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Job 16
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Job 16
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16 Then Job answered and said,
2 I have heard many such things: miserable comforters are ye all.
3 Shall vain words have an end? or what emboldeneth thee that thou answerest?
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.
5 But I would strengthen you with my mouth, and the moving of my lips should asswage your grief.
6 Though I speak, my grief is not asswaged: and though I forbear, what am I eased?
7 But now he hath made me weary: thou hast made desolate all my company.
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.
9 He teareth me in his wrath, who hateth me: he gnasheth upon me with his teeth; mine enemy sharpeneth his eyes upon me.
10 They have gaped upon me with their mouth; they have smitten me upon the cheek reproachfully; they have gathered themselves together against me.
11 God hath delivered me to the ungodly, and turned me over into the hands of the wicked.
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.
13 His archers compass me round about, he cleaveth my reins asunder, and doth not spare; he poureth out my gall upon the ground.
14 He breaketh me with breach upon breach, he runneth upon me like a giant.
15 I have sewed sackcloth upon my skin, and defiled my horn in the dust.
16 My face is foul with weeping, and on my eyelids is the shadow of death;
17 Not for any injustice in mine hands: also my prayer is pure.
18 O earth, cover not thou my blood, and let my cry have no place.
19 Also now, behold, my witness is in heaven, and my record is on high.
20 My friends scorn me: but mine eye poureth out tears unto God.
21 O that one might plead for a man with God, as a man pleadeth for his neighbour!
22 When a few years are come, then I shall go the way whence I shall not return.
Job 16
New International Version
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
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Giobbe 16
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Giobbe si lamenta dei suoi amici
16 (A)Allora *Giobbe rispose e disse:
2 «Di cose come queste ne ho
udite tante!
Siete tutti dei consolatori molesti!
3 Non ci sarà una fine alle parole
vane?
Che cosa ti provoca a rispondere?
4 Anch'io potrei parlare come voi,
se voi foste al posto mio;
potrei mettere insieme delle parole
contro di voi
e su di voi scrollare il capo;
5 potrei farvi coraggio con la bocca
e il conforto delle mie labbra vi
calmerebbe.
Giobbe si lamenta della sua sorte
6 (B)«Se parlo, il mio dolore non ne sarà lenito;
se cesso di parlare, che sollievo ne avrò?
7 Ora, purtroppo, Dio m'ha ridotto
senza forze,
ha desolato tutta la mia casa;
8 m'ha coperto di grinze e questo
testimonia contro di me,
la mia magrezza si leva ad accusarmi apertamente.
9 La sua ira mi lacera, mi perseguita,
digrigna i denti contro di me,
il mio nemico aguzza gli occhi su di me.
10 Aprono larga contro di me la bocca,
mi percuotono per oltraggio le guance,
si metton tutti insieme a darmi
addosso.
11 Dio mi dà in balía degli empi,
mi getta in mano dei malvagi.
12 Vivevo in pace ed egli m'ha scosso con violenza,
m'ha preso per la nuca, m'ha
frantumato,
m'ha posto per suo bersaglio.
13 I suoi arcieri mi circondano,
egli mi trafigge i reni senza pietà,
sparge a terra il mio fiele.
14 Apre sopra di me breccia su
breccia,
mi corre addosso come un guerriero.
15 Mi sono cucito un cilicio sulla pelle,
ho prostrato la mia fronte nella
polvere.
16 Il mio viso è rosso di pianto,
sulle mie palpebre si stende l'ombra
di morte.
17 Eppure, le mie mani non
commisero mai violenza,
e la mia preghiera fu sempre pura.
Giobbe invoca la morte
18 (C)«O terra, non coprire il mio sangue
e non vi sia luogo dove si fermi il mio grido!
19 Già fin d'ora, ecco, il mio
Testimone è nel cielo,
il mio Garante è nei luoghi altissimi.
20 Gli amici mi deridono;
ma a Dio si volgono piangenti gli occhi miei;
21 sostenga egli le ragioni dell'uomo presso Dio,
le ragioni del figlio d'uomo contro i
suoi compagni!
22 Poiché, pochi anni ancora
e me ne andrò per una via senza
ritorno.
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