Job 16 | Biblion Bible Reader

WEB·Job 17

¹“My spirit is consumed. My days are extinct and the grave is ready for me.

KJVMy breath^H7307 is corrupt^H2254^(H8795), my days^H3117 are extinct^H2193^(H8738), the graves^H6913 are ready for me.

² Surely there are mockers with me. My eye dwells on their provocation.

KJVAre there not mockers^H2049 with me? and doth not mine eye^H5869 continue^H3885^(H8799) in their provocation^H4784^(H8687)?

³ “Now give a pledge. Be collateral for me with yourself. Who is there who will strike hands with me?

KJVLay down^H7760^(H8798) now, put me in a surety^H6148^(H8798) with thee; who is he that will strike^H8628^(H8735) hands^H3027 with me?

⁴ For you have hidden their heart from understanding, therefore you will not exalt them.

KJVFor thou hast hid^H6845^(H8804) their heart^H3820 from understanding^H7922: therefore shalt thou not exalt^H7311^(H8787) them.

⁵ He who denounces his friends for plunder, even the eyes of his children will fail.

KJVHe that speaketh^H5046^(H8686) flattery^H2506 to his friends^H7453, even the eyes^H5869 of his children^H1121 shall fail^H3615^(H8799).

⁶ “But he has made me a byword of the people. They spit in my face.

KJVHe hath made^H3322^(H8689) me also a byword^H4914 of the people^H5971; and aforetime^H6440 I was as a tabret^H8611.

⁷ My eye also is dim by reason of sorrow. All my members are as a shadow.

KJVMine eye^H5869 also is dim^H3543^(H8799) by reason of sorrow^H3708, and all my members^H3338 are as a shadow^H6738.

⁸ Upright men will be astonished at this. The innocent will stir himself up against the godless.

KJVUpright^H3477 men shall be astonied^H8074^(H8799) at this, and the innocent^H5355 shall stir up^H5782^(H8709) himself against the hypocrite^H2611.

⁹ Yet the righteous will hold to his way. He who has clean hands will grow stronger and stronger.

KJVThe righteous^H6662 also shall hold^H270^(H8799) on his way^H1870, and he that hath clean^H2890 hands^H3027 shall be^H3254^(H8686) stronger and stronger^H555.

¹⁰ But as for you all, come back. I will not find a wise man among you.

KJVBut^H199 as for you all, do ye return^H7725^(H8799), and come now^H935^(H8798): for I cannot find^H4672^(H8799) one wise^H2450 man among you.

¹¹ My days are past. My plans are broken off, as are the thoughts of my heart.

KJVMy days^H3117 are past^H5674^(H8804), my purposes^H2154 are broken off^H5423^(H8738), even the thoughts^H4180 of my heart^H3824.

¹² They change the night into day, saying ‘The light is near’ in the presence of darkness.

KJVThey change^H7760^(H8799) the night^H3915 into day^H3117: the light^H216 is short^H7138 because^H6440 of darkness^H2822.

¹³ If I look for Sheol as my house, if I have spread my couch in the darkness,

KJVIf I wait^H6960^(H8762), the grave^H7585 is mine house^H1004: I have made^H7502^(H8765) my bed^H3326 in the darkness^H2822.

¹⁴ if I have said to corruption, ‘You are my father,’ and to the worm, ‘My mother,’ and ‘My sister,’

KJVI have said^H7121^(H8804) to corruption^H7845, Thou art my father^H1: to the worm^H7415, Thou art my mother^H517, and my sister^H269.

¹⁵ where then is my hope? As for my hope, who will see it?

KJVAnd where is now^H645 my hope^H8615? as for my hope^H8615, who shall see^H7789^(H8799) it?

¹⁶ Shall it go down with me to the gates of Sheol, or descend together into the dust?”

KJVThey shall go down^H3381^(H8799) to the bars^H905 of the pit^H7585, when our rest^H5183 together^H3162 is in the dust^H6083.

WEB·Job 16

¹Then Job answered,

KJVThen Job^H347 answered^H6030^(H8799) and said^H559^(H8799),

² “I have heard many such things. You are all miserable comforters!

KJVI have heard^H8085^(H8804) many such things^H7227: miserable^H5999 comforters^H5162^(H8764) are ye all.

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

KJVShall vain^H7307 words^H1697 have an end^H7093? or what emboldeneth^H4834^(H8686) thee that thou answerest^H6030^(H8799)?

⁴ I also could speak as you do. If your soul were in my soul’s place, I could join words together against you, and shake my head at you,

KJVI also could speak^H1696^(H8762) as ye do: if^H3863 your soul^H5315 were^H3426 in my soul's^H5315 stead, I could heap up^H2266^(H8686) words^H4405 against you, and shake^H5128^(H8686) mine head^H7218 at^H1119 you.

