Job 7:11

New English Translation

“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.

Cross References

Genesis 42:21

They said to one other, “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!”

Job 10:1

“I am weary of my life; I will complain without restraint; I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.

Job 10:15

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

“Refrain from talking with me so that I may speak; then let come to me what may.

Job 16:6

“But if I speak, my pain is not relieved, and if I refrain from speaking – how much of it goes away?

Job 21:25

And another man dies in bitterness of soul, never having tasted anything good.

Job 23:2

“Even today my complaint is still bitter; his hand is heavy despite my groaning.

Job 36:21

Take heed, do not turn to evil, for because of this you have been tested by affliction.

Job 6:26

Do you intend to criticize mere words, and treat the words of a despairing man as wind?

Job 9:27

If I say, ‘I will forget my complaint, I will change my expression and be cheerful,’

Psalm 39:3

my anxiety intensified. As I thought about it, I became impatient. Finally I spoke these words:

Psalm 40:9

I have told the great assembly about your justice. Look! I spare no words! O Lord, you know this is true.

Isaiah 38:15

What can I say? He has decreed and acted. I will walk slowly all my years because I am overcome with grief.

Isaiah 38:17

“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.

Luke 22:44

And in his anguish he prayed more earnestly, and his sweat was like drops of blood falling to the ground.]

2 Corinthians 2:4

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.

1 Samuel 1:10

She was very upset as she prayed to the Lord, and she was weeping uncontrollably.