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Job 16
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Job 16
New International Version
Job
16 Then Job replied:
2 “I have heard many things like these;
you are miserable comforters,(A) all of you!(B)
3 Will your long-winded speeches never end?(C)
What ails you that you keep on arguing?(D)
4 I also could speak like you,
if you were in my place;
I could make fine speeches against you
and shake my head(E) at you.
5 But my mouth would encourage you;
comfort(F) from my lips would bring you relief.(G)
6 “Yet if I speak, my pain is not relieved;
and if I refrain, it does not go away.(H)
7 Surely, God, you have worn me out;(I)
you have devastated my entire household.(J)
8 You have shriveled me up—and it has become a witness;
my gauntness(K) rises up and testifies against me.(L)
9 God assails me and tears(M) me in his anger(N)
and gnashes his teeth at me;(O)
my opponent fastens on me his piercing eyes.(P)
10 People open their mouths(Q) to jeer at me;(R)
they strike my cheek(S) in scorn
and unite together against me.(T)
11 God has turned me over to the ungodly
and thrown me into the clutches of the wicked.(U)
12 All was well with me, but he shattered me;
he seized me by the neck and crushed me.(V)
He has made me his target;(W)
13 his archers surround me.(X)
Without pity, he pierces(Y) my kidneys
and spills my gall on the ground.
14 Again and again(Z) he bursts upon me;
he rushes at me like a warrior.(AA)
15 “I have sewed sackcloth(AB) over my skin
and buried my brow in the dust.(AC)
16 My face is red with weeping,(AD)
dark shadows ring my eyes;(AE)
17 yet my hands have been free of violence(AF)
and my prayer is pure.(AG)
18 “Earth, do not cover my blood;(AH)
may my cry(AI) never be laid to rest!(AJ)
19 Even now my witness(AK) is in heaven;(AL)
my advocate is on high.(AM)
20 My intercessor(AN) is my friend[a](AO)
as my eyes pour out(AP) tears(AQ) to God;
21 on behalf of a man he pleads(AR) with God
as one pleads for a friend.
22 “Only a few years will pass
before I take the path of no return.(AS)
Footnotes
- Job 16:20 Or My friends treat me with scorn
Job 16
Ang Salita ng Dios (Tagalog Contemporary Bible)
Job 16
Ang Salita ng Dios (Tagalog Contemporary Bible)
Sumagot si Job
16 Sumagot si Job, 2 “Napakinggan ko na iyan noon pa. Sa halip na aliwin ninyo ako, lalo nʼyo pang pinabigat ang paghihirap ko. 3 Hindi na ba kayo titigil sa pagsasalita ng walang kabuluhan? Ano bang gumugulo sa isipan nʼyo at wala kayong tigil sa pakikipagtalo sa akin? 4 Kung kayo ang nasa kalagayan ko, masasabi ko rin ang katulad ng mga sinasabi ninyo sa akin. Pagsasabihan ko kayo at kukutyain pa. 5 Pero hindi ko gagawin iyon. Sa halip, magsasalita ako ng mga salitang makapagpapalakas at makapagpapaaliw sa inyo. 6 Ngunit sa ngayon, patuloy pa rin ang paghihirap ko kahit ano pa ang sabihin ko. At kung tumahimik man ako, hindi rin ito mawawala.
7 “O Dios, pinanghina nʼyo ako at winasak ang buong sambahayan ko. 8 Pinapayat nʼyo ako; butoʼt balat na lang ako, at ayon sa iba ito ang katunayan na akoʼy nagkasala. 9 Sa galit nʼyo, O Dios, sinalakay nʼyo ako. Para kayong mabangis na hayop na lumuray ng aking laman. Nagngangalit ang inyong ngipin at tinititigan nʼyo ako na parang akoʼy inyong kaaway.
10 “Kinukutya ako at pinagtatawanan ng mga tao. Sinasampal para hiyain. Nagkaisa sila laban sa akin. 11 Ipinaubaya ako ng Dios sa kamay ng taong masasama at makasalanan. 12 Maganda ang kalagayan ko noon, pero sinira niya ako. Hinawakan niya ako sa leeg, inilugmok, at ginawa niya akong puntiryahan. 13 Pinalibutan ako ng mga tagapana niya at walang awang pinagpapana. Tinamaan ang aking bato, at ang apdo koʼy bumulwak sa lupa. 14 Paulit-ulit niya akong sinusugatan. Sinasalakay niya akong parang mandirigma. 15 Nagdamit ako ng sako at naupo sa lupa para magluksa. 16 Namumula na ang mukha ko at namumugto na ang mga mata sa kakaiyak. 17 Wala akong nagawang kasalanan at tapat ang aking panalangin.
