Thematic Bible
Job 16:1 (show verse)
Then Job replied:
Job 16:2 (show verse)
"I have heard many things like these before. What miserable comforters are you all!
Job 16:3 (show verse)
Will there be an end to your windy words? Or what provokes you that you answer?
Job 16:4 (show verse)
I also could speak like you, if you were in my place; I could pile up words against you and I could shake my head at you.
Job 16:5 (show verse)
But I would strengthen you with my words; comfort from my lips would bring you relief.
Job 16:6 (show verse)
"But if I speak, my pain is not relieved, and if I refrain from speaking -- how much of it goes away?
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Job 16:7 (show verse)
Surely now he has worn me out, you have devastated my entire household.
Job 16:8 (show verse)
You have seized me, and it has become a witness; my leanness has risen up against me and testifies against me.
Job 16:9 (show verse)
His anger has torn me and persecuted me; he has gnashed at me with his teeth; my adversary locks his eyes on me.
Job 16:10 (show verse)
People have opened their mouths against me, they have struck my cheek in scorn; they unite together against me.
Job 16:11 (show verse)
God abandons me to evil men, and throws me into the hands of wicked men.
Job 16:12 (show verse)
I was in peace, and he has shattered me. He has seized me by the neck and crushed me. He has made me his target;
Job 16:13 (show verse)
his archers surround me. Without pity he pierces my kidneys and pours out my gall on the ground.
Job 16:14 (show verse)
He breaks through against me, time and time again; he rushes against me like a warrior.
Job 16:15 (show verse)
I have sewed sackcloth on my skin, and buried my horn in the dust;
Job 16:16 (show verse)
my face is reddened because of weeping, and on my eyelids there is a deep darkness,
Job 16:17 (show verse)
although there is no violence in my hands and my prayer is pure.
No Themes for this verse.
Job 16:18 (show verse)
"O earth, do not cover my blood, nor let there be a secret place for my cry.
No Themes for this verse.
Job 16:19 (show verse)
Even now my witness is in heaven; my advocate is on high.
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Job 16:20 (show verse)
My intercessor is my friend as my eyes pour out tears to God;
Job 16:21 (show verse)
and he contends with God on behalf of man as a man pleads for his friend.
No Themes for this verse.
Job 16:22 (show verse)
For the years that lie ahead are few, and then I will go on the way of no return.