Job 7:11
Job Remonstrates with God“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 told the great assembly about your justice. Look! I spare no words! O LORD, you know this is true.
- Job 10:1 : 1 An Appeal for Revelation“I am weary of my life; I will complain without restraint; I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.
- 1 Sam 1:10 : 10 As for her, she was very distressed. She prayed to the LORD and was, in fact, weeping.
- Job 21:25 : 25 And another man dies in bitterness of soul, never having tasted anything good.
- Isa 38:15 : 15 What can I say? He has decreed and acted. I will walk slowly all my years because I am overcome with grief.
- Isa 38:17 : 17 “Look, the grief I experienced was for my benefit. You delivered me from the Pit of oblivion. For you removed all my sins from your sight.
- Matt 26:37-38 : 37 He took with him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, and became anguished and distressed. 38 Then he said to them,“My soul is deeply grieved, even to the point of death. Remain here and stay awake with me.”
- Luke 22:44 : 44 And in his anguish he prayed more earnestly, and his sweat was like drops of blood falling to the ground.]
- 2 Cor 2:4 : 4 For out of great distress and anguish of heart I wrote to you with many tears, not to make you sad, but to let you know the love that I have especially for you.
- Gen 42:21 : 21 They said to one another,“Surely we’re being punished because of our brother, because we saw how distressed he was when he cried to us for mercy, but we refused to listen. That is why this distress has come on us!”
- Ps 39:3 : 3 my anxiety intensified. As I thought about it, I became impatient. Finally I spoke these words:
- 2 Kgs 4:27-28 : 27 But when she reached the prophet on the mountain, she grabbed hold of his feet. Gehazi came near to push her away, but the prophet said,“Leave her alone, for she is very upset. The LORD has kept the matter hidden from me; he didn’t tell me about it.” 28 She said,“Did I ask my master for a son? Didn’t I say,‘Don’t mislead me?’”
- Job 6:26 : 26 Do you intend to criticize mere words, and treat the words of a despairing man as wind?
- Job 10:15 : 15 If I am guilty, woe to me, and if I am innocent, I cannot lift my head; I am full of shame, and satiated with my affliction.
- Job 13:13 : 13 “Refrain from talking with me so that I may speak; then let come to me what may.
- Job 16:6 : 6 Abandonment by God and Man“But if I speak, my pain is not relieved, and if I refrain from speaking– how much of it goes away?
- Job 21:3-4 : 3 Bear with me and I will speak, and after I have spoken you may mock. 4 Is my complaint against a man? If so, why should I not be impatient?
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- Job 10:1-22 verses85%
1 An Appeal for Revelation“I am weary of my life; I will complain without restraint; I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.
2 I will say to God,‘Do not condemn me; tell me why you are contending with me.’
- Job 7:12-132 verses82%
12 Am I the sea, or the creature of the deep, that you must put me under guard?
13 If I say,“My bed will comfort me, my couch will ease my complaint,”
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4 Is my complaint against a man? If so, why should I not be impatient?
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18 He does not allow me to recover my breath, for he fills me with bitterness.
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15 What can I say? He has decreed and acted. I will walk slowly all my years because I am overcome with grief.
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10 Then I would yet have my comfort, then I would rejoice, in spite of pitiless pain, for I have not concealed the words of the Holy One.
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19 Who will contend with me? If anyone can, I will be silent and die.
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24 For my sighing comes in place of my food, and my groanings flow forth like water.
- Job 7:19-213 verses76%
19 Will you never look away from me, will you not let me alone long enough to swallow my spittle?
20 If I have sinned– what have I done to you, O watcher of men? Why have you set me as your target? Have I become a burden to you?
21 And why do you not pardon my transgression, and take away my iniquity? For now I will lie down in the dust, and you will seek me diligently, but I will be gone.”
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6 Abandonment by God and Man“But if I speak, my pain is not relieved, and if I refrain from speaking– how much of it goes away?
- Job 7:15-162 verses75%
15 so that I would prefer strangling, and death more than life.
16 I loathe it; I do not want to live forever; leave me alone, for my days are a vapor!
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4 My strength leaves me; I am absolutely shocked.
- Job 9:27-282 verses75%
27 If I say,‘I will forget my complaint, I will change my expression and be cheerful,’
28 I dread all my sufferings, for I know that you do not hold me blameless.
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7 Job’s Abandonment and Affliction“If I cry out,‘Violence!’ I receive no answer; I cry for help, but there is no justice.
- Job 13:13-142 verses74%
13 “Refrain from talking with me so that I may speak; then let come to me what may.
14 Why do I put myself in peril, and take my life in my hands?
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1 My spirit is broken, my days have faded out, the grave awaits me.
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20 Are not my days few? Cease, then, and leave me alone, that I may find a little comfort,
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2 “Even today my complaint is still bitter; his hand is heavy despite my groaning.
- Job 30:27-282 verses74%
27 My heart is in turmoil unceasingly; the days of my affliction confront me.
28 I go about blackened, but not by the sun; in the assembly I stand up and cry for help.
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10 He returns no more to his house, nor does his place of residence know him any more.
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2 “How long will you torment me and crush me with your words?
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16 Job’s Despondency“And now my soul pours itself out within me; days of suffering take hold of me.
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18 Then I said,“There is no cure for my grief! I am sick at heart!
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20 I will speak, so that I may find relief; I will open my lips, so that I may answer.
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18 An Appeal for Relief“Why then did you bring me out from the womb? I should have died and no eye would have seen me!
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21 Yes, my spirit was bitter, and my insides felt sharp pain.
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2 I pour out my lament before him; I tell him about my troubles.
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25 Have I not wept for the unfortunate? Was not my soul grieved for the poor?
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7 There an upright person could present his case before him, and I would be delivered forever from my judge.
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13 when you turn your rage against God and allow such words to escape from your mouth?
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6 I will maintain my righteousness and never let it go; my conscience will not reproach me for as long as I live.
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17 For I am about to stumble, and I am in constant pain.
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10 For my life nears its end in pain; my years draw to a close as I groan. My strength fails me because of my sin, and my bones become brittle.
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13 מ(Mem) He sent down fire into my bones, and it overcame them. He spread out a trapper’s net for my feet; he made me turn back. He has made me desolate; I am faint all day long.
- Lam 1:20-212 verses72%
20 ר(Resh) Look, O LORD! I am distressed; my stomach is in knots! My heart is pounding inside me. Yes, I was terribly rebellious! Out in the street the sword bereaves a mother of her children; Inside the house death is present.
21 ש(Sin/Shin) They have heard that I groan, yet there is no one to comfort me. All my enemies have heard of my trouble; they are glad that you have brought it about. Bring about the day of judgment that you promised so that they may end up like me!
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10 because it did not shut the doors of my mother’s womb on me, nor did it hide trouble from my eyes!
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20 Should he be informed that I want to speak? If a man speaks, surely he will be swallowed up!
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9 I must endure the LORD’s fury, for I have sinned against him. But then he will defend my cause, and accomplish justice on my behalf. He will lead me out into the light; I will witness his deliverance.
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8 I am numb with pain and severely battered; I groan loudly because of the anxiety I feel.
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3 for while my spirit is still in me, and the breath from God is in my nostrils,
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30 I have not even permitted my mouth to sin by asking for his life through a curse–