Job 16
English Standard Version
Job Replies: Miserable Comforters Are You
16 Then Job answered and said:
2 “I have heard (A)many such things;
(B)miserable comforters are you all.
3 Shall (C)windy words have an end?
Or what provokes you that you answer?
4 I also could speak as you do,
if you were in my place;
I could join words together against you
and (D)shake my head at you.
5 I could strengthen you with my mouth,
and the solace of my lips would assuage your pain.
6 “If I speak, my pain is not assuaged,
and if I forbear, how much of it leaves me?
7 Surely now God has worn me out;
(E)he has[a] made desolate all my company.
8 And he has shriveled me up,
which is (F)a witness against me,
and my (G)leanness has risen up against me;
it testifies to my face.
9 He has (H)torn me in his wrath (I)and hated me;
he has (J)gnashed his teeth at me;
my adversary sharpens his eyes against me.
10 Men have (K)gaped at me with their mouth;
they have (L)struck me insolently on the cheek;
they (M)mass themselves together against me.
11 God gives me up to the ungodly
and casts me into the hands of the wicked.
12 I was at ease, and he broke me apart;
he seized me by the neck and dashed me to pieces;
he set me up as his (N)target;
13 his (O)archers surround me.
He slashes open my kidneys (P)and does not spare;
he (Q)pours out my gall on the ground.
14 He breaks me with (R)breach upon breach;
he (S)runs upon me like a warrior.
15 I have sewed (T)sackcloth upon my skin
and have laid (U)my strength (V)in the dust.
16 My face is red with weeping,
and on my eyelids is (W)deep darkness,
17 although there is no (X)violence in my hands,
and my prayer is pure.
18 “O earth, (Y)cover not my blood,
and let my (Z)cry find no resting place.
19 Even now, behold, my (AA)witness is in heaven,
and he who testifies for me is (AB)on high.
20 My friends (AC)scorn me;
my eye pours out tears to God,
21 that he would (AD)argue the case of a man with God,
as[b] a son of man does with his neighbor.
22 For when a few years have come
I shall go the way (AE)from which I shall not return.
Job 16
New King James Version
Job Reproaches His Pitiless Friends
16 Then Job answered and said:
2 “I have heard many such things;
(A)Miserable[a] comforters are you all!
3 Shall [b]words of wind have an end?
Or what provokes you that you answer?
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 (B)shake my head at you;
5 But I would strengthen you with my mouth,
And the comfort of my lips would relieve your grief.
6 “Though I speak, my grief is not relieved;
And if I remain silent, how am I eased?
7 But now He has (C)worn me out;
You (D)have made desolate all my company.
8 You have shriveled me up,
And it is a (E)witness against me;
My leanness rises up against me
And bears witness to my face.
9 (F)He tears me in His wrath, and hates me;
He gnashes at me with His teeth;
(G)My adversary sharpens His gaze on me.
10 They (H)gape at me with their mouth,
They (I)strike me reproachfully on the cheek,
They gather together against me.
11 God (J)has delivered me to the ungodly,
And turned me over to the hands of the wicked.
12 I was at ease, but He has (K)shattered me;
He also has taken me by my neck, and shaken me to pieces;
He has (L)set me up for His target,
13 His archers surround me.
He pierces my [c]heart and does not pity;
He pours out my gall on the ground.
14 He breaks me with wound upon wound;
He runs at me like a [d]warrior.
15 “I have sewn sackcloth over my skin,
And (M)laid my [e]head in the dust.
16 My face is [f]flushed from weeping,
And on my eyelids is the shadow of death;
17 Although no violence is in my hands,
And my prayer is pure.
18 “O earth, do not cover my blood,
And (N)let my cry have no resting place!
19 Surely even now (O)my witness is in heaven,
And my evidence is on high.
20 My friends scorn me;
My eyes pour out tears to God.
21 (P)Oh, that one might plead for a man with God,
As a man pleads for his [g]neighbor!
22 For when a few years are finished,
I shall (Q)go the way of no return.
约伯记 16
Chinese New Version (Simplified)
约伯反嘲安慰人的反叫人愁烦
16 约伯回答说：
2 “像这样的话，我听了很多；
你们都是叫人愁烦的安慰者。
3 虚空的言语，有穷尽吗？
或有甚么惹你答个不休的呢？
4 你们若处在我的景况，
我也能像你们那样说话，
我也能砌辞攻击你们，
并且能向你们摇头。
5 我能用口鼓励你们，
我嘴唇的安慰，能缓和你们的痛苦。
力陈他的痛苦
6 我若说话，痛苦仍不消解，
我若闭口不说，痛苦也不离开我。
7 现在 神使我困倦，
‘你蹂躏了我的全家，
8 又把我捆绑起来。’这就作为证据；
我身体的枯瘦也当面作证反对我。
9 他的怒气撕裂我，攻击我；
他向我咬牙切齿，
我的敌人以锐利的眼光看着我。
10 他们向我大大张嘴，
以蔑视的态度打我的脸颊，
联合一起攻击我。
11 神把我交给不义的人，
把我丢在恶人的手中。
12 我本来安逸，他却把我压碎；
掐着我的颈项，把我摔碎；
又把我当作他的箭靶。
13 他的弓箭手四面包围我，
他剖开我的腰子，全不顾惜，
把我的胆倾倒在地上。
14 他把我破伤，在破口上又加破伤，
如勇士一般向我直冲。
15 我把麻布缝在我的皮肤上，
把我的角插入尘土中。
16 我的脸因哭泣而发红，
在我的眼皮上满是黑影。
17 然而在我的手中没有强暴，
我的祷告也是清洁的。
向 神哭诉
18 地啊，不要遮盖我的血；
不要让我的哀求有停留的地方。
19 现今，在天上有我的见证，
在高天之上，有我的证人。
20 讥笑我的，就是我的朋友，
我的眼向 神流泪。
21 但愿人可以为人与 神分辩，
正如世人为朋友辩白一样。
22 因为我的年数将尽，
我快要走上那条一去不返的路。”
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