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Job 7:11

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Job Remonstrates with God

7:11“Therefore,35 I will not refrain my mouth;36

I will speak in the anguish of my spirit;

I will complain37 in the bitterness of my soul.

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Footnotes

  1. 35 “Also I” has been rendered frequently as “therefore,” introducing a conclusion. 168–69 גַםּ lists Ps 52:7 [5] as a parallel, but it also could be explained as an adversative.
  2. 36 “Mouth” here is metonymical for what he says—he will not withhold his complaints. Peake notes that in this section Job comes very close to doing what Satan said he would do. If he does not curse God to his face, he certainly does cast off restraints to his lament. But here Job excuses himself in advance of the lament.
  3. 37 The verb is not limited to mental musing; it is used for pouring out a complaint or a lament (see S. Mowinckel, “The Verb siah and the Nouns siah, siha,” 15 [1961]: 1–10).

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

“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.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

“Therefore I will not keep silent;

I will speak out in the anguish of my spirit,

I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

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.

NLTNew Living Translation

“I cannot keep from speaking.

I must express my anguish.

My bitter soul must complain.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

“Even I will not restrain my mouth;

I will speak in my spirit’s anguish;

I will complain in my inner self’s bitterness.

KJV 1900King James Version

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.