Then Job answered :
Then Job answered ,
Translation comparison
Job 16
22 aligned verses; 22 with wording or punctuation differences .
Verse
BSB
Berean Standard Bible
WEB
World English Bible
“
I have heard many things like
these;
miserable comforters are you all .
"
I have heard many such
things .
Miserable comforters are you all !
Is
there
no
end to
your
long-winded
speeches
? What provokes you to
continue
testifying
?
Shall
vain
words
have
an
end? Or
what provokes you that
you
answer
?
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
you do.
If your
soul
were in my soul's
place ,
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 .
The solace
of my lips would relieve
you
.
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 subsided.
Though
I forbear
, what
am
I
eased
?
Surely
He
has
now exhausted
me ;
You have devastated
all my family
.
But
now ,
God,
you
have
surely
worn
me out.
You have made
desolate
all my company
.
You have bound
me ,
and
it
has
become
a witness ;
my frailty
rises up and
testifies
against me.
You have shriveled
me up.
This
is
a witness against
me.
My leanness
rises up against me ,
It
testifies
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
has torn me in
his
wrath,
and persecuted
me; He has
gnashed
on
me
with
his teeth :
My adversary sharpens
his eyes on
me
.
They open
their
mouths
against
me and
strike
my
cheeks
with contempt
; they join
together against me.
They have
gaped
on
me with their
mouth
; They have
struck
me
on
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 delivers
me to the
ungodly,
And
casts
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 broke
me apart.
Yes,
he has
taken
me by the neck ,
and dashed
me to
pieces
. He has also
set me up for
his target .
His archers surround me. He pierces
my kidneys without
mercy
and spills
my gall on the ground.
His archers surround me. He splits
my kidneys apart,
and does
not
spare.
He
pours
out
my gall on the ground.
He breaks me with wound
upon
wound;
He rushes
me like a mighty
warrior
.
He breaks me with breach
on
breach.
He runs
on
me like a giant
.
I have sewn
sackcloth over
my skin ;
I
have buried
my horn in the dust.
I have sewed
sackcloth on
my skin ,
And
have thrust
my horn in the dust.
My face is red with weeping ,
and
deep shadows
ring
my eyes;
My face is red with weeping .
Deep darkness
is
on
my eyelids.
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.
"
Earth, don't
cover my blood ,
Let
my cry have
no
place
to rest.
Even now my witness is in heaven ,
and
my
advocate
is on high.
Even now ,
behold,
my witness is in heaven .
He
who
vouches
for
me
is on high.
My friends are
my
scoffers
as
my eyes pour out tears to God .
My friends scoff
at
me.
My eyes pour out tears to 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 ,
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 from
whence
I
shall
not
return.
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