Job 16:7-14
Christian Standard Bible
7 Surely he[a] has now exhausted me.
You have devastated my entire family.
8 You have shriveled me up[b]—it has become a witness;
my frailty rises up against me and testifies to my face.
9 His anger tears at me, and he harasses(A) me.
He gnashes his teeth at me.
My enemy pierces me with his eyes.
10 They open their mouths against me
and strike my cheeks with contempt;(B)
they join themselves together against me.
11 God hands me over to the unjust;[c]
he throws me to the wicked.
12 I was at ease, but he shattered me;
he seized me by the scruff of the neck
and smashed me to pieces.
He set me up as his target;(C)
13 his archers[d] surround me.
He pierces my kidneys without mercy
and pours my bile on the ground.
14 He breaks through my defenses again and again;[e]
he charges at me like a warrior.(D)
Job 16:7-14
English Standard Version
7 Surely now God has worn me out;
(A)he has[a] made desolate all my company.
8 And he has shriveled me up,
which is (B)a witness against me,
and my (C)leanness has risen up against me;
it testifies to my face.
9 He has (D)torn me in his wrath (E)and hated me;
he has (F)gnashed his teeth at me;
my adversary sharpens his eyes against me.
10 Men have (G)gaped at me with their mouth;
they have (H)struck me insolently on the cheek;
they (I)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 (J)target;
13 his (K)archers surround me.
He slashes open my kidneys (L)and does not spare;
he (M)pours out my gall on the ground.
14 He breaks me with (N)breach upon breach;
he (O)runs upon me like a warrior.
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