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Job 7:11

GriefWords and speechDiscouragement and depression

9 As a cloud vanishes and is gone, so he who goes down to Sheol does not come back up.

10 He never returns to his house; his place remembers him no more.

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.

12 Am I the sea, or the monster of the deep, that You must keep me under guard?

13 When I think my bed will comfort me and my couch will ease my complaint,

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BSB
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.
KJV
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.
WEB
“Therefore I will not keep silent. I will speak in the anguish of my spirit. I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.
ASV
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.
DARBY
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.
BLB
So I will not restrain my mouth; I will speak in the distress of my spirit; I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.
ÅB
Så vil da heller ikke jeg legge bånd på min munn; jeg vil tale i min ånds trengsel, jeg vil klage i min sjels bitre smerte.
OTB
«Derfor vil jeg ikke holde tilbake mine ord;
Jeg vil tale ut i min ånds nød,
Jeg vil uttrykke min sorg i min sjels bitterhet.
B1930
Så vil da heller ikke jeg legge bånd på min munn; jeg vil tale i min ånds trengsel, jeg vil klage i min sjels bitre smerte.

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