Job 16:4

New Catholic Bible

⁴“I could also rant on as you do,
if you were in my place.
I could exhaust you with my words
and shake my head at you.^[a]

Job 16:4 Shaking the head signifies commiseration, scorn, or mockery (see Ps 22:8; Jer 48:27; Mt 27:39).

Job 16:4

New International Version

⁴I also could speak like you,
if you were in my place;
I could make fine speeches against you
and shake my head^(A) at you.

⁴I also could speak as ye do: if your soul were in my soul's stead, I could heap up words against you, and shake mine head at you.

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