Job 7:10-12
Expanded Bible
10 They will never come back to their houses again,
and their places will not know them anymore.
11 “So I will not ·stay quiet [L restrain my mouth];
I will speak out in the ·suffering [distress; L pinch] of my spirit.
I will ·complain [groan] ·because I am so unhappy [L in the bitterness of my soul].
12 ·I am not [L Am I…?] ·the sea [L Yam] or ·the sea monster [L Tannin; C Yam and Tannin are legendary sea monsters representing chaos].
·So why have you […that you] set a guard over me?
Job 7:10-12
King James Version
10 He shall return no more to his house, neither shall his place know him any more.
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.
12 Am I a sea, or a whale, that thou settest a watch over me?
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Job 7:10-12
English Standard Version
11 “Therefore I will not (C)restrain my mouth;
I will speak in the anguish of my spirit;
I will (D)complain in (E)the bitterness of my soul.
12 Am I the sea, or (F)a sea monster,
that you set a guard over me?
Job 7:10-12
New International Version
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