Job 16

Berean Standard Bible

Job Decries His Comforters

2“I have heardH8085 manyH7227 things like theseH428;miserableH5999 comfortersH5162 are you allH3605.3Is there no endH7093 to your long-windedH7307 H176 speechesH1697?WhatH4100 provokes youH4834 toH3588 continue testifyingH6030?4IH595 could alsoH1571 speakH1696 like youifH3863 youH5315 wereH3426 in myH5315 placeH8478;I could heap upH2266 wordsH4405 against youH5921and shakeH5128 my headH7218 at youH5921 H1119.5But I would encourage youH553 withH1119 my mouthH6310,and the consolationH5205 of my lipsH8193 would bring reliefH2820.

6Even ifH518 I speakH1696, my painH3511 is notH3808 relievedH2820,and if I hold backH2308, howH4100 will it go awayH1980?7SurelyH389 He has nowH6258 exhausted meH3811;You have devastatedH8074 allH3605 my familyH5712.8You have bound meH7059, and it has becomeH1961 a witnessH5707;my frailtyH3585 rises upH6965 and testifiesH6030 against meH6440.9His angerH639 has torn meH2963 and opposed meH7852;He gnashesH2786 His teethH8127 at meH5921.My adversaryH6862 piercesH3913 me with His eyesH5869.

10They openH6473 their mouthsH6310 against meH5921and strikeH5221 my cheeksH3895 with contemptH2781;they joinH4390 togetherH3162 against meH5921.11GodH410 has delivered meH5462 toH413 unjust menH5759;He has thrown meH3399 toH5921 the clutchesH3027 of the wickedH7563.12I wasH1961 at easeH7961, but He shattered meH6565;He seized meH270 by the neckH6203 and crushed meH6327.He has set me upH6965 as His targetH4307;13His archersH7228 surround meH5437 H5921.He piercesH6398 my kidneysH3629 withoutH3808 mercyH2550and spillsH8210 my gallH4845 on the groundH776.14He breaks meH6555 with woundH6556 uponH5921 woundH6556;He rushesH7323 meH5921 like a mighty warriorH1368.

15I have sewnH8609 sackclothH8242 overH5921 my skinH1539;I have buriedH5953 my hornH7161 in the dustH6083.16My faceH6440 is redH2560 withH4480 weepingH1065,and deep shadowsH6757 ringH5921 my eyesH6079;17yetH5921 my handsH3709 are free ofH3808 violenceH2555and my prayerH8605 is pureH2134.

18O earthH776, do notH408 coverH3680 my bloodH1818;may my cry for helpH2201 neverH408 beH1961 laid to restH4725.19EvenH1571 nowH6258 H2009 my witnessH5707 is in heavenH8064,and my advocateH7717 is on highH4791.20My friendsH7453 are my scoffersH3887as my eyesH5869 pour outH1811 tears toH413 GodH433.21Oh, that a manH1397 might pleadH3198 withH5973 GodH433as heH1121 H120 pleads with his neighborH7453!22For whenH3588 only a fewH4557 yearsH8141 are pastH857I will goH1980 the wayH734 of noH3808 returnH7725.