Job 7:11

American Standard Version (1901)

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.

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 40:9 : 9 I have proclaimed glad tidings of righteousness in the great assembly; Lo, I will not refrain my lips, O Jehovah, thou knowest.
  • Job 10:1 : 1 My soul is weary of my life; I will give free course to my complaint; I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.
  • 1 Sam 1:10 : 10 And she was in bitterness of soul, and prayed unto Jehovah, and wept sore.
  • Job 21:25 : 25 And another dieth in bitterness of soul, And never tasteth of good.
  • Isa 38:15 : 15 What shall I say? he hath both spoken unto me, and himself hath done it: I shall go softly all my years because of the bitterness of my soul.
  • Isa 38:17 : 17 Behold, [it was] for [my] peace [that] I had great bitterness: But thou hast in love to my soul delivered it from the pit of corruption; For thou hast cast all my sins behind thy back.
  • Matt 26:37-38 : 37 And he took with him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, and began to be sorrowful and sore troubled. 38 Then saith he unto them, My soul is exceeding sorrowful, even unto death: abide ye here, and watch with me.
  • Luke 22:44 : 44 And being in an agony he prayed more earnestly; and his sweat became as it were great drops of blood falling down upon the ground.
  • 2 Cor 2:4 : 4 For out of much affliction and anguish of heart I wrote unto you with many tears; not that ye should be made sorry, but that ye might know the love that I have more abundantly unto you.
  • Gen 42:21 : 21 And they said one to another, We are verily guilty concerning our brother, in that we saw the distress of his soul, when he besought us, and we would not hear; therefore is this distress come upon us.
  • Ps 39:3 : 3 My heart was hot within me; While I was musing the fire burned: [Then] spake I with my tongue:
  • 2 Kgs 4:27-28 : 27 And when she came to the man of God to the hill, she caught hold of his feet. And Gehazi came near to thrust her away; but the man of God said, Let her alone: for her soul is vexed within her; and Jehovah hath hid it from me, and hath not told me. 28 Then she said, Did I desire a son of my lord? did I not say, Do not deceive me?
  • Job 6:26 : 26 Do ye think to reprove words, Seeing that the speeches of one that is desperate are as wind?
  • Job 10:15 : 15 If I be wicked, woe unto me; And if I be righteous, yet shall I not lift up my head; Being filled with ignominy, And looking upon mine affliction.
  • Job 13:13 : 13 Hold your peace, let me alone, that I may speak; And let come on me what will.
  • Job 16:6 : 6 Though I speak, my grief is not assuaged; And though I forbear, what am I eased?
  • Job 21:3-4 : 3 Suffer me, and I also will speak; And after that I have spoken, mock on. 4 As for me, is my complaint to man? And why should I not be impatient?

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • Job 10:1-2
    2 verses
    85%

    1My soul is weary of my life; I will give free course to my complaint; I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.

    2I will say unto God, Do not condemn me; Show me wherefore thou contendest with me.

  • Job 7:12-13
    2 verses
    82%

    12Am I a sea, or a sea-monster, That thou settest a watch over me?

    13When I say, My bed shall comfort me, My couch shall ease my complaint;

  • Job 21:4
    79%

    4As for me, is my complaint to man? And why should I not be impatient?

  • Job 9:18
    77%

    18He will not suffer me to take my breath, But filleth me with bitterness.

  • Isa 38:15
    77%

    15What shall I say? he hath both spoken unto me, and himself hath done it: I shall go softly all my years because of the bitterness of my soul.

  • Job 6:10
    77%

    10And be it still my consolation, Yea, let me exult in pain that spareth not, That I have not denied the words of the Holy One.

  • Job 13:19
    77%

    19Who is he that will contend with me? For then would I hold my peace and give up the ghost.

  • Job 3:24
    77%

    24For my sighing cometh before I eat, And my groanings are poured out like water.

  • Job 7:19-21
    3 verses
    76%

    19How long wilt thou not look away from me, Nor let me alone till I swallow down my spittle?

    20If I have sinned, what do I unto thee, O thou watcher of men? Why hast thou set me as a mark for thee, So that I am a burden to myself?

    21And why dost thou not pardon my transgression, and take away mine iniquity? For now shall I lie down in the dust; And thou wilt seek me diligently, but I shall not be.

  • Job 16:6
    76%

    6Though I speak, my grief is not assuaged; And though I forbear, what am I eased?

