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Job 16 :: New English Translation (NET)

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 16:1 - Then Job replied:

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 16:2 - "I have heard many things like these before. What miserable comforters are you all!

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 16:3 - Will there be an end to your windy words? Or what provokes you that you answer?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 16:4 - 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.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 16:5 - But I would strengthen you with my words; comfort from my lips would bring you relief.

Job Says God Shattered Him

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 16:6 - "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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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 16:7 - Surely now he has worn me out, you have devastated my entire household.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 16:8 - You have seized me, and it has become a witness; my leanness has risen up against me and testifies against me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 16:9 - His anger has torn me and persecuted me; he has gnashed at me with his teeth; my adversary locks his eyes on me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 16:10 - People have opened their mouths against me, they have struck my cheek in scorn; they unite together against me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 16:11 - God abandons me to evil men, and throws me into the hands of wicked men.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 16:12 - 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;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 16:13 - his archers surround me. Without pity he pierces my kidneys and pours out my gall on the ground.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 16:14 - He breaks through against me, time and time again; he rushes against me like a warrior.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 16:15 - I have sewed sackcloth on my skin, and buried my horn in the dust;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 16:16 - my face is reddened because of weeping, and on my eyelids there is a deep darkness,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 16:17 - although there is no violence in my hands and my prayer is pure.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 16:18 - "O earth, do not cover my blood, nor let there be a secret place for my cry.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 16:19 - Even now my witness is in heaven; my advocate is on high.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 16:20 - My intercessor is my friend as my eyes pour out tears to God;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 16:21 - and he contends with God on behalf of man as a man pleads for his friend.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 16:22 - For the years that lie ahead are few, and then I will go on the way of no return.
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Job Chapter 16 — Additional Translations:

King James Version New King James Version New Living Translation New International Version English Standard Version Christian Standard Bible New American Standard Bible 2020 New American Standard Bible 1995 Legacy Standard Bible Amplified Bible Revised Standard Version American Standard Version Young's Literal Translation Darby Translation Webster's Bible Hebrew Names Version Latin Vulgate Westminster Leningrad Codex Septuagint Smith Van Dyck Arabic Bible Open New Arabic Version Brenton's English Septuagint Reina Valera 1909 Reina-Valera 1960 Bible in Basic English Chinese Traditional Union Espanol Moderno Korean Holy Bible Louis Segond German Luther Russian Synodal Translation Sagradas Escrituras