Job 16 Parallel Bible

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	STUDY Hebrew & Greek Study Bible	ESV English Standard Version	NIV New International Version
1	וַיַּ֥עַן אִיּ֗וֹב וַיֹּאמַֽר׃	Then Job answered and said:	Then Job replied:
2	שָׁמַ֣עְתִּי כְאֵ֣לֶּה רַבּ֑וֹת מְנַחֲמֵ֖י עָמָ֣ל כֻּלְּכֶֽם׃	“I have heard many such things; miserable comforters are you all.	“I have heard many things like these; you are miserable comforters, all of you!
3	הֲקֵ֥ץ לְדִבְרֵי־ ר֑וּחַ א֥וֹ מַה־ יַּ֝מְרִֽיצְךָ֗ כִּ֣י תַעֲנֶֽה׃	Shall windy words have an end? Or what provokes you that you answer?	Will your long-winded speeches never end? What ails you that you keep on arguing?
4	גַּ֤ם ׀ אָנֹכִי֮ כָּכֶ֪ם אֲדַ֫בֵּ֥רָה ל֤וּ־ יֵ֪שׁ נַפְשְׁכֶ֡ם תַּ֤חַת נַפְשִׁ֗י אַחְבִּ֣ירָה עֲלֵיכֶ֣ם בְּמִלִּ֑ים וְאָנִ֥יעָה עֲ֝לֵיכֶ֗ם בְּמ֣וֹ רֹאשִֽׁי׃	I also could speak as you do, if you were in my place; I could join words together against you and shake my head at you.	I also could speak like you, if you were in my place; I could make fine speeches against you and shake my head at you.
5	אֲאַמִּצְכֶ֥ם בְּמוֹ־ פִ֑י וְנִ֖יד שְׂפָתַ֣י יַחְשֹֽׂךְ׃	I could strengthen you with my mouth, and the solace of my lips would assuage your pain.	But my mouth would encourage you; comfort from my lips would bring you relief.
6	אִֽם־ אֲ֭דַבְּרָה לֹא־ יֵחָשֵׂ֣ךְ כְּאֵבִ֑י וְ֝אַחְדְּלָ֗ה מַה־ מִנִּ֥י יַהֲלֹֽךְ׃	“If I speak, my pain is not assuaged, and if I forbear, how much of it leaves me?	“Yet if I speak, my pain is not relieved; and if I refrain, it does not go away.
7	אַךְ־ עַתָּ֥ה הֶלְאָ֑נִי הֲ֝שִׁמּ֗וֹתָ כָּל־ עֲדָתִֽי׃	Surely now God has worn me out; he has made desolate all my company.	Surely, God, you have worn me out; you have devastated my entire household.
8	וַֽ֭תִּקְמְטֵנִי לְעֵ֣ד הָיָ֑ה וַיָּ֥קָם בִּ֥י כַ֝חֲשִׁ֗י בְּפָנַ֥י יַעֲנֶֽה׃	And he has shriveled me up, which is a witness against me, and my leanness has risen up against me; it testifies to my face.	You have shriveled me up—and it has become a witness; my gauntness rises up and testifies against me.
9	אַפּ֤וֹ טָרַ֨ף ׀ וַֽיִּשְׂטְמֵ֗נִי חָרַ֣ק עָלַ֣י בְּשִׁנָּ֑יו צָרִ֓י ׀ יִלְט֖וֹשׁ עֵינָ֣יו לִֽי׃	He has torn me in his wrath and hated me; he has gnashed his teeth at me; my adversary sharpens his eyes against me.	God assails me and tears me in his anger and gnashes his teeth at me; my opponent fastens on me his piercing eyes.
