Job 16
American Standard Version
1Then JobH347 answered and saidH559,
2I have heardH8085 manyH7227 such thingsH428:Miserable comfortersH5162 are ye all.3Shall vain wordsH1697 have an endH7093?Or what provoketh thee that thou answerest?4I alsoH1571 could speakH1696 as ye do;If your soulH5315 were in my soul’sH5315 stead,I could joinH2266 wordsH4405 together against you,And shakeH5128 my headH7218 at you.5But I would strengthenH553 you with my mouthH6310,And the solace of my lipsH8193 would assuage your grief.6Though I speakH1696, my grief is not assuaged;And though I forbear, what am I eased?7But nowH6258 he hath madeH8074 me wearyH3811:Thou hast madeH8074 desolateH8074 all my companyH5712.8And thou hast laid fast hold on me, which isH1961 a witnessH5707 against me:And my leanness riseth up against me,It testifieth to my faceH6440.9He hath tornH2963 me in his wrath, and persecuted me;He hath gnashedH2786 upon me with his teethH8127:Mine adversary sharpeneth his eyesH5869 upon me.10They have gaped upon me with their mouthH6310;They have smitten me upon the cheekH3895 reproachfully:They gather themselves togetherH3162 against me.11GodH410 delivereth me to the ungodly,And casteth me into the handsH3027 of the wickedH7563.12I wasH1961 at easeH7961, and he brake me asunder;Yea, he hath takenH270 me by the neckH6203, and dashed me to pieces:He hath also setH6965 me up for his mark.13His archers compass me roundH5437 about;He cleaveth my reins asunder, and doth not spareH2550;He poureth out my gall upon the groundH776.14He breaketh me with breachH6556 upon breachH6556;He runneth upon me like a giant.15I have sewedH8609 sackclothH8242 upon my skin,And have laid my hornH7161 in the dustH6083.16My faceH6440 is red with weepingH1065,And on my eyelidsH6079 is the shadow of death;17Although there is no violenceH2555 in my handsH3709,And my prayerH8605 is pureH2134.18O earthH776, coverH3680 not thou my bloodH1818,And let my cryH2201 have noresting-place.19Even nowH6258, behold, my witnessH5707 is in heavenH8064,And he that voucheth for me is on highH4791.20My friendsH7453 scoff at me:But mine eyeH5869 poureth out tears unto GodH433,21That he would maintain the right of a manH120 with GodH433,And of a sonH1121 of manH120 with his neighborH7453!22For when a few yearsH8141 are comeH1980,I shall goH1980 the wayH734 whence I shall not returnH7725.
Commentaries on Job 16
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
American Standard Version — 1901 — Public Domain
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