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.
Job 7:11 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895 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. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition 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]! 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. Common English Bible But I won’t keep quiet; I will speak in the adversity of my spirit, groan in the bitterness of my life. Catholic Public Domain Version 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. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version 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. |
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.
My soul is weary of my life; I will give free course to my complaint; I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.
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.
Hold your peace, let me alone, that I may speak, And let come on me what wilt.
Though I speak, my grief is not assuaged: And though I forbear, what am I eased?
Even today is my complaint rebellious: My stroke is heavier than my groaning.
Take heed, regard not iniquity: For this hast thou chosen rather than affliction.
Do ye imagine to reprove words? Seeing that the speeches of one that is desperate are as wind.
If I say, I will forget my complaint, I will put off my sad countenance, and be of good cheer:
My heart was hot within me; While I was musing the fire kindled: Then spake I with my tongue:
I have published righteousness in the great congregation; Lo, I will not refrain my lips, O LORD, thou knowest.
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.
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.
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.
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 which I have more abundantly unto you.
And she was in bitterness of soul, and prayed unto the LORD, and wept sore.