Thematic Bible
Job 16:1 (show verse)
Then Job answered and said,
Job 16:2 (show verse)
I have heard many such things: Miserable comforters are ye all.
Job 16:3 (show verse)
Shall vain words have an end? Or what provoketh thee that thou answerest?
Job 16:4 (show verse)
I also could speak as ye do; If your soul were in my soul's stead, I could join words together against you, And shake my head at you.
Job 16:5 (show verse)
But I would strengthen you with my mouth, And the solace of my lips would assuage your grief .
Job 16:6 (show verse)
Though I speak, my grief is not assuaged; And though I forbear, what am I eased?
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Job 16:7 (show verse)
But now he hath made me weary: Thou hast made desolate all my company.
Job 16:8 (show verse)
And thou hast laid fast hold on me, which is a witness against me : And my leanness riseth up against me, It testifieth to my face.
Job 16:9 (show verse)
He hath torn me in his wrath, and persecuted me; He hath gnashed upon me with his teeth: Mine adversary sharpeneth his eyes upon me.
Job 16:10 (show verse)
They have gaped upon me with their mouth; They have smitten me upon the cheek reproachfully: They gather themselves together against me.
Job 16:11 (show verse)
God delivereth me to the ungodly, And casteth me into the hands of the wicked.
Job 16:12 (show verse)
I was at ease, and he brake me asunder; Yea, he hath taken me by the neck, and dashed me to pieces: He hath also set me up for his mark.
Job 16:13 (show verse)
His archers compass me round about; He cleaveth my reins asunder, and doth not spare; He poureth out my gall upon the ground.
Job 16:14 (show verse)
He breaketh me with breach upon breach; He runneth upon me like a giant.
Job 16:15 (show verse)
I have sewed sackcloth upon my skin, And have laid my horn in the dust.
Job 16:16 (show verse)
My face is red with weeping, And on my eyelids is the shadow of death;
Job 16:17 (show verse)
Although there is no violence in my hands, And my prayer is pure.
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Job 16:18 (show verse)
O earth, cover not thou my blood, And let my cry have no resting -place.
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Job 16:19 (show verse)
Even now, behold, my witness is in heaven, And he that voucheth for me is on high.
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Job 16:20 (show verse)
My friends scoff at me: But mine eye poureth out tears unto God,
Job 16:21 (show verse)
That he would maintain the right of a man with God, And of a son of man with his neighbor!
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Job 16:22 (show verse)
For when a few years are come, I shall go the way whence I shall not return.