Job 7:11

Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

“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.

Cross References

Genesis 42:21

Then they said to one another, “In truth we are guilty concerning our brother, in that we saw the distress of his soul, when he besought us and we would not listen; therefore is this distress come upon us.”

Job 10:1

“I loathe my life; I will give free utterance to my complaint; I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.

Job 10:15

If I am wicked, woe to me! If I am righteous, I cannot lift up my head, for I am filled with disgrace and look upon my affliction.

Job 13:13

“Let me have silence, and I will speak, and let come on me what may.

Job 16:6

“If I speak, my pain is not assuaged, and if I forbear, how much of it leaves me?

Job 21:25

Another dies in bitterness of soul, never having tasted of good.

Job 23:2

“Today also my complaint is bitter, his hand is heavy in spite of my groaning.

Job 36:21

Take heed, do not turn to iniquity, for this you have chosen rather than affliction.

Job 6:26

Do you think that you can reprove words, when the speech of a despairing man is wind?

Job 9:27

If I say, ‘I will forget my complaint, I will put off my sad countenance, and be of good cheer,’

Psalm 39:3

my heart became hot within me. As I mused, the fire burned; then I spoke with my tongue:

Psalm 40:9

I have told the glad news of deliverance in the great congregation; lo, I have not restrained my lips, as thou knowest, O Lord.

Isaiah 38:15

But what can I say? For he has spoken to me, and he himself has done it. All my sleep has fled because of the bitterness of my soul.

Isaiah 38:17

Lo, it was for my welfare that I had great bitterness; but thou hast held back my life from the pit of destruction, for thou hast cast all my sins behind thy back.

Luke 22:44

2 Corinthians 2:4

For I wrote you out of much affliction and anguish of heart and with many tears, not to cause you pain but to let you know the abundant love that I have for you.

1 Samuel 1:10

She was deeply distressed and prayed to the Lord, and wept bitterly.