Job 16:7-14
Legacy Standard Bible
7 But now He has (A)exhausted me;
You have made (B)desolate all my company.
8 You have shriveled me up,
(C)It has become a witness;
And my (D)leanness rises up against me,
It answers to my face.
9 His anger has (E)torn me and [a]hunted me down;
He has (F)gnashed at me with His teeth;
My (G)adversary sharpens his eyes to look at me.
10 They have (H)opened their mouth wide at me;
They have (I)struck me on the cheek in reproach;
They have (J)massed themselves against me.
11 God hands me over to ruffians
And tosses me into the hands of the wicked.
12 I was at ease, but (K)He shattered me,
And He has grasped me by the neck and shaken me to pieces;
He has also set me up as His (L)target.
13 His (M)arrows surround me.
Without mercy He splits my kidneys open;
He pours out (N)my gall on the ground.
14 He (O)breaks through me with breach after breach;
He (P)runs at me like a warrior.
Footnotes
- Job 16:9 Lit borne a grudge against me
Job 16:7-14
International Standard Version
Job Claims of God’s Mistreatment
7 “God[a] has certainly worn me out;
you devastated my entire world.[b]
8 You’ve arrested me, making me testify against myself!
My leanness rises up to attack me, accusing[c] me to my face.
9 His anger tears me in his persistent resentment against me;
he gnashes his teeth at me.
My adversary glares[d] at me.
10 People gaped at me with mouths wide open;
they slap me in their scorn
and gather together against me.
11 God has delivered me over to the ungodly,
throwing me into the control of the wicked.
12 “He tore me apart when I was at ease;
grabbing me by my neck, he shook me to pieces—
then he really made me his target.
13 His archers surround me,
slashing open my kidneys without pity;
he pours out my gall on the ground.
14 Attack follows attack as he breaks through my defenses!
He runs over me like a mighty warrior.
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