Job 16

1Then Job answered and said,

וַיַּעַן אִיֹּוב וַיֹּאמַר׃ (412)

2I have heard many such things: miserable comforters are ye all.

שָׁמַעְתִּי כְאֵלֶּה רַבֹּות מְנַחֲמֵי עָמָל כֻּלְּכֶם׃ (1882)

See also: Psalms 69:20, Esther 6:13, Job 13:4-5, Job 21:34, Job 2:11, Job 6:6, Job 6:25, Job 11:2-3, Job 15:3, Job 18:2, Job 19:2-3, Job 21:2, Job 26:2-3, Psalms 69:26, Psalms 108:12, Matthew 27:4, Philippians 1:16, James 1:19

3Shall vain words have an end? or what emboldeneth thee that thou answerest?

הֲקֵץ לְדִבְרֵי־רוּחַ אֹו מַה־יַּמְרִיצְךָ כִּי תַעֲנֶה׃ (1632)

See also: Job 6:26, Romans 9:20, Job 15:2, Job 27:12, Exodus 5:9, Job 6:25, Job 8:2, Job 11:2, Job 13:5, Job 20:3, Job 32:3-6, Matthew 22:46, Titus 1:11, Titus 2:8

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.

גַּם ׀ אָנֹכִי כָּכֶם אֲדַבֵּרָה לוּ־יֵשׁ נַפְשְׁכֶם תַּחַת נַפְשִׁי אַחְבִּירָה עֲלֵיכֶם בְּמִלִּים וְאָנִיעָה עֲלֵיכֶם בְּמֹו רֹאשִׁי׃ (3889)

5But I would strengthen you with my mouth, and the moving of my lips should asswage your grief.

אֲאַמִּצְכֶם בְּמֹו־פִי וְנִיד שְׂפָתַי יַחְשֹׂךְ׃ (1528)

See also: 1 Samuel 23:16, Isaiah 35:3, Job 4:3, Job 42:11, Proverbs 27:9, Galatians 6:1, Job 6:14, Job 29:25, Job 36:17, Psalms 27:14, Proverbs 27:17, Ecclesiastes 10:12, Daniel 10:18, Revelation 3:2

6Though I speak, my grief is not asswaged: and though I forbear, what am I eased?

אִם־אֲדַבְּרָה לֹא־יֵחָשֵׂךְ כְּאֵבִי וְאַחְדְּלָה מַה־מִנִּי יַהֲלֹךְ׃ (919)

See also: Job 10:1, Job 7:11, Psalms 88:15-18, Psalms 77:1-9

7But now he hath made me weary: thou hast made desolate all my company.

אַךְ־עַתָּה הֶלְאָנִי הֲשִׁמֹּותָ כָּל־עֲדָתִי׃ (1877)

See also: Job 7:3, Job 1:15-19, Job 3:17, Job 7:16, Job 10:1, Job 19:13, Job 29:5-25, Job 37:23, Psalms 6:6-7, Proverbs 3:11-12, Isaiah 50:4, Lamentations 3:11, Micah 6:13

8And thou hast filled me with wrinkles, which is a witness against me: and my leanness rising up in me beareth witness to my face.

וַתִּקְמְטֵנִי לְעֵד הָיָה וַיָּקָם בִּי כַחֲשִׁי בְּפָנַי יַעֲנֶה׃ (1522)

See also: Job 10:17, Ruth 1:21, Job 19:20, Psalms 109:24, Job 17:7, Job 33:21, Psalms 106:15, Isaiah 10:16, Isaiah 24:16, Lamentations 3:4, Ephesians 5:27, James 5:3

9He teareth me in his wrath, who hateth me: he gnasheth upon me with his teeth; mine enemy sharpeneth his eyes upon me.

אַפֹּו טָרַף ׀ וַיִּשְׂטְמֵנִי חָרַק עָלַי בְּשִׁנָּיו צָרִי ׀ יִלְטֹושׁ עֵינָיו לִי׃ (2428)

10They have gaped upon me with their mouth; they have smitten me upon the cheek reproachfully; they have gathered themselves together against me.

פָּעֲרוּ עָלַי ׀ בְּפִיהֶם בְּחֶרְפָּה הִכּוּ לְחָיָי יַחַד עָלַי יִתְמַלָּאוּן׃ (1656)

11God hath delivered me to the ungodly, and turned me over into the hands of the wicked.

יַסְגִּירֵנִי אֵל אֶל עֲוִיל וְעַל־יְדֵי רְשָׁעִים יִרְטֵנִי׃ (1550)

See also: Psalms 27:12, Psalms 31:8, Job 12:14, Job 19:6, Job 19:12, Psalms 7:14, 1 Samuel 24:18, Job 1:13-19, Job 2:7, Job 9:24, Job 10:17, Job 19:22, Job 20:22, Job 40:2, Jeremiah 45:3, John 19:16, Romans 11:32, 2 Corinthians 12:7

12I was at ease, but he hath broken me asunder: he hath also taken me by my neck, and shaken me to pieces, and set me up for his mark.

שָׁלֵו הָיִיתִי ׀ וַיְפַרְפְּרֵנִי וְאָחַז בְּעָרְפִּי וַיְפַצְפְּצֵנִי וַיְקִימֵנִי לֹו לְמַטָּרָה׃ (2753)

13His archers compass me round about, he cleaveth my reins asunder, and doth not spare; he poureth out my gall upon the ground.

