My soul is weary of my life; I will leave my complaint on myself; I will speak in the bitterness of my soul. Treasury of Scripture My soul Job 3:20-23 Why is light given to him that is in misery, and life to the bitter in soul... Job 6:8,9 Oh that I might have my request; and that God would grant me the thing that I long for!... Job 5:15,16,20 But he saves the poor from the sword, from their mouth, and from the hand of the mighty... Job 9:21 Though I were perfect, yet would I not know my soul: I would despise my life. Job 14:13 O that you would hide me in the grave, that you would keep me secret, until your wrath be past, that you would appoint me a set time... Numbers 11:15 And if you deal thus with me, kill me, I pray you, out of hand, if I have found favor in your sight... 1 Kings 19:4 But he himself went a day's journey into the wilderness, and came and sat down under a juniper tree... Jonah 4:3,8 Therefore now, O LORD, take, I beseech you, my life from me; for it is better for me to die than to live... is weary of my life. or, cut off while I live. I will leave Job 7:11 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. Job 19:4 And be it indeed that I have erred, my error remains with myself. Job 21:2-4 Hear diligently my speech, and let this be your consolations... I will speak Job 10:15,16 If I be wicked, woe to me; and if I be righteous, yet will I not lift up my head. I am full of confusion... Job 6:2-4,26 Oh that my grief were thoroughly weighed, and my calamity laid in the balances together!... Job 7:11 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. Job 16:6-16 Though I speak, my grief is not assuaged: and though I forbear, what am I eased... Psalm 32:3-5 When I kept silence, my bones waxed old through my roaring all the day long... Isaiah 38:15,17 What shall I say? he has both spoken to me, and himself has done it: I shall go softly all my years in the bitterness of my soul...
Context Job's Plea to God
1My soul is weary of my life; I will leave my complaint on myself; I will speak in the bitterness of my soul. 2I will say to God, Do not condemn me; show me why you contend with me. 3Is it good to you that you should oppress, that you should despise the work of your hands, and shine on the counsel of the wicked? 4Have you eyes of flesh? or see you as man sees? 5Are your days as the days of man? are your years as man's days, 6That you enquire after my iniquity, and search after my sin? 7You know that I am not wicked; and there is none that can deliver out of your hand. 8Your hands have made me and fashioned me together round about; yet you do destroy me. 9Remember, I beseech you, that you have made me as the clay; and will you bring me into dust again? 10Have you not poured me out as milk, and curdled me like cheese? 11You have clothed me with skin and flesh, and have fenced me with bones and sinews. 12You have granted me life and favor, and your visitation has preserved my spirit. 13And these things have you hid in your heart: I know that this is with you. 14If I sin, then you mark me, and you will not acquit me from my iniquity. 15If I be wicked, woe to me; and if I be righteous, yet will I not lift up my head. I am full of confusion; therefore see you my affliction; 16For it increases. You hunt me as a fierce lion: and again you show yourself marvelous on me. 17You renew your witnesses against me, and increase your indignation on me; changes and war are against me. 18Why then have you brought me forth out of the womb? Oh that I had given up the ghost, and no eye had seen me! 19I should have been as though I had not been; I should have been carried from the womb to the grave. 20Are not my days few? cease then, and let me alone, that I may take comfort a little, 21Before I go from where I shall not return, even to the land of darkness and the shadow of death; 22A land of darkness, as darkness itself; and of the shadow of death, without any order, and where the light is as darkness. Parallel Verses American Standard Version
My soul is weary of my life; I will give free course to my complaint; I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.
Douay-Rheims Bible
My soul is weary of my life, I will let go my speech against myself, I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.
Darby Bible Translation
My soul is weary of my life: I will give free course to my complaint; I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.
King James Bible
My soul is weary of my life; I will leave my complaint upon myself; I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.
Young's Literal Translation
My soul hath been weary of my life, I leave off my talking to myself, I speak in the bitterness of my soul.
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