16:1 Then Job answered and said,
16:1 Then Job answered and said:

16:2 I have heard many such things: miserable comforters [are] ye all.
16:2 "I have heard many such things; Miserable comforters are you all!

16:3 Shall vain words have an end? or what emboldeneth thee that thou answerest?
16:3 Shall words of wind have an end? Or what provokes you that you answer?

16:4 I also could speak as ye [do]: if your soul were in my soul's stead, I could heap up words against you, and shake mine head at you.
16:4 I also could speak as you do, If your soul were in my soul's place. I could heap up words against you, And shake my head at you;

16:5 [But] I would strengthen you with my mouth, and the moving of my lips should asswage [your grief].
16:5 But I would strengthen you with my mouth, And the comfort of my lips would relieve your grief.

16:6 Though I speak, my grief is not asswaged: and [though] I forbear, what am I eased?
16:6 "Though I speak, my grief is not relieved; And if I remain silent, how am I eased?

16:7 But now he hath made me weary: thou hast made desolate all my company.
16:7 But now He has worn me out; You have made desolate all my company.

16:8 And thou hast filled me with wrinkles, [which] is a witness [against me]: and my leanness rising up in me beareth witness to my face.
16:8 You have shriveled me up, And it is a witness against me; My leanness rises up against me And bears witness to my face.

16:9 He teareth [me] in his wrath, who hateth me: he gnasheth upon me with his teeth; mine enemy sharpeneth his eyes upon me.
16:9 He tears me in His wrath, and hates me; He gnashes at me with His teeth; My adversary sharpens His gaze on me.

16:10 They have gaped upon me with their mouth; they have smitten me upon the cheek reproachfully; they have gathered themselves together against me.
16:10 They gape at me with their mouth, They strike me reproachfully on the cheek, They gather together against me.

16:11 God hath delivered me to the ungodly, and turned me over into the hands of the wicked.
16:11 God has delivered me to the ungodly, And turned me over to the hands of the wicked.

16:12 I was at ease, but he hath broken me asunder: he hath also taken [me] by my neck, and shaken me to pieces, and set me up for his mark.
16:12 I was at ease, but He has shattered me; He also has taken me by my neck, and shaken me to pieces; He has set me up for His target,

16:13 His archers compass me round about, he cleaveth my reins asunder, and doth not spare; he poureth out my gall upon the ground.
16:13 His archers surround me. He pierces my heart and does not pity; He pours out my gall on the ground.

16:14 He breaketh me with breach upon breach, he runneth upon me like a giant.
16:14 He breaks me with wound upon wound; He runs at me like a warrior.

16:15 I have sewed sackcloth upon my skin, and defiled my horn in the dust.
16:15 "I have sewn sackcloth over my skin, And laid my head in the dust.

16:16 My face is foul with weeping, and on my eyelids [is] the shadow of death;
16:16 My face is flushed from weeping, And on my eyelids is the shadow of death;

16:17 Not for [any] injustice in mine hands: also my prayer [is] pure.
16:17 Although no violence is in my hands, And my prayer is pure.

16:18 O earth, cover not thou my blood, and let my cry have no place.
16:18 "O earth, do not cover my blood, And let my cry have no resting place!

16:19 Also now, behold, my witness [is] in heaven, and my record [is] on high.
16:19 Surely even now my witness is in heaven, And my evidence is on high.

16:20 My friends scorn me: [but] mine eye poureth out [tears] unto God.
16:20 My friends scorn me; My eyes pour out tears to God.

16:21 O that one might plead for a man with God, as a man [pleadeth] for his neighbour!
16:21 Oh, that one might plead for a man with God, As a man pleads for his neighbor!

16:22 When a few years are come, then I shall go the way [whence] I shall not return.
16:22 For when a few years are finished, I shall go the way of no return.