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
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
7 Surely now God has worn me out;
he has[a] made desolate all my company.(A)
8 And he has[b] shriveled me up,
which is a witness against me;
my leanness has risen up against me,
and it testifies to my face.(B)
9 He has torn me in his wrath and hated me;
he has gnashed his teeth at me;
my adversary sharpens his eyes against me.(C)
10 They have gaped at me with their mouths;
they have struck me insolently on the cheek;
they mass themselves together against me.(D)
11 God gives me up to the evil
and casts me into the hands of the wicked.(E)
12 I was at ease, and he broke me in two;
he seized me by the neck and dashed me to pieces;
he set me up as his target;(F)
13 his archers surround me.
He slashes open my kidneys and shows no mercy;
he pours out my gall on the ground.(G)
14 He bursts upon me again and again;
he rushes at me like a warrior.(H)
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