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Surely now God has worn me out;
    he has[a] made desolate all my company.
And he has[b] shriveled me up,
    which is a witness against me;
and my leanness has risen up against me,
    it testifies to my face.
He has torn me in his wrath, and hated me;
    he has gnashed his teeth at me;
    my adversary sharpens his eyes against me.
10 Men have gaped at me with their mouth,
    they have struck me insolently upon the cheek,
    they 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 asunder;
    he seized me by the neck and dashed me to pieces;
he set me up as his target,
13     his archers surround me.
He slashes open my kidneys, and does not spare;
    he pours out my gall on the ground.
14 He breaks me with breach upon breach;
    he runs upon me like a warrior.

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  1. Job 16:7 Heb thou hast
  2. Job 16:8 Heb thou hast

But now he hath made me weary:
Thou hast made desolate all my company.
And thou hast [a]laid fast hold on me, which is a witness against me:
And my leanness riseth up against me,
It testifieth to my face.
He hath torn me in his wrath, and [b]persecuted me;
He hath gnashed upon me with his teeth:
Mine adversary sharpeneth his eyes upon me.
10 They have gaped upon me with their mouth;
They have smitten me upon the cheek reproachfully:
They gather themselves together against me.
11 God delivereth me to the ungodly,
And casteth me into the hands of the wicked.
12 I was at ease, and he brake me asunder;
Yea, he hath taken me by the neck, and dashed me to pieces:
He hath also set me up for his mark.
13 His [c]archers compass me round about;
He cleaveth my reins asunder, and doth not spare;
He poureth out my gall upon the ground.
14 He breaketh me with breach upon breach;
He runneth upon me like a [d]giant.

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Footnotes

  1. Job 16:8 Or, shrivelled me up
  2. Job 16:9 Or, hated
  3. Job 16:13 Or, arrows. Or, mighty ones
  4. Job 16:14 Or, mighty man