18 “Ang katulad koʼy isang taong pinatay na nakikiusap sa lupa na huwag tatabunan ang kanyang dugo hanggaʼt hindi niya nakakamtan ang katarungan. 19 Kahit ngayon ang saksi[a] koʼy nasa langit. Siya ang magpapatunay na wala akong kasalanan. 20 Hinahamak ako ng mga kaibigan ko; pero umiiyak ako sa Dios at humihingi ng tulong sa kanya. 21 Ang saksi ko ang siyang magmamakaawa sa Dios para sa akin, katulad ng taong nakikiusap para sa kanyang kaibigan. 22 Sapagkat malapit na akong pumanaw at hindi na babalik pa.
Footnotes
- 16:19 saksi: Maaaring isa sa makalangit na nilalang.
Job 16
Amplified Bible, Classic Edition
Job 16
Amplified Bible, Classic Edition
16 Then Job answered,
2 I have heard many such things; wearisome and miserable comforters are you all!
3 Will your futile words of wind have no end? Or what makes you so bold to answer [me like this]?
4 I also could speak as you do, if you were in my stead; I could join words together against you and shake my head at you.
5 [But] I would strengthen and encourage you with [the words of] my mouth, and the consolation of my lips would soothe your suffering.
6 If I speak [to you miserable comforters], my sorrow is not soothed or lessened; and if I refrain [from speaking], in what way am I eased? [I hardly know whether to answer you or be silent.]
7 But now [God] has taken away my strength. You [O Lord] have made desolate all my family and associates.
8 You have laid firm hold on me and have shriveled me up, which is a witness against me; and my leanness [and wretched state of body] are further evidence [against me]; [they] testify to my face.
9 [[a]My adversary Satan] has torn [me] in his wrath and hated and persecuted me; he has gnashed upon me with his teeth; my adversary sharpens his eyes against me.
10 [The forces of evil] have gaped at me with their mouths; they have struck me upon the cheek insolently; they massed themselves together and conspired unanimously against me.(A)
11 God has delivered me to the ungodly (to the evil one) and cast me [headlong] into the hands of the wicked (Satan’s host).
12 I was living at ease, but [Satan] crushed me and broke me apart; yes, he seized me by the neck and dashed me in pieces; then he set me up for his target.
13 [Satan’s] arrows whiz around me. He slashes open my vitals and does not spare; he pours out my gall on the ground.
14 [Satan] stabs me, making breach after breach and attacking again and again; he runs at me like a giant and irresistible warrior.
15 I have sewed sackcloth over my skin [as a sign of mourning] and have defiled my horn (my insignia of strength) in the dust.
16 My face is red and swollen with weeping, and on my eyelids is the shadow of death [my eyes are dimmed],
17 Although there is no guilt or violence in my hands and my prayer is pure.
18 O earth, cover not my blood, and let my cry have no resting-place [where it will cease being heard].
19 Even now, behold, my Witness is in heaven, and He who vouches for me is on high.(B)
20 My friends scorn me, but my eye pours out tears to God.
21 Oh, that there might be one who would plead for a man with God and that he would maintain his right with Him, as a son of man pleads with or for his neighbor!(C)
22 For when a few years are come, I shall go the way from which I shall not return.
Footnotes
- Job 16:9 The next six verses leave the casual reader at a loss to know of whom Job is speaking—of God, of Eliphaz, or of Satan, each of whom has been the choice of various translators and commentators. But careful study of the text itself, particularly the eleventh verse, seems to leave no question that while Job is blaming God for abandoning him to Satanic forces, nevertheless the monstrous, appalling, and disgusting behavior which Job describes is by him being attributed to Satan himself. Verse eleven in any translation seems to reveal what the reader has known all along but which Job only now sees. He still does not understand God’s motive, but he is facing the facts as they are: he is at the mercy of Satan! But God’s thrilling and rewarding motive is still unknown to him.
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