10 He shall return no more to his house, neither shall his place know him anymore.

11 Therefore I will not [a]spare my mouth, but will speak in the trouble of my spirit, and muse in the bitterness of my mind.

12 Am I a sea [b]or a whalefish, that thou keepest me in ward?

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Footnotes

  1. Job 7:11 Seeing I can by none other means comfort myself, I will declare my grief by words, and thus he speaketh as one overcome with grief of mind.
  2. Job 7:12 Am not I a poor wretch? what needest thou then to lay so much pain on me?

10 He will never come to his house again;
    his place(A) will know him no more.(B)

11 “Therefore I will not keep silent;(C)
    I will speak out in the anguish(D) of my spirit,
    I will complain(E) in the bitterness of my soul.(F)
12 Am I the sea,(G) or the monster of the deep,(H)
    that you put me under guard?(I)

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