Job 16
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Job 16

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Job Says Friends Are Miserable Comforters

1Then JobH347 respondedH6030H559,2“I have heardH8085 manyH7227 thingsH7227 like theseH428; 12MiserableH5999 comfortersH5162 are you allH3605!3Is there no endH7093 to 3windyH7307 wordsH1697? OrH176 whatH4100 provokesH4834 you that you answerH6030?4I tooH1571 could speakH1696 like you, IfH3863 onlyH3863 4I were inH8478 your placeH8478. I could composeH2266 wordsH4405 againstH5921 you And 5shakeH5128 my headH7218 at you.5Or I could strengthenH553 you with my mouthH6310, And the condolenceH5205 of my lipsH8193 could lessenH2820 your pain.

Job Says God Shattered Him

6“IfH518 I speakH1696, 6my painH3511 is not lessenedH2820, And if I refrainH2308, whatH4100 pain leavesH1980 me?7But nowH6258 He has 7exhaustedH3811 me; You have laidH8074 8wasteH8074 allH3605 my groupH5712 of loved ones.8And You have shriveledH7059 me up, 910It has becomeH1961 a witnessH5707; And my 11infirmityH3585 risesH6965 upH6965 against me, It testifiesH6030 to my faceH6440.9His angerH639 has 12tornH2963 me and 13huntedH7852 me downH7852, He has 14gnashedH2786 at me with His teethH8127; My 15enemyH6862 16glaresH3913H5869 at me.10They have 17gapedH6473 at me with their mouthsH6310, They have 1819slappedH5221 me on the cheekH3895 with contemptH2781; They have 20massedH4390H3162 themselves againstH5921 me.11GodH410 handsH5462 me overH5462 to criminalsH5760, And tossesH3399 me into the handsH3027 of the wickedH7563.12I was at easeH7961, but 21He shatteredH6565 me, And He has graspedH270 me by my neckH6203 and shakenH6483 me toH6483 piecesH6483; He has also setH6965 me upH6965 as His 22targetH4307.13His 23arrowsH7228 surroundH5437 me. He splitsH6398 my kidneysH3629 openH6398 withoutH3808 mercyH2550; He poursH8210 outH8210 24my bileH4845 on the groundH776.14He 25breaksH6555 throughH6555 me with breachH6556 afterH5921H6440 breachH6556; He 26runsH7323 at me like a warriorH1368.15I have sewedH8609 27sackclothH8242 overH5921 my skinH1539, And 28thrustH5953 my hornH7161 in the dustH6083.16My faceH6440 is flushedH2560 from 29weepingH1065, 30And deepH6757 darknessH6757 is on my eyelidsH6079,17AlthoughH5921 there is noH3808 31violenceH2555 in my handsH3709, And 32my prayerH8605 is pureH2134.

18“EarthH776, do not coverH3680 my bloodH1818, And may there be noH408 resting placeH4725 for my cryH2201.19EvenH1571 nowH6258, beholdH2009, 33my witnessH5707 is in heavenH8064, And my 34advocateH7717 is 35on highH4791.20My friendsH7453 are my scoffersH3917; 36My eyeH5869 weepsH1811 to GodH433,21That one might pleadH3198 for a manH1397 with GodH433 As a sonH1121 of manH120 with his neighborH7453!22For when a fewH4557 yearsH8141 areH857 pastH857, I shall goH1980 the wayH734 37of noH3808 returnH7725.

Notes

  1. 1. Job 16:2 Lit Comforters of trouble ↩
  2. 2. Job 16:2 Job 13:4; 21:34 ↩
  3. 3. Job 16:3 Job 6:26 ↩
  4. 4. Job 16:4 Lit your soul were in place of my soul ↩
  5. 5. Job 16:4 Ps 22:7; 109:25; Zeph 2:15; Matt 27:39 ↩
  6. 6. Job 16:6 Job 9:27, 28 ↩
  7. 7. Job 16:7 Job 7:3 ↩
  8. 8. Job 16:7 Job 16:20; 19:13-15 ↩
  9. 9. Job 16:8 I.e., Job’s condition ↩
  10. 10. Job 16:8 Job 10:17 ↩
  11. 11. Job 16:8 Job 19:20; Ps 109:24 ↩
  12. 12. Job 16:9 Job 19:11; Hos 6:1 ↩
  13. 13. Job 16:9 Lit borne a grudge against me ↩
  14. 14. Job 16:9 Ps 35:16; Lam 2:16; Acts 7:54 ↩
  15. 15. Job 16:9 Job 13:24; 33:10 ↩
  16. 16. Job 16:9 Lit sharpens his eyes ↩
  17. 17. Job 16:10 Ps 22:13 ↩
  18. 18. Job 16:10 Lit struck ↩
  19. 19. Job 16:10 Is 50:6; Lam 3:30; Acts 23:2 ↩
  20. 20. Job 16:10 Job 30:12; Ps 35:15 ↩
  21. 21. Job 16:12 Job 9:17 ↩
  22. 22. Job 16:12 Job 7:20; Lam 3:12 ↩
  23. 23. Job 16:13 Job 6:4; 19:12; 25:3 ↩
  24. 24. Job 16:13 Job 20:25 ↩
  25. 25. Job 16:14 Job 9:17 ↩
  26. 26. Job 16:14 Joel 2:7 ↩
  27. 27. Job 16:15 Gen 37:34; Ps 69:11 ↩
  28. 28. Job 16:15 Ps 7:5 ↩
  29. 29. Job 16:16 Job 16:20 ↩
  30. 30. Job 16:16 Job 24:17 ↩
  31. 31. Job 16:17 Is 59:6; Jon 3:8 ↩
  32. 32. Job 16:17 Job 27:4 ↩
  33. 33. Job 16:19 Gen 31:50; Job 19:25-27; Rom 1:9; Phil 1:8; 1 Thess 2:5 ↩
  34. 34. Job 16:19 Or witness ↩
  35. 35. Job 16:19 Job 31:2 ↩
  36. 36. Job 16:20 Job 17:7 ↩
  37. 37. Job 16:22 Job 3:13 ↩

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