of my soul.{H5315}
  • 1 Kgs 19:4 : 4 But he himself went{H1980} a day's{H3117} journey{H1870} into the wilderness,{H4057} and came{H935} and sat down{H3427} under a{H259} juniper-tree:{H7574} and he requested{H7592} for himself{H5315} that he might die,{H4191} and said,{H559} It is enough;{H7227} now, O Jehovah,{H3068} take away{H3947} my life;{H5315} for I am not better{H2896} than my fathers.{H1}
  • Num 11:15 : 15 And if thou deal{H6213} thus with me, kill{H2026} me, I pray thee, out of hand,{H2026} if I have found{H4672} favor{H2580} in thy sight;{H5869} and let me not see{H7200} my wretchedness.{H7451}
  • Job 9:21 : 21 I am perfect;{H8535} I regard{H3045} not myself;{H5315} I despise{H3988} my life.{H5315}
  • Job 10:15-16 : 15 If I be wicked,{H7561} woe{H480} unto me; And if I be righteous,{H6663} yet shall I not lift up{H5375} my head;{H7218} Being filled{H7649} with ignominy,{H7036} And looking{H7202} upon mine affliction.{H6040} 16 And if [my head] exalt{H1342} itself, thou huntest{H6679} me as a lion;{H7826} And again{H7725} thou showest thyself marvellous{H6381} upon me.
  • Job 14:13 : 13 Oh that{H5414} thou wouldest hide{H6845} me in Sheol,{H7585} That thou wouldest keep me secret,{H5641} until thy wrath{H639} be past,{H7725} That thou wouldest appoint{H7896} me a set time,{H2706} and remember{H2142} me!
  • Job 16:6-9 : 6 Though I speak,{H1696} my grief{H3511} is not assuaged;{H2820} And though I forbear,{H2308} what am I eased?{H1980} 7 But now he hath made me weary:{H3811} Thou hast made desolate{H8074} all my company.{H5712} 8 And thou hast laid fast hold{H7059} on me, [which] is a witness{H5707} [against me]: And my leanness{H3585} riseth up{H6965} against me, It testifieth{H6030} to my face.{H6440} 9 He hath torn{H2963} me in his wrath,{H639} and persecuted{H7852} me; He hath gnashed{H2786} upon me with his teeth:{H8127} Mine adversary{H6862} sharpeneth{H3913} his eyes{H5869} upon me. 10 They have gaped{H6473} upon me with their mouth;{H6310} They have smitten{H5221} me upon the cheek{H3895} reproachfully:{H2781} They gather{H4390} themselves together{H3162} against me. 11 God{H410} delivereth{H5462} me to the ungodly,{H5760} And casteth me into{H3399} the hands{H3027} of the wicked.{H7563} 12 I was at ease,{H7961} and he brake me asunder;{H6565} Yea, he hath taken{H270} me by the neck,{H6203} and dashed me to pieces:{H6327} He hath also set me up{H6965} for his mark.{H4307} 13 His archers{H7228} compass me round about;{H5437} He cleaveth{H6398} my reins{H3629} asunder,{H6398} and doth not spare;{H2550} He poureth out{H8210} my gall{H4845} upon the ground.{H776} 14 He breaketh{H6555} me with breach{H6556} upon{H6440} breach;{H6556} He runneth{H7323} upon me like a giant.{H1368} 15 I have sewed{H8609} sackcloth{H8242} upon my skin,{H1539} And have laid{H5953} my horn{H7161} in the dust.{H6083} 16 My face{H6440} is red{H2560} with weeping,{H1065} And on my eyelids{H6079} is the shadow of death;{H6757}
  • Job 19:4 : 4 And be it indeed{H551} that I have erred,{H7686} Mine error{H4879} remaineth{H3885} with myself.