  • Job 7:15-16
    2 verses
    75%

    15So that my soul chooseth strangling, And death rather than [these] my bones.

    16I loathe [my life] ; I would not live alway: Let me alone; for my days are vanity.

  • Ps 143:4
    75%

    4Therefore is my spirit overwhelmed within me; My heart within me is desolate.

  • Job 9:27-28
    2 verses
    75%

    27If I say, I will forget my complaint, I will put off my [sad] countenance, and be of good cheer;

    28I am afraid of all my sorrows, I know that thou wilt not hold me innocent.

  • Job 19:7
    74%

    7Behold, I cry out of wrong, but I am not heard: I cry for help, but there is no justice.

  • Job 13:13-14
    2 verses
    74%

    13Hold your peace, let me alone, that I may speak; And let come on me what will.

    14Wherefore should I take my flesh in my teeth, And put my life in my hand?

  • Job 17:1
    74%

    1My spirit is consumed, my days are extinct, The grave is [ready] for me.

  • Job 10:20
    74%

    20Are not my days few? cease then, And let me alone, that I may take comfort a little,

  • Job 23:2
    74%

    2Even to-day is my complaint rebellious: My stroke is heavier than my groaning.

  • Job 30:27-28
    2 verses
    74%

    27My heart is troubled, and resteth not; Days of affliction are come upon me.

    28I go mourning without the sun: I stand up in the assembly, and cry for help.

  • Job 7:10
    74%

    10He shall return no more to his house, Neither shall his place know him any more.

  • Job 19:2
    73%

    2How long will ye vex my soul, And break me in pieces with words?

  • Job 30:16
    73%

    16And now my soul is poured out within me; Days of affliction have taken hold upon me.

  • Jer 8:18
    73%

    18Oh that I could comfort myself against sorrow! my heart is faint within me.

  • Job 32:20
    73%

    20I will speak, that I may be refreshed; I will open my lips and answer.

  • Job 10:18
    73%

    18Wherefore then hast thou brought me forth out of the womb? I had given up the ghost, and no eye had seen me.

  • Ps 73:21
    73%

    21For my soul was grieved, And I was pricked in my heart:

  • Ps 142:2
    72%

    2I pour out my complaint before him; I show before him my trouble.

  • Job 30:25
    72%

    25Did not I weep for him that was in trouble? Was not my soul grieved for the needy?

  • Job 23:7
    72%

    7There the upright might reason with him; So should I be delivered for ever from my judge.

  • Job 15:13
    72%

    13That against God thou turnest thy spirit, And lettest words go out of thy mouth?

  • Job 27:6
    72%

    6My righteousness I hold fast, and will not let it go: My heart shall not reproach [me] so long as I live.

  • Ps 38:17
    72%

    17For I am ready to fall, And my sorrow is continually before me.

  • Ps 31:10
    72%

    10For my life is spent with sorrow, And my years with sighing: My strength faileth because of mine iniquity, And my bones are wasted away.

  • Lam 1:13
    72%

    13From on high hath he sent fire into my bones, and it prevaileth against them; He hath spread a net for my feet, he hath turned me back: He hath made me desolate and faint all the day.

  • Lam 1:20-21
    2 verses
    72%

    20Behold, O Jehovah; for I am in distress; my heart is troubled; My heart is turned within me; for I have grievously rebelled: Abroad the sword bereaveth, at home there is as death.

    21They have heard that I sigh; there is none to comfort me; all mine enemies have heard of my trouble; they are glad that thou hast done it: Thou wilt bring the day that thou hast proclaimed, and they shall be like unto me.

  • Job 3:10
    72%

    10Because it shut not up the doors of my [mother's] womb, Nor hid trouble from mine eyes.

  • Job 37:20
    72%

    20Shall it be told him that I would speak? Or should a man wish that he were swallowed up?

  • Mic 7:9
    72%

    9I will bear the indignation of Jehovah, because I have sinned against him, until he plead my cause, and execute judgment for me: he will bring me forth to the light, [and] I shall behold his righteousness.

  • Ps 38:8
    72%

    8I am faint and sore bruised: I have groaned by reason of the disquietness of my heart.

  • Job 27:3
    72%

    3(For my life is yet whole in me, And the spirit of God is in my nostrils);

  • Job 31:30
    72%

    30(Yea, I have not suffered my mouth to sin By asking his life with a curse);