10	פָּעֲר֬וּ עָלַ֨י ׀ בְּפִיהֶ֗ם בְּ֭חֶרְפָּה הִכּ֣וּ לְחָיָ֑י יַ֝֗חַד עָלַ֥י יִתְמַלָּאֽוּן׃	Men have gaped at me with their mouth; they have struck me insolently on the cheek; they mass themselves together against me.	People open their mouths to jeer at me; they strike my cheek in scorn and unite together against me.
11	יַסְגִּירֵ֣נִי אֵ֭ל אֶ֣ל עֲוִ֑יל וְעַל־ יְדֵ֖י רְשָׁעִ֣ים יִרְטֵֽנִי׃	God gives me up to the ungodly and casts me into the hands of the wicked.	God has turned me over to the ungodly and thrown me into the clutches of the wicked.
12	שָׁ֘לֵ֤ו הָיִ֨יתִי ׀ וַֽיְפַרְפְּרֵ֗נִי וְאָחַ֣ז בְּ֭עָרְפִּי וַֽיְפַצְפְּצֵ֑נִי וַיְקִימֵ֥נִי ל֝֗וֹ לְמַטָּרָֽה׃	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 target;	All was well with me, but he shattered me; he seized me by the neck and crushed me. He has made me his target;
13	יָ֘סֹ֤בּוּ עָלַ֨י ׀ רַבָּ֗יו יְפַלַּ֣ח כִּ֭לְיוֹתַי וְלֹ֣א יַחְמ֑וֹל יִשְׁפֹּ֥ךְ לָ֝אָ֗רֶץ מְרֵרָֽתִי׃	his archers surround me. He slashes open my kidneys and does not spare; he pours out my gall on the ground.	his archers surround me. Without pity, he pierces my kidneys and spills my gall on the ground.
14	יִפְרְצֵ֣נִי פֶ֭רֶץ עַל־ פְּנֵי־ פָ֑רֶץ יָרֻ֖ץ עָלַ֣י כְּגִבּֽוֹר׃	He breaks me with breach upon breach; he runs upon me like a warrior.	Again and again he bursts upon me; he rushes at me like a warrior.
15	שַׂ֣ק תָּ֭פַרְתִּי עֲלֵ֣י גִלְדִּ֑י וְעֹלַ֖לְתִּי בֶעָפָ֣ר קַרְנִֽי׃	I have sewed sackcloth upon my skin and have laid my strength in the dust.	“I have sewed sackcloth over my skin and buried my brow in the dust.
16	פָּנַ֣י [חמרמרה] (חֳ֭מַרְמְרוּ) מִנִּי־ בֶ֑כִי וְעַ֖ל עַפְעַפַּ֣י צַלְמָֽוֶת׃	My face is red with weeping, and on my eyelids is deep darkness,	My face is red with weeping, dark shadows ring my eyes;
17	עַ֭ל לֹא־ חָמָ֣ס בְּכַפָּ֑י וּֽתְפִלָּתִ֥י זַכָּֽה׃	although there is no violence in my hands, and my prayer is pure.	yet my hands have been free of violence and my prayer is pure.
18	אֶ֭רֶץ אַל־ תְּכַסִּ֣י דָמִ֑י וְֽאַל־ יְהִ֥י מָ֝ק֗וֹם לְזַעֲקָתִֽי׃	“O earth, cover not my blood, and let my cry find no resting place.	“Earth, do not cover my blood; may my cry never be laid to rest!
19	גַּם־ עַ֭תָּה הִנֵּה־ בַשָּׁמַ֣יִם עֵדִ֑י וְ֝שָׂהֲדִ֗י בַּמְּרוֹמִֽים׃	Even now, behold, my witness is in heaven, and he who testifies for me is on high.	Even now my witness is in heaven; my advocate is on high.
20	מְלִיצַ֥י רֵעָ֑י אֶל־ אֱ֝ל֗וֹהַ דָּלְפָ֥ה עֵינִֽי׃	My friends scorn me; my eye pours out tears to God,	My intercessor is my friend as my eyes pour out tears to God;
21	וְיוֹכַ֣ח לְגