Surely he[a] has now exhausted me.
You have devastated my entire family.
You have shriveled me up[b]—it has become a witness;
my frailty rises up against me and testifies to my face.
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)

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Footnotes

  1. 16:7 Or it
  2. 16:8 Or have seized me; Hb obscure
  3. 16:11 LXX, Vg; MT reads to a boy
  4. 16:13 Or arrows
  5. 16:14 Lit through me, breach on breach

Surely He[a] has now exhausted me.
You have devastated my entire family.
You have shriveled me up[b]—it has become a witness;
My frailty rises up against me and testifies to my face.
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 unjust men;[c]
He throws me into the hands of 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)

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Footnotes

  1. Job 16:7 Or it
  2. Job 16:8 Or have seized me; Hb obscure
  3. Job 16:11 LXX, Vg; MT reads to a boy
  4. Job 16:13 Or arrows
  5. Job 16:14 Lit through me, breach on breach