⁵ but I would strengthen you with my mouth. The solace of my lips would relieve you.

KJVBut I would strengthen^H553^(H8762) you with^H1119 my mouth^H6310, and the moving^H5205 of my lips^H8193 should asswage^H2820^(H8799) your grief.

⁶ “Though I speak, my grief is not subsided. Though I forbear, what am I eased?

KJVThough I speak^H1696^(H8762), my grief^H3511 is not asswaged^H2820^(H8735): and though I forbear^H2308^(H8799), what am I eased^H1980^(H8799)?

⁷ But now, God, you have surely worn me out. You have made all my company desolate.

KJVBut now he hath made me weary^H3811^(H8689): thou hast made desolate^H8074^(H8689) all my company^H5712.

⁸ You have shriveled me up. This is a witness against me. My leanness rises up against me. It testifies to my face.

KJVAnd thou hast filled me with wrinkles^H7059^(H8799), which is a witness^H5707 against me: and my leanness^H3585 rising up^H6965^(H8799) in me beareth witness^H6030^(H8799) to my face^H6440.

⁹ He has torn me in his wrath and persecuted me. He has gnashed on me with his teeth. My adversary sharpens his eyes on me.

KJVHe teareth^H2963^(H8804) me in his wrath^H639, who hateth^H7852^(H8799) me: he gnasheth^H2786^(H8804) upon me with his teeth^H8127; mine enemy^H6862 sharpeneth^H3913^(H8799) his eyes^H5869 upon me.

¹⁰ They have gaped on me with their mouth. They have struck me on the cheek reproachfully. They gather themselves together against me.

KJVThey have gaped^H6473^(H8804) upon me with their mouth^H6310; they have smitten^H5221^(H8689) me upon the cheek^H3895 reproachfully^H2781; they have gathered^H4390^(H8691) themselves together^H3162 against me.

¹¹ God delivers me to the ungodly, and casts me into the hands of the wicked.

KJVGod^H410 hath delivered^H5462^(H8686) me to the ungodly^H5760, and turned me over^H3399^(H8804) into the hands^H3027 of the wicked^H7563.

¹² I was at ease, and he broke me apart. Yes, he has taken me by the neck, and dashed me to pieces. He has also set me up for his target.

KJVI was at ease^H7961, but he hath broken me asunder^H6565^(H8770): he hath also taken^H270^(H8804) me by my neck^H6203, and shaken me to pieces^H6327^(H8770), and set me up^H6965^(H8686) for his mark^H4307.

¹³ His archers surround me. He splits my kidneys apart, and does not spare. He pours out my bile on the ground.

KJVHis archers^H7228 compass me round about^H5437^(H8799), he cleaveth^H6398 my reins^H3629 asunder^H6398^(H8762), and doth not spare^H2550^(H8799); he poureth out^H8210^(H8799) my gall^H4845 upon the ground^H776.

¹⁴ He breaks me with breach on breach. He runs at me like a giant.

KJVHe breaketh^H6555^(H8799) me with breach^H6556 upon^H6440 breach^H6556, he runneth^H7323^(H8799) upon me like a giant^H1368.

¹⁵ I have sewed sackcloth on my skin, and have thrust my horn in the dust.

KJVI have sewed^H8609^(H8804) sackcloth^H8242 upon my skin^H1539, and defiled^H5953^(H8782) my horn^H7161 in the dust^H6083.

¹⁶ My face is red with weeping. Deep darkness is on my eyelids,

KJVMy face^H6440 is foul^H2560^(H8777) with weeping^H1065, and on my eyelids^H6079 is the shadow of death^H6757;

¹⁷ although there is no violence in my hands, and my prayer is pure.

KJVNot for any injustice^H2555 in mine hands^H3709: also my prayer^H8605 is pure^H2134.

¹⁸ “Earth, don’t cover my blood. Let my cry have no place to rest.

KJVO earth^H776, cover^H3680^(H8762) not thou my blood^H1818, and let my cry^H2201 have no place^H4725.

¹⁹ Even now, behold, my witness is in heaven. He who vouches for me is on high.

KJVAlso now, behold, my witness^H5707 is in heaven^H8064, and my record^H7717 is on high^H4791.

²⁰ My friends scoff at me. My eyes pour out tears to God,

KJVMy friends^H7453 scorn^H3887^(H8688) me: but mine eye^H5869 poureth out^H1811^(H8804) tears unto God^H433.

²¹ that he would maintain the right of a man with God, of a son of man with his neighbor!

KJVO that one might plead^H3198^(H8686) for a man^H1397 with God^H433, as a man^H120 pleadeth for his neighbour^H1121^H7453!

²² For when a few years have come, I will go the way of no return.

KJVWhen a few^H4557 years^H8141 are come^H857^(H8799), then I shall go^H1980^(H8799) the way^H734 whence I shall not return^H7725^(H8799).

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