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

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  1. Job 16:7 Hebrew you have; also verse 8

But now He has (A)exhausted me;
You have laid (B)waste all my group of loved ones.
And you have shriveled me up,
[a](C)It has become a witness;
And my (D)infirmity rises up against me,
It testifies to my face.
His anger has (E)torn me and [b]hunted me down,
He has (F)gnashed at me with His teeth;
My (G)enemy [c]glares at me.
10 They have (H)gaped at me with their mouths,
They have [d](I)slapped me on the cheek with contempt;
They have (J)massed themselves against me.
11 God hands me over to criminals,
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 my neck and shaken me to pieces;
He has also set me up as His (L)target.
13 His (M)arrows surround me.
He splits my kidneys open without mercy;
He pours out (N)my bile on the ground.
14 He (O)breaks through me with breach after breach;
He (P)runs at me like a warrior.

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Footnotes

  1. Job 16:8 I.e., Job’s condition
  2. Job 16:9 Lit borne a grudge against me
  3. Job 16:9 Lit sharpens his eyes
  4. Job 16:10 Lit struck