1 Then Job answered and said, ASV — Job 16:1
2 I have heard many such things: Miserable comforters are ye all. ASV — Job 16:2
3 Shall vain words have an end? Or what provoketh thee that thou answerest? ASV — Job 16:3
4 I 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. ASV — Job 16:4
5 [But] I would strengthen you with my mouth, And the solace of my lips would assuage [your grief]. ASV — Job 16:5
6 Though I speak, my grief is not assuaged; And though I forbear, what am I eased? ASV — Job 16:6
7 But now he hath made me weary: Thou hast made desolate all my company. ASV — Job 16:7
8 And thou hast laid fast hold on me, [which] is a witness [against me]: And my leanness riseth up against me, It testifieth to my face. ASV — Job 16:8
9 He hath torn me in his wrath, and persecuted me; He hath gnashed upon me with his teeth: Mine adversary sharpeneth his eyes upon me. ASV — Job 16:9
10 They have gaped upon me with their mouth; They have smitten me upon the cheek reproachfully: They gather themselves together against me. ASV — Job 16:10
11 God delivereth me to the ungodly, And casteth me into the hands of the wicked. ASV — Job 16:11
12 I was at ease, and he brake me asunder; Yea, he hath taken me by the neck, and dashed me to pieces: He hath also set me up for his mark. ASV — Job 16:12
13 His archers compass me round about; He cleaveth my reins asunder, and doth not spare; He poureth out my gall upon the ground. ASV — Job 16:13
14 He breaketh me with breach upon breach; He runneth upon me like a giant. ASV — Job 16:14
15 I have sewed sackcloth upon my skin, And have laid my horn in the dust. ASV — Job 16:15
16 My face is red with weeping, And on my eyelids is the shadow of death; ASV — Job 16:16
17 Although there is no violence in my hands, And my prayer is pure. ASV — Job 16:17
18 O earth, cover not thou my blood, And let my cry have no [resting] -place. ASV — Job 16:18
19 Even now, behold, my witness is in heaven, And he that voucheth for me is on high. ASV — Job 16:19
20 My friends scoff at me: [But] mine eye poureth out tears unto God, ASV — Job 16:20
21 That he would maintain the right of a man with God, And of a son of man with his neighbor! ASV — Job 16:21
22 For when a few years are come, I shall go the way whence I shall not return. ASV — Job 16:22