Job 16
JPS Tanakh (Jewish Publication Society, 1917)
Douay-Rheims Bible, American Edition (1899)
1Then Job answered and said:
1Then Job answered, and said:
2I have heard many such things; sorry comforters are ye all.
2I have often heard such things as these: you are all troublesome comforters.
3Shall windy words have an end? Or what provoketh thee that thou answerest?
3Shall windy words have no end? or is it any trouble to thee to speak?
4I 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.
4I also could speak like you: and would God your soul were for my soul.
5I would strengthen you with my mouth, and the moving of my lips would assuage your grief.
5I would comfort you also with words, and would wag my head over you.
6Though I speak, my pain is not assuaged; and though I forbear, what am I eased?
6I would strengthen you with my mouth, and would move my lips, as sparing you.
7But now He hath made me weary; Thou hast made desolate all my company.
7But what shall I do? If I speak, my pain will not rest: and if I hold my peace, it will not depart from me.
8And Thou hast shrivelled me up, which is a witness against me; and my leanness riseth up against me, it testifieth to my face.
8But now my sorrow hath oppressed me, and all my limbs are brought to nothing.
9He hath torn me in His wrath, and hated me; He hath gnashed upon me with His teeth; mine adversary sharpeneth his eyes upon me.
9My wrinkles bear witness against me, and a false speaker riseth up against my face, contradicting me.
10They have gaped upon me with their mouth; they have smitten me upon the cheek scornfully; they gather themselves together against me.
10He hath gathered together his fury against me, and threatening me he hath gnashed with his teeth upon me: my enemy hath beheld me with terrible eyes.
11God delivereth me to the ungodly, and casteth me into the hands of the wicked.
11They have opened their mouths upon me, and reproaching me they have struck me on the cheek, they are filled with my pains.
12I was at ease, and He broke me asunder; yea, He hath taken me by the neck, and dashed me to pieces; He hath also set me up for His mark.
12God hath shut me up with the unjust man, and hath delivered me into the hands of the wicked.
13His archers compass me round about, He cleaveth my reins asunder, and doth not spare; He poureth out my gall upon the ground.
13I that was formerly so wealthy, am all on a sudden broken to pieces: he hath taken me by my neck, he hath broken me, and hath set me up to be his mark.
14He breaketh me with breach upon breach; He runneth upon me like a giant.
14He hath compassed me round about with his lances, he hath wounded my loins, he hath not spared, and hath poured out my bowels on the earth.
15I have sewed sackcloth upon my skin, and have laid my horn in the dust.
15He hath torn me with wound upon wound, he hath rushed in upon me like a giant.
16My face is reddened with weeping, and on my eyelids is the shadow of death;
16I have sowed sackcloth upon my skin, and have covered my flesh with ashes.
17Although there is no violence in my hands, and my prayer is pure.
17My face is swollen with weeping, and my eyelids are dim.
18O earth, cover not thou my blood, and let my cry have no resting-place.
18These things have I suffered without the iniquity of my hand, when I offered pure prayers to God.
19Even now, behold, my Witness is in heaven, and He that testifieth of me is on high.
19O earth, cover not thou my blood, neither let my cry find a hiding place in thee.
20Mine inward thoughts are my intercessors, mine eye poureth out tears unto God;
20For behold my witness is in heaven, and he that knoweth my conscience is on high.
21That He would set aright a man contending with God, as a son of man setteth aright his neighbour!
21My friends are full of words: my eye poureth out tears to God.
22For the years that are few are coming on, and I shall go the way whence I shall not return.
22And O that a man might so be judged with God, as the son of man is judged with his companion!
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23For behold short years pass away and I am walking in a path by which I shall not return.
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