The Meaning of Job 7:11 Explained

Job 7:11

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.

YLT: Also I -- I withhold not my mouth -- I speak in the distress of my spirit, I talk 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.

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.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

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. 

What does Job 7:11 Mean?

Context Summary

Job 7:1-21 - Longing For The Evening
The servant eagerly longs for the lengthening shadow, which tells him that his day of labor is at an end, and we may allow ourselves to anticipate the hour of our reward and deliverance.
In plaintive words, which have so often been on the lips of heavy sufferers, Job tells the story of his sorrow and bitterness. The sufferer addresses God directly-almost suggesting at first that God was persecuting him without cause. Let those who have been disposed to think God unmindful and hard in His dealings, ponder these words. Even this saint of patience has trodden that path before them, and he came out right at last. But a softer tone follows; Job realizes that he has sinned, pleads to be forgiven, and asks that the word of forgiving love may not tarry, lest it be too late. The psalmist uses expressions similar to Job 7:17-18, but with a more wholesome application, Psalms 8:4; Psalms 144:3.
Notice that wonderful name for God-the watcher of men, Job 7:20, r.v. Not to discover their sins, but to learn their sorrows and needs with the intent of helping them with His saving strength. [source]

Chapter Summary: Job 7

1  Job excuses his desire of death
12  He complains of his own restlessness, and reasons with God

What do the individual words in Job 7:11 mean?

Therefore I not will restrain my mouth I will speak in the anguish of my spirit I will complain in the bitterness of my soul
גַּם־ אֲנִי֮ לֹ֤א אֶחֱשָׂ֫ךְ פִּ֥י אֲ‍ֽ֭דַבְּרָה בְּצַ֣ר רוּחִ֑י אָ֝שִׂ֗יחָה בְּמַ֣ר נַפְשִֽׁי

אֶחֱשָׂ֫ךְ  will  restrain 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, first person common singular
Root: חָשַׂךְ  
Sense: to withhold, restrain, hold back, keep in check, refrain.
פִּ֥י  my  mouth 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct, first person common singular
Root: פֶּה  
Sense: mouth.
אֲ‍ֽ֭דַבְּרָה  I  will  speak 
Parse: Verb, Piel, Imperfect Cohortative, first person common singular
Root: דָּבַר 
Sense: to speak, declare, converse, command, promise, warn, threaten, sing.
בְּצַ֣ר  in  the  anguish 
Parse: Preposition-b, Adjective, masculine singular construct
Root: צַר 
Sense: narrow, tight.
רוּחִ֑י  of  my  spirit 
Parse: Noun, common singular construct, first person common singular
Root: רוּחַ  
Sense: wind, breath, mind, spirit.
אָ֝שִׂ֗יחָה  I  will  complain 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect Cohortative, first person common singular
Root: שִׂיחַ  
Sense: to put forth, mediate, muse, commune, speak, complain, ponder, sing.
בְּמַ֣ר  in  the  bitterness 
Parse: Preposition-b, Adjective, masculine singular construct
Root: מַר 
Sense: bitter, bitterness.
נַפְשִֽׁי  of  my  soul 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct, first person common singular
Root: נֶפֶשׁ  
Sense: soul, self, life, creature, person, appetite, mind, living being, desire, emotion, passion.