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 begged us and we did not listen. That is why this distress has come upon us.”
Job 7:11 - English Standard Version 2016 “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. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing 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. |
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 begged us and we did not listen. That is why this distress has come upon us.”
“I loathe my life; I will give free utterance to my complaint; I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.
If I am guilty, woe to me! If I am in the right, I cannot lift up my head, for I am filled with disgrace and look on my affliction.
“If I speak, my pain is not assuaged, and if I forbear, how much of it leaves me?
Another dies in bitterness of soul, never having tasted of prosperity.
“Today also my complaint is bitter; my hand is heavy on account of my groaning.
Take care; do not turn to iniquity, for this you have chosen rather than affliction.
Do you think that you can reprove words, when the speech of a despairing man is wind?
If I say, ‘I will forget my complaint, I will put off my sad face, and be of good cheer,’
My heart became hot within me. As I mused, the fire burned; then I spoke with my tongue:
I have told the glad news of deliverance in the great congregation; behold, I have not restrained my lips, as you know, O Lord.
What shall I say? For he has spoken to me, and he himself has done it. I walk slowly all my years because of the bitterness of my soul.
Behold, it was for my welfare that I had great bitterness; but in love you have delivered my life from the pit of destruction, for you have cast all my sins behind your back.
And being in agony he prayed more earnestly; and his sweat became like great drops of blood falling down to the ground.
For I wrote to 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.