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