יָסֹבּוּ עָלַי ׀ רַבָּיו יְפַלַּח כִּלְיֹותַי וְלֹא יַחְמֹול יִשְׁפֹּךְ לָאָרֶץ מְרֵרָתִי׃ (2722)

See also: Job 20:25, Lamentations 2:11, Job 6:4, Job 19:12, Psalms 73:21, Genesis 49:23, Deuteronomy 29:20, Job 6:10, Job 19:27, Job 34:6, Psalms 7:12-13, Lamentations 3:13, Ezekiel 5:11, Romans 8:32, Job 19:22, 2 Peter 2:5

14He breaketh me with breach upon breach, he runneth upon me like a giant.

יִפְרְצֵנִי פֶרֶץ עַל־פְּנֵי־פָרֶץ יָרֻץ עָלַי כְּגִבֹּור׃ (2061)

See also: Job 9:17, Judges 15:8, Job 1:18, Psalms 42:7, Jeremiah 17:18, Lamentations 3:3-5, Joel 2:7

15I have sewed sackcloth upon my skin, and defiled my horn in the dust.

שַׂק תָּפַרְתִּי עֲלֵי גִלְדִּי וְעֹלַלְתִּי בֶעָפָר קַרְנִי׃ (2905)

See also: Genesis 37:34, Psalms 7:5, Revelation 11:3, 1 Kings 21:27, Psalms 75:5, Isaiah 3:24, Isaiah 22:12, 1 Samuel 2:10, Job 30:19, Psalms 75:10, Lamentations 2:3

16My face is foul with weeping, and on my eyelids is the shadow of death;

פָּנַי [חֳמַרְמְרָה כ] (חֳמַרְמְרוּ ק) מִנִּי־בֶכִי וְעַל עַפְעַפַּי צַלְמָוֶת׃ (2361)

See also: Job 17:7, Psalms 102:3-5, Lamentations 1:16, Mark 14:34, Job 3:5, Psalms 6:6-7, Psalms 31:9, Psalms 32:3, Psalms 69:3, Psalms 102:9, Isaiah 52:14, Jonah 2:1-10, Psalms 116:3

17Not for any injustice in mine hands: also my prayer is pure.

עַל לֹא־חָמָס בְּכַפָּי וּתְפִלָּתִי זַכָּה׃ (1309)

See also: Job 4:6, James 4:8, Job 8:6, Job 13:15, Job 33:9, Proverbs 15:8, Psalms 66:18-19, Job 8:5-6, Job 27:6-7, Job 34:5, Job 9:17, Job 11:14, Job 15:20, Job 15:34, Job 19:7, Job 21:27-28, Job 22:5-9, Job 29:12-17, Job 31:1-40, Job 35:2

18O earth, cover not thou my blood, and let my cry have no place.

אֶרֶץ אַל־תְּכַסִּי דָמִי וְאַל־יְהִי מָקֹום לְזַעֲקָתִי׃ (1731)

See also: Genesis 4:10, Genesis 4:11, Isaiah 26:21, Ezekiel 24:7, Job 20:27, Psalms 66:18-19, Genesis 37:26, Leviticus 17:13, Nehemiah 4:5, Job 27:9, Isaiah 1:15, Isaiah 58:9-10, Jeremiah 22:29, James 4:3-4

19Also now, behold, my witness is in heaven, and my record is on high.

גַּם־עַתָּה הִנֵּה־בַשָּׁמַיִם עֵדִי וְשָׂהֲדִי בַּמְּרֹומִים׃ (1717)

See also: Job 19:25, Romans 1:9, Genesis 31:50, 1 Thessalonians 2:10, 1 Samuel 12:5, Job 25:2, Psalms 113:5, Acts 20:26, Romans 9:1, 2 Corinthians 1:23, 2 Corinthians 11:31, 1 Thessalonians 2:5

20My friends scorn me: but mine eye poureth out tears unto God.

מְלִיצַי רֵעָי אֶל־אֱלֹוהַ דָּלְפָה עֵינִי׃ (792)

See also: Psalms 56:8, Psalms 39:12, Hebrews 5:7, Psalms 142:2, Job 12:4-5, Job 16:4, Job 17:2, Psalms 109:4, Luke 6:11-12, Job 21:3, Psalms 6:6, Psalms 119:22, Hosea 12:4-5, 1 Samuel 7:6, Psalms 88:9, Job 2:11

21O that one might plead for a man with God, as a man pleadeth for his neighbour!

וְיֹוכַח לְגֶבֶר עִם־אֱלֹוהַּ וּבֶן־אָדָם לְרֵעֵהוּ׃ (851)

See also: Job 13:15, Ecclesiastes 6:10, Job 23:3, Isaiah 45:9, Romans 9:20, James 2:23, Exodus 33:11, Job 9:34-35, Job 13:3, Job 13:22, Job 31:35, Job 40:1-5, Isaiah 43:26, Job 13:18, Job 22:4, Job 34:23, Job 40:4, Job 19:7, Psalms 32:4

22When a few years are come, then I shall go the way whence I shall not return.

כִּי־שְׁנֹות מִסְפָּר יֶאֱתָיוּ וְאֹרַח לֹא־אָשׁוּב אֶהֱלֹךְ׃ (2204)

See also: Job 10:21, Job 14:10, Job 7:6, Job 7:9-10, Job 14:5, Job 14:14, Job 4:20, Ecclesiastes 12:5, 1 Kings 2:2