New King James Version, 1982 - Job 16 (NKJV Bible)

Job Chapter 16 (NKJV Bible)

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¹ Then Job answered and said:

² “I have heard many such things; [1†]Miserable comforters are you all!

³ Shall words of wind have an end? Or what provokes you that you answer?

⁴ I also could speak as you do, If your soul were in my soul’s place. I could heap up words against you, And [2†]shake my head at you;

⁵ But I would strengthen you with my mouth, And the comfort of my lips would relieve your grief.

⁶ “Though I speak, my grief is not relieved; And if I remain silent, how am I eased?

⁷ But now He has [3†]worn me out; You [4†]have made desolate all my company.

⁸ You have shriveled me up, And it is a [5†]witness against me; My leanness rises up against me And bears witness to my face.

⁹ [6†]He tears me in His wrath, and hates me; He gnashes at me with His teeth; [7†]My adversary sharpens His gaze on me.

¹⁰ They [8†]gape at me with their mouth, They [9†]strike me reproachfully on the cheek, They gather together against me.

¹¹ God [10†]has delivered me to the ungodly, And turned me over to the hands of the wicked.

¹² I was at ease, but He has [11†]shattered me; He also has taken me by my neck, and shaken me to pieces; He has [12†]set me up for His target,

¹³ His archers surround me. He pierces my heart and does not pity; He pours out my gall on the ground.

¹⁴ He breaks me with wound upon wound; He runs at me like a warrior.

¹⁵ “I have sewn sackcloth over my skin, And [13†]laid my head in the dust.

¹⁶ My face is flushed from weeping, And on my eyelids is the shadow of death;

¹⁷ Although no violence is in my hands, And my prayer is pure.

¹⁸ “O earth, do not cover my blood, And [14†]let my cry have no resting place!

¹⁹ Surely even now [15†]my witness is in heaven, And my evidence is on high.

²⁰ My friends scorn me; My eyes pour out tears to God.

²¹ [16†]Oh, that one might plead for a man with God, As a man pleads for his neighbor!

²² For when a few years are finished, I shall [17†]go the way of no return.

#	NKJV Bible
1	Then Job answered and said:
2	“I have heard many such things; [1†]Miserable comforters are you all!
3	Shall words of wind have an end? Or what provokes you that you answer?
4	I also could speak as you do, If your soul were in my soul’s place. I could heap up words against you, And [2†]shake my head at you;
5	But I would strengthen you with my mouth, And the comfort of my lips would relieve your grief.
6	“Though I speak, my grief is not relieved; And if I remain silent, how am I eased?
7	But now He has [3†]worn me out; You [4†]have made desolate all my company.
8	You have shriveled me up, And it is a [5†]witness against me; My leanness rises up against me And bears witness to my face.
9	[6†]He tears me in His wrath, and hates me; He gnashes at me with His teeth; [7†]My adversary sharpens His gaze on me.
10	They [8†]gape at me with their mouth, They [9†]strike me reproachfully on the cheek, They gather together against me.
11	God [10†]has delivered me to the ungodly, And turned me over to the hands of the wicked.
12	I was at ease, but He has [11†]shattered me; He also has taken me by my neck, and shaken me to pieces; He has [12†]set me up for His target,
13	His archers surround me. He pierces my heart and does not pity; He pours out my gall on the ground.
14	He breaks me with wound upon wound; He runs at me like a warrior.
15	“I have sewn sackcloth over my skin, And [13†]laid my head in the dust.
16	My face is flushed from weeping, And on my eyelids is the shadow of death;
17	Although no violence is in my hands, And my prayer is pure.
18	“O earth, do not cover my blood, And [14†]let my cry have no resting place!
19	Surely even now [15†]my witness is in heaven, And my evidence is on high.
20	My friends scorn me; My eyes pour out tears to God.
21	[16†]Oh, that one might plead for a man with God, As a man pleads for his neighbor!
22	For when a few years are finished, I shall [17†]go the way of no return.

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