  • Job 21:2-4 : 2 Hear{H8085} diligently{H8085} my speech;{H4405} And let this be your consolations.{H8575} 3 Suffer{H5375} me, and I also will speak;{H1696} And after{H310} that I have spoken,{H1696} mock on.{H3932} 4 As for me, is my complaint{H7879} to man?{H120} And why should I{H7307} not be impatient?{H7114}
  • Ps 32:3-5 : 3 When I kept silence,{H2790} my bones{H6106} wasted away{H1086} Through my groaning{H7581} all the day{H3117} long. 4 For day{H3119} and night{H3915} thy hand{H3027} was heavy{H3513} upon me: My moisture{H3955} was changed{H2015} [as] with the drought{H2725} of summer.{H7019} {H5542} 5 I acknowledged{H3045} my sin{H2403} unto thee, And mine iniquity{H5771} did I not hide:{H3680} I said,{H559} I will confess{H3034} my transgressions{H6588} unto Jehovah;{H3068} And thou forgavest{H5375} the iniquity{H5771} of my sin.{H2403} {H5542}
  • Isa 38:15 : 15 What shall I say?{H1696} he hath both spoken{H559} unto me, and himself hath done{H6213} it: I shall go softly{H1718} all my years{H8141} because of the bitterness{H4751} of my soul.{H5315}
  • Isa 38:17 : 17 Behold, [it was] for [my] peace{H7965} [that] I had great bitterness:{H4751} But thou hast in love{H2836} to my soul{H5315} delivered it from the pit{H7845} of corruption;{H1097} For thou hast cast{H7993} all my sins{H2399} behind{H310} thy back.{H1460}
  • Jonah 4:3 : 3 Therefore now, O Jehovah,{H3068} take,{H3947} I beseech thee, my life{H5315} from me; for it is better{H2896} for me to die{H4194} than to live.{H2416}
  • Jonah 4:8 : 8 And it came to pass, when the sun{H8121} arose,{H2224} that God{H430} prepared{H4487} a sultry{H2759} east{H6921} wind;{H7307} and the sun{H8121} beat{H5221} upon the head{H7218} of Jonah,{H3124} that he fainted,{H5968} and requested{H7592} for himself{H5315} that he might die,{H4191} and said,{H559} It is better{H2896} for me to die{H4194} than to live.{H2416}
  • Job 7:16 : 16 I loathe{H3988} [my life]; I would not live{H2421} alway:{H5769} Let me alone;{H2308} for my days{H3117} are vanity.{H1892}
  • Job 3:20-23 : 20 Wherefore is light{H216} given{H5414} to him that is in misery,{H6001} And life{H2416} unto the bitter{H4751} in soul;{H5315} 21 Who long{H2442} for death,{H4194} but it cometh not, And dig{H2658} for it more than for hid treasures;{H4301} 22 Who rejoice{H8056} exceedingly,{H1524} And are glad,{H7797} when they can find{H4672} the grave?{H6913} 23 [ Why is light given] to a man{H1397} whose way{H1870} is hid,{H5641} And whom God{H433} hath hedged in?{H5526}
  • Job 5:15-16 : 15 But he saveth{H3467} from the sword{H2719} of their mouth,{H6310} Even the needy{H34} from the hand{H3027} of the mighty.{H2389} 16 So the poor{H1800} hath hope,{H8615} And iniquity{H5766} stoppeth{H7092} her mouth.{H6310}
  • Job 5:20 : 20 In famine{H7458} he will redeem{H6299} thee from death;{H4194} And in war{H4421} from the power{H3027} of the sword.{H2719}
  • Job 6:2-4 : 2 Oh that{H3863} my vexation{H3708} were but{H8254} weighed,{H8254} And all my calamity{H1942} laid{H5375} in{H3162} the balances!{H3976} 3 For now it would be heavier{H3513} than the sand{H2344} of the seas:{H3220} Therefore have my words{H1697} been rash.{H3886} 4 For the arrows{H2671} of the Almighty{H7706} are within{H5978} me, The poison{H2534} whereof my spirit{H7307} drinketh up:{H8354} The terrors{H1161} of God{H433} do set themselves in array{H6186} against me.
  • Job 6:8-9 : 8 Oh that I might have{H935} my request;{H7596} And that God{H433} would grant{H5414} [me] the thing that I long for!{H8615} 9 Even that it would please{H2974} God{H433} to crush{H1792} me; That he would let loose{H5425} his hand,{H3027} and cut me off!{H1214}
  • Job 6:26 : 26 Do ye think{H2803} to reprove{H3198} words,{H4405} Seeing that the speeches{H561} of one that is desperate{H2976} are as wind?{H7307}