Job
Job
16:1
Then Job answered and said,
Then Job answered and said,
Job
Job
16:2
I have heard many such things: miserable comforters [are] ye all.
I have heard many such things: miserable comforters [are] ye all.
Job
Job
16:3
Shall vain words have an end? or what emboldeneth thee that thou answerest?
Shall vain words have an end? or what emboldeneth thee that thou answerest?
Job
Job
16:4
I also could speak as ye [do]: if your soul were in my soul's stead, I could heap up words against you, and shake mine head at you.
I also could speak as ye [do]: if your soul were in my soul's stead, I could heap up words against you, and shake mine head at you.
Job
Job
16:5
[But] I would strengthen you with my mouth, and the moving of my lips should asswage [your grief].
[But] I would strengthen you with my mouth, and the moving of my lips should asswage [your grief].
Job
Job
16:6
Though I speak, my grief is not asswaged: and [though] I forbear, what am I eased?
Though I speak, my grief is not asswaged: and [though] I forbear, what am I eased?
Job
Job
16:7
But now he hath made me weary: thou hast made desolate all my company.
But now he hath made me weary: thou hast made desolate all my company.
Job
Job
16:8
And thou hast filled me with wrinkles, [which] is a witness [against me]: and my leanness rising up in me beareth witness to my face.
And thou hast filled me with wrinkles, [which] is a witness [against me]: and my leanness rising up in me beareth witness to my face.
Job
Job
16:9
He teareth [me] in his wrath, who hateth me: he gnasheth upon me with his teeth; mine enemy sharpeneth his eyes upon me.
He teareth [me] in his wrath, who hateth me: he gnasheth upon me with his teeth; mine enemy sharpeneth his eyes upon me.
Job
Job
16:10
They have gaped upon me with their mouth; they have smitten me upon the cheek reproachfully; they have gathered themselves together against me.
They have gaped upon me with their mouth; they have smitten me upon the cheek reproachfully; they have gathered themselves together against me.
Job
Job
16:11
God hath delivered me to the ungodly, and turned me over into the hands of the wicked.
God hath delivered me to the ungodly, and turned me over into the hands of the wicked.
Job
Job
16:12
I was at ease, but he hath broken me asunder: he hath also taken [me] by my neck, and shaken me to pieces, and set me up for his mark.
I was at ease, but he hath broken me asunder: he hath also taken [me] by my neck, and shaken me to pieces, and set me up for his mark.
Job
Job
16:13
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 compass me round about, he cleaveth my reins asunder, and doth not spare; he poureth out my gall upon the ground.
Job
Job
16:14
He breaketh me with breach upon breach, he runneth upon me like a giant.
He breaketh me with breach upon breach, he runneth upon me like a giant.
Job
Job
16:15
I have sewed sackcloth upon my skin, and defiled my horn in the dust.
I have sewed sackcloth upon my skin, and defiled my horn in the dust.
Job
Job
16:16
My face is foul with weeping, and on my eyelids [is] the shadow of death;
My face is foul with weeping, and on my eyelids [is] the shadow of death;
Job
Job
16:17
Not for [any] injustice in mine hands: also my prayer [is] pure.
Not for [any] injustice in mine hands: also my prayer [is] pure.
Job
Job
16:18
O earth, cover not thou my blood, and let my cry have no place.
O earth, cover not thou my blood, and let my cry have no place.
Job
Job
16:19
Also now, behold, my witness [is] in heaven, and my record [is] on high.
Also now, behold, my witness [is] in heaven, and my record [is] on high.
Job
Job
16:20
My friends scorn me: [but] mine eye poureth out [tears] unto God.
My friends scorn me: [but] mine eye poureth out [tears] unto God.
Job
Job
16:21
O that one might plead for a man with God, as a man [pleadeth] for his neighbour!
O that one might plead for a man with God, as a man [pleadeth] for his neighbour!
Job
Job
16:22
When a few years are come, then I shall go the way [whence] I shall not return.
When a few years are come, then I shall go the way [whence] I shall not return.
