Then Job answered and
said,
Then Job answered :
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Job 16
22 aligned verses; 22 with wording or punctuation differences .
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ASV
American Standard Version
BSB
Berean Standard Bible
I have heard many such
things :
Miserable comforters are ye
all.
“
I have heard many things like
these;
miserable comforters are you
all.
Shall
vain
words
have
an
end? Or
what provoketh
thee
that
thou
answerest
?
Is
there
no
end to
your
long-winded
speeches
? What provokes
you
to
continue
testifying
?
I also
could speak as
ye
do;
If your
soul
were in my soul's
stead,
I could join
words together
against you ,
And shake my head at you.
I could also
speak like
you
if you
were in my place;
I could heap
up
words against you and shake my head at you.
`
But '
I would strengthen
you with my mouth, And the solace
of my lips would assuage
`your
grief'
.
But I would encourage
you with my mouth, and the consolation
of my lips would bring
relief
.
Though
I speak, my grief
is not assuaged;
And though
I forbear
, what
am
I
eased
?
Even
if
I speak, my pain
is not relieved,
and if
I hold
back
, how
will
it
go
away
?
But
now
he hath
made
me weary:
Thou
hast
made
desolate
all my company
.
Surely
He has
now
exhausted
me ;
You
have
devastated
all my family
.
And
thou
hast
laid
fast
hold
on
me, `which'
is
a witness `against
me':
And
my leanness
riseth
up against me ,
It
testifieth
to
my
face
.
You
have
bound
me, and
it
has
become
a witness ;
my frailty
rises
up and
testifies
against me.
He
hath
torn me in
his
wrath,
and persecuted
me; He hath
gnashed
upon
me
with
his teeth :
Mine
adversary sharpeneth
his eyes upon
me
.
His
anger
has
torn me and opposed
me; He gnashes
His teeth at
me.
My
adversary pierces
me
with
His eyes.
They have
gaped
upon
me with their
mouth
; They have
smitten
me
upon
the
cheek
reproachfully:
They
gather
themselves
together against me.
They open
their
mouths
against
me and
strike
my
cheeks
with contempt
; they join
together against me.
God delivereth
me to the
ungodly,
And
casteth
me into
the hands
of the wicked.
God has
delivered
me to unjust
men;
He
has
thrown
me to
the clutches
of the wicked.
I was at ease, and
he brake
me asunder
; Yea,
he hath
taken
me by the neck ,
and dashed
me to
pieces:
He hath
also
set me up for
his mark.
I was at ease, but
He shattered
me; He seized
me by the neck and crushed
me .
He has
set me up as
His target;
His archers compass
me round
about;
He cleaveth
my reins
asunder,
and doth
not
spare;
He
poureth
out
my gall upon
the ground.
His archers surround
me .
He pierces
my kidneys
without
mercy
and spills
my gall on
the ground.
He breaketh
me with breach
upon breach
; He runneth
upon
me like a giant
.
He breaks
me with wound
upon wound
; He rushes
me like a mighty
warrior
.
I have sewed
sackcloth upon
my skin ,
And
have laid
my horn in the dust.
I have sewn
sackcloth over
my skin ;
I
have buried
my horn in the dust.
My face is red with weeping, And on
my eyelids
is
the
shadow
of
death
;
My face is red with weeping, and deep
shadows
ring
my eyes
;
Although
there
is
no
violence
in
my hands ,
And my prayer is pure.
yet
my hands are
free
of
violence
and my prayer is pure.
O earth, cover
not thou
my blood ,
And
let
my cry have
no
`resting'
-place
.
O earth, do
not cover
my blood ;
may
my cry for
help
never
be
laid
to
rest
.
Even now ,
behold,
my witness is in heaven, And he
that
voucheth
for
me
is on high.
Even now my witness is in heaven, and my
advocate
is on high.
My friends scoff
at
me:
`But'
mine
eye
poureth
out tears unto
God ,
My friends are
my
scoffers
as
my
eyes
pour
out tears to
God .
That he
would
maintain
the
right
of
a man with God ,
And
of
a
son
of
man
with his neighbor!
Oh,
that a man might
plead
with God as
he
pleads
with his neighbor!
For when a few years are come,
I shall
go the way whence
I
shall
not
return.
For when only
a few years are past
I will
go the way of
no
return.
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