V.1 Then Job 347 answered 6030-4 and said, 559-4

16:2 I have heard 8085-1 many 7227 such things: miserable 5999 comforters 5162-18 [are] ye all.

16:3 Shall vain 7307 words 1697 have an end? 7093 or what emboldeneth 4834-55 thee that thou answerest? 6030-4

16:4 I also could speak 1696-17 as ye [do]: if 3863 your soul 5315 were 3426 in my soul's 5315 stead, I could heap up 2266- 55 words 4405 against you, and shake 5128-55 mine head 7218 at you. 1119

16:5 [But] I would strengthen 553-17 you with 1119 my mouth, 6310 and the moving 5205 of my lips 8193 should asswage 2820- 4 [your grief].

16:6 Though I speak, 1696-17 my grief 3511 is not asswaged: 2820-11 and [though] I forbear, 2308-4 what am I eased? 1980- 4

16:7 But now he hath made me weary: 3811-52 thou hast made desolate 8074-52 all my company. 5712

16:8 And thou hast filled me with wrinkles, 7059-4 [which] is a witness 5707 [against me]: and my leanness 3585 rising up 6965-4 in me beareth witness 6030-4 to my face. 6440

16:9 He teareth 2963-1 [me] in his wrath, 639 who hateth 7852-4 me: he gnasheth 2786-1 upon me with his teeth; 8127 mine enemy 6862 sharpeneth 3913-4 his eyes 5869 upon me.

16:10 They have gaped 6473-1 upon me with their mouth; 6310 they have smitten 5221-52 me upon the cheek 3895 reproachfully; 2781 they have gathered 4390-101 themselves together 3162 against me.

16:11 God 410 hath delivered 5462-55 me to the ungodly, 5760 and turned me over 3399-1 into the hands 3027 of the wicked. 7563

16:12 I was at ease, 7961 but he hath broken me asunder: 6565-46 he hath also taken 270-1 [me] by my neck, 6203 and shaken me to pieces, 6327-46 and set me up 6965-55 for his mark. 4307

16:13 His archers 7228 compass me round about, 5437-4 he cleaveth 6398-17 my reins 3629 asunder, and doth not spare; 2550-4 he poureth out 8210-4 my gall 4845 upon the ground. 776

16:14 He breaketh 6555-4 me with breach 6556 upon 6440 breach, 6556 he runneth 7323-4 upon me like a giant. 1368

16:15 I have sewed 8609-1 sackcloth 8242 upon my skin, 1539 and defiled 5953-22 my horn 7161 in the dust. 6083

16:16 My face 6440 is foul 2560-39 with weeping, 1065 and on my eyelids 6079 [is] the shadow of death; 6757

16:17 Not for [any] injustice 2555 in mine hands: 3709 also my prayer 8605 [is] pure. 2134

16:18 O earth, 776 cover 3680-17 not thou my blood, 1818 and let my cry 2201 have no place. 4725

16:19 Also now, behold, my witness 5707 [is] in heaven, 8064 and my record 7717 [is] on high. 4791

16:20 My friends 7453 scorn 3887-56 me: [but] mine eye 5869 poureth out 1811-1 [tears] unto God. 433

16:21 O that one might plead 3198-55 for a man 1397 with God, 433 as a man 1121 120 [pleadeth] for his neighbour! 7453