Job Says Friends Are Sorry Comforters

16 Then Job [a]answered,

“I have heard many such things;
[b](A)Sorry comforters are you all.
“Is there no limit to (B)windy words?
Or what plagues you that you answer?
“I too could speak like you,
If [c]I were in your place.
I could compose words against you
And (C)shake my head at you.
“I could strengthen you with my mouth,
And the solace of my lips could lessen your pain.

Job Says God Shattered Him

“If I speak, (D)my pain is not lessened,
And if I hold back, what has left me?

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Footnotes

  1. Job 16:1 Lit answered and said
  2. Job 16:2 Lit Comforters of trouble
  3. Job 16:4 Lit your soul were in place of my soul