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Job 16:4
4I also could speak as ye: if your soul were in my soul's stead, I could join together words against you, and shake my head at you;
Job 16:4 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)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.
- New International Version (NIV)I also could speak like you, if you were in my place; I could make fine speeches against you and shake my head at you.
- English Standard Version (ESV)I also could speak as you do, if you were in my place; I could join words together against you and shake my head at you.
- New King James Version (NKJV)I also could speak as you do, If your soul were in my soul’s place. I could heap up words against you, And shake my head at you;
Context of Job 16:4
2I have heard many such things: grievous comforters are ye all. 3Shall words of wind have an end? or what provoketh thee that thou answerest? I also could speak as ye: if your soul were in my soul's stead, I could join together words against you, and shake my head at you; 5[But] I would encourage you with my mouth, and the solace of my lips should assuage [your pain]. 6If I speak, my pain is not assuaged; and if I forbear, what am I eased?
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גַּ֤ם׀ אָנֹכִי֮ כָּכֶ֪ם אֲדַ֫בֵּ֥רָה ל֤וּ־יֵ֪שׁ נַפְשְׁכֶ֡ם תַּ֤חַת נַפְשִׁ֗י אַחְבִּ֣ירָה עֲלֵיכֶ֣ם בְּמִלִּ֑ים וְאָנִ֥יעָה עֲ֝לֵיכֶ֗ם בְּמ֣וֹ רֹאשִֽׁי׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Job 16:4
- Job 6:2Oh that my grief were thoroughly weighed, and all my calamity laid in the balances!
- Matthew 7:12Therefore all things whatever ye desire that men should do to you, thus do ye also do to them; for this is the law and the prophets.
- Romans 12:15Rejoice with those that rejoice, weep with those that weep.
- 1 Corinthians 12:26And if one member suffer, all the members suffer with [it]; and if one member be glorified, all the members rejoice with [it].
- Job 11:2Should not the multitude of words be answered? and should a man of much talk be justified?
- Job 35:16For Job hath opened his mouth in vanity, and made words abundant without knowledge.
- Proverbs 10:19In the multitude of words there wanteth not transgression; but he that restraineth his lips doeth wisely.
- Ecclesiastes 10:14And the fool multiplieth words: [yet] man knoweth not what shall be; and what shall be after him, who will tell him?
- 2 Kings 19:21This is the word that Jehovah has spoken against him: The virgin-daughter of Zion despiseth thee, laugheth thee to scorn; The daughter of Jerusalem shaketh her head at thee.
- Psalms 22:7All they that see me laugh me to scorn; they shoot out the lip, they shake the head, [saying:]
- Psalms 44:14Thou makest us a byword among the nations, a shaking of the head among the peoples.
- Psalms 109:25And I am become a reproach unto them; [when] they look upon me they shake their heads.
- Jeremiah 18:16to make their land an astonishment, a perpetual hissing: every one that passeth by shall be astonished, and shake his head.
- Lamentations 2:15All that pass by clap [their] hands at thee; they hiss and shake their head at the daughter of Jerusalem: Is this the city which they called, The perfection of beauty, The joy of the whole earth?
- Matthew 27:39But the passers-by reviled him, shaking their heads
Commentaries on Job 16:4
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 4I also could speak - It is probably better to render some of these permissives or potential verbs literally in the future tense, as in the Hebrew: I also Will speak. Mr. Good has adopted this mode. If your soul were in my soul's stead - If you were in my place, I also could quote many wise sayings that might tend to show that you were hypocrites and wicked men; but would this be fair? Even when I might not choose to go farther in assertion, I might shake…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 4I also could speak as ye do - In the same reproachful manner, and stringing together old proverbs and maxims as you have. If your soul were in my soul‘s stead - If you were in my place. The idea is, that there is no difficulty in finding arguments to overwhelm the afflicted - a truth which most persons who have been unfortunate, have had opportunity to experience. I could heap up words against you - Or, rather, “I could string together words against you.”…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 4Job might have wanted to shake his head in to make fun or in horror (2 Kings 19:21; Psalms 22:7; 109:25; Isaiah 37:22; Jeremiah 18:16; Lamentations 2:15; Matthew 27:39).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 44. heap up--rather, "marshal together (an army of) words against you." shake ... head--in mockery; it means nodding, rather than shaking; nodding is not with us, as in the East, a gesture of scorn (Is 37:22; Jr 18:16; Mt 27:39).Read the comment
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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
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