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Job 16


Job 16:1 Then Job answered,
Job 16:2 "I have heard many such things; Sorry comforters are you all.
Job 16:3 "Is there no limit to windy words? Or what plagues you that you answer?
Job 16:4 "I too could speak like you, If I were in your place. I could compose words against you And shake my head at you.
Job 16:5 "I could strengthen you with my mouth, And the solace of my lips could lessen your pain.
Job 16:6 "If I speak, my pain is not lessened, And if I hold back, what has left me?
Job 16:7 "But now He has exhausted me; You have laid waste all my company.
Job 16:8 "You have shriveled me up, It has become a witness; And my leanness rises up against me, It testifies to my face.
Job 16:9 "His anger has torn me and hunted me down, He has gnashed at me with His teeth; My adversary glares at me.
Job 16:10 "They have gaped at me with their mouth, They have slapped me on the cheek with contempt; They have massed themselves against me.
Job 16:11 "God hands me over to ruffians And tosses me into the hands of the wicked.
Job 16:12 "I was at ease, but He shattered me, And He has grasped me by the neck and shaken me to pieces; He has also set me up as His target.
Job 16:13 "His arrows surround me. Without mercy He splits my kidneys open; He pours out my gall on the ground.
Job 16:14 "He breaks through me with breach after breach; He runs at me like a warrior.
Job 16:15 "I have sewed sackcloth over my skin And thrust my horn in the dust.
Job 16:16 "My face is flushed from weeping, And deep darkness is on my eyelids,
Job 16:17 Although there is no violence in my hands, And my prayer is pure.
Job 16:18 "O earth, do not cover my blood, And let there be no resting place for my cry.
Job 16:19 "Even now, behold, my witness is in heaven, And my advocate is on high.
Job 16:20 "My friends are my scoffers; My eye weeps to God.
Job 16:21 "O that a man might plead with God As a man with his neighbor!
Job 16:22 "For when a few years are past, I shall go the way of no return.


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Job 16:1 Then Job answered and said, Job 16:1 Then Job answered, Job 16:1 ὑπολαβὼν δὲ Ιωβ λέγει
Job 16:2 I have heard many such things: miserable comforters are ye all. Job 16:2 "I have heard many such things; Sorry comforters are you all. Job 16:2 ἀκήκοα τοιαῦτα πολλά παρακλήτορες κακῶν πάντες
Job 16:3 Shall vain words have an end? or what emboldeneth thee that thou answerest? Job 16:3 "Is there no limit to windy words? Or what plagues you that you answer? Job 16:3 τί γάρ μὴ τάξις ἐστὶν ῥήμασιν πνεύματος ἢ τί παρενοχλήσει σοι ὅτι ἀποκρίνῃ
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. Job 16:4 "I too could speak like you, If I were in your place. I could compose words against you And shake my head at you. Job 16:4 κἀγὼ καθ᾽ ὑμᾶς λαλήσω εἰ ὑπέκειτό γε ἡ ψυχὴ ὑμῶν ἀντὶ τῆς ἐμῆς εἶτ᾽ ἐναλοῦμαι ὑμῖν ῥήμασιν κινήσω δὲ καθ᾽ ὑμῶν κεφαλήν
Job 16:5 But I would strengthen you with my mouth, and the moving of my lips should asswage your grief. Job 16:5 "I could strengthen you with my mouth, And the solace of my lips could lessen your pain. Job 16:5 εἴη δὲ ἰσχὺς ἐν τῷ στόματί μου κίνησιν δὲ χειλέων οὐ φείσομαι
Job 16:6 Though I speak, my grief is not asswaged: and though I forbear, what am I eased? Job 16:6 "If I speak, my pain is not lessened, And if I hold back, what has left me? Job 16:6 ἐὰν γὰρ λαλήσω οὐκ ἀλγήσω τὸ τραῦμα ἐὰν δὲ καὶ σιωπήσω τί ἔλαττον τρωθήσομαι
Job 16:7 But now he hath made me weary: thou hast made desolate all my company. Job 16:7 "But now He has exhausted me; You have laid waste all my company. Job 16:7 νῦν δὲ κατάκοπόν με πεποίηκεν μωρόν σεσηπότα
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. Job 16:8 "You have shriveled me up, It has become a witness; And my leanness rises up against me, It testifies to my face. Job 16:8 καὶ ἐπελάβου μου εἰς μαρτύριον ἐγενήθη καὶ ἀνέστη ἐν ἐμοὶ τὸ ψεῦδός μου κατὰ πρόσωπόν μου ἀνταπεκρίθη
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. Job 16:9 "His anger has torn me and hunted me down, He has gnashed at me with His teeth; My adversary glares at me. Job 16:9 ὀργῇ χρησάμενος κατέβαλέν με ἔβρυξεν ἐπ᾽ ἐμὲ τοὺς ὀδόντας βέλη πειρατῶν αὐτοῦ ἐπ᾽ ἐμοὶ ἔπεσεν
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. Job 16:10 "They have gaped at me with their mouth, They have slapped me on the cheek with contempt; They have massed themselves against me. Job 16:10 ἀκίσιν ὀφθαλμῶν ἐνήλατο ὀξεῖ ἔπαισέν με εἰς σιαγόνα ὁμοθυμαδὸν δὲ κατέδραμον ἐπ᾽ ἐμοί
Job 16:11 God hath delivered me to the ungodly, and turned me over into the hands of the wicked. Job 16:11 "God hands me over to ruffians And tosses me into the hands of the wicked. Job 16:11 παρέδωκεν γάρ με ὁ κύριος εἰς χεῖρας ἀδίκου ἐπὶ δὲ ἀσεβέσιν ἔρριψέν με
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. Job 16:12 "I was at ease, but He shattered me, And He has grasped me by the neck and shaken me to pieces; He has also set me up as His target. Job 16:12 εἰρηνεύοντα διεσκέδασέν με λαβών με τῆς κόμης διέτιλεν κατέστησέν με ὥσπερ σκοπόν
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. Job 16:13 "His arrows surround me. Without mercy He splits my kidneys open; He pours out my gall on the ground. Job 16:13 ἐκύκλωσάν με λόγχαις βάλλοντες εἰς νεφρούς μου οὐ φειδόμενοι ἐξέχεαν εἰς τὴν γῆν τὴν χολήν μου
Job 16:14 He breaketh me with breach upon breach, he runneth upon me like a giant. Job 16:14 "He breaks through me with breach after breach; He runs at me like a warrior. Job 16:14 κατέβαλόν με πτῶμα ἐπὶ πτώματι ἔδραμον πρός με δυνάμενοι
Job 16:15 I have sewed sackcloth upon my skin, and defiled my horn in the dust. Job 16:15 "I have sewed sackcloth over my skin And thrust my horn in the dust. Job 16:15 σάκκον ἔρραψα ἐπὶ βύρσης μου τὸ δὲ σθένος μου ἐν γῇ ἐσβέσθη
Job 16:16 My face is foul with weeping, and on my eyelids is the shadow of death; Job 16:16 "My face is flushed from weeping, And deep darkness is on my eyelids, Job 16:16 ἡ γαστήρ μου συγκέκαυται ἀπὸ κλαυθμοῦ ἐπὶ δὲ βλεφάροις μου σκιά
Job 16:17 Not for any injustice in mine hands: also my prayer is pure. Job 16:17 Although there is no violence in my hands, And my prayer is pure. Job 16:17 ἄδικον δὲ οὐδὲν ἦν ἐν χερσίν μου εὐχὴ δέ μου καθαρά
Job 16:18 O earth, cover not thou my blood, and let my cry have no place. Job 16:18 "O earth, do not cover my blood, And let there be no resting place for my cry. Job 16:18 γῆ μὴ ἐπικαλύψῃς ἐφ᾽ αἵματι τῆς σαρκός μου μηδὲ εἴη τόπος τῇ κραυγῇ μου
Job 16:19 Also now, behold, my witness is in heaven, and my record is on high. Job 16:19 "Even now, behold, my witness is in heaven, And my advocate is on high. Job 16:19 καὶ νῦν ἰδοὺ ἐν οὐρανοῖς ὁ μάρτυς μου ὁ δὲ συνίστωρ μου ἐν ὑψίστοις
Job 16:20 My friends scorn me: but mine eye poureth out tears unto God. Job 16:20 "My friends are my scoffers; My eye weeps to God. Job 16:20 ἀφίκοιτό μου ἡ δέησις πρὸς κύριον ἔναντι δὲ αὐτοῦ στάζοι μου ὁ ὀφθαλμός
Job 16:21 O that one might plead for a man with God, as a man pleadeth for his neighbour! Job 16:21 "O that a man might plead with God As a man with his neighbor! Job 16:21 εἴη δὲ ἔλεγχος ἀνδρὶ ἔναντι κυρίου καὶ υἱὸς ἀνθρώπου τῷ πλησίον αὐτοῦ
Job 16:22 When a few years are come, then I shall go the way whence I shall not return. Job 16:22 "For when a few years are past, I shall go the way of no return. Job 16:22 ἔτη δὲ ἀριθμητὰ ἥκασιν ὁδῷ δέ ᾗ οὐκ ἐπαναστραφήσομαι πορεύσομαι

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