Treasury of Scripture Knowledge My soul is weary of my life, I will let go my speech against myself, I will speak in the bitterness of my soul. My soul Job 3:20-23 Why is light given to him that is in misery, and life to them that are in bitterness of soul? . . . Job 6:8,9 Who will grant that my request may come: and that God may give me what I look for? . . . Job 5:15,16,20 But he shall save the needy from the sword of their mouth, and the poor from the hand of the violent. . . . Job 9:21 Although I should be simple, even this my soul shall be ignorant of, and I shall be weary of my life. Job 14:13 Who will grant me this, that thou mayst protect me in hell, and hide me till thy wrath pass, and appoint me a time when thou wilt remember me? Numbers 11:15 But if it seem unto thee otherwise, I beseech thee to kill me, and let me find grace in thy eyes, that I be not afflicted with so great evils. 1 Kings 19:4 And he went forward, one day's journey into the desert. And when he was there, and sat under a juniper tree, he requested for his soul that he might die, and said: It is enough for me, Lord; take away my soul: for I am no better than my fathers. Jonah 4:3,8 And he prayed to the Lord, and said: I beseech thee, O Lord, is not this what I said, when I was yet in my own country? therefore I went before to flee into Tharsis: for I know that thou art a gracious and merciful God, patient, and of much compassion, and easy to forgive evil. . . . is weary of my life. Job 7:11 Wherefore, I will not spare my mouth, I will speak in the affliction of my spirit: I will talk with the bitterness of my soul. Job 19:4 For if I have been ignorant, my ignorance shall be with me. Job 21:2-4 Hear, I beseech you, my words, and do penance. . . . I will speak Job 10:15,16 And if I be wicked, woe unto me: and if just, I shall not lift up my head, being filled with affliction and misery. . . . Job 6:2-4,26 O that my sins, whereby I have deserved wrath, and the calamity that I suffer, were weighed in a balance. . . . Job 7:11 Wherefore, I will not spare my mouth, I will speak in the affliction of my spirit: I will talk with the bitterness of my soul. Job 16:6-16 I would strengthen you with my mouth, and would move my lips, as sparing you. . . . Psalm 32:3-5 Because I was silent my bones grew old; whilst I cried out all the day long. . . . Isaiah 38:15,17 What shall I say, or what shall he answer for me, whereas he himself hath done it? I will recount to thee all my years in the bitterness of my soul. . . . Context Job's Plea to God1My soul is weary of my life, I will let go my speech against myself, I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.2I will say to God: Do not condemn me: tell me why thou judgest me so?… Cross References Job 6:9 And that he that hath begun may destroy me, that he may let loose his hand, and cut me off? Job 7:11 Wherefore, I will not spare my mouth, I will speak in the affliction of my spirit: I will talk with the bitterness of my soul. Job 7:16 I have done with hope, I shall now live no longer: spare me, for my days are nothing. Isaiah 38:15 What shall I say, or what shall he answer for me, whereas he himself hath done it? I will recount to thee all my years in the bitterness of my soul. Lexicon I loatheנָֽקְטָ֥ה (nā·qə·ṭāh) Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person feminine singular Strong's Hebrew 5354: To loathe my own נַפְשִׁ֗י (nap̄·šî) Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common singular Strong's Hebrew 5315: A soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, passion, appetite, emotion life; בְּחַ֫יָּ֥י (bə·ḥay·yāy) Preposition-b | Noun - masculine plural construct | first person common singular Strong's Hebrew 2416: Alive, raw, fresh, strong, life I will express אֶֽעֶזְבָ֣ה (’e·‘ez·ḇāh) Verb - Qal - Imperfect Cohortative - first person common singular Strong's Hebrew 5800: To loosen, relinquish, permit my complaint שִׂיחִ֑י (śî·ḥî) Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular Strong's Hebrew 7879: A contemplation, an utterance and speak אֲ֝דַבְּרָה֗ (’ă·ḏab·bə·rāh) Verb - Piel - Imperfect Cohortative - first person common singular Strong's Hebrew 1696: To arrange, to speak, to subdue in the bitterness בְּמַ֣ר (bə·mar) Preposition-b | Adjective - masculine singular construct Strong's Hebrew 4751: Bitter, bitterness, bitterly of my soul. נַפְשִֽׁי׃ (nap̄·šî) Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common singular Strong's Hebrew 5315: A soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, passion, appetite, emotion Additional Translations I loathe my own life; I will express my complaint and speak in the bitterness of my soul.My soul is weary of my life; I will leave my complaint on myself; I will speak in the bitterness of my soul. My soul is weary of my life; I will give free course to my complaint; I will speak in the bitterness of my soul. Weary in my soul, I will pour my words with groans upon him: I will speak being straitened in the bitterness of my soul. My soul is weary of my life: I will give free course to my complaint; I will speak in the bitterness of my soul. My soul is weary of my life; I will give free course to my complaint; I will speak in the bitterness of my soul. My soul is weary of my life; I will leave my complaint upon myself; I will speak in the bitterness of my soul. "My soul is weary of my life. I will give free course to my complaint. I will speak in the bitterness of my soul. 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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