Job



Job, Chapter 16


And Job made answer and said,

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Such things have frequently come to my ears: you are comforters who only give trouble.


May words which are like the wind be stopped? or what is troubling you to make answer to them?

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It would not be hard for me to say such things if your souls were in my soul's place; joining words together against you, and shaking my head at you:


I might give you strength with my mouth, and not keep back the comfort of my lips.

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If I say what is in my mind, my pain becomes no less: and if I keep quiet, how much of it goes from me?

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But now he has overcome me with weariness and fear, and I am in the grip of all my trouble.

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It has come up as a witness against me, and the wasting of my flesh makes answer to my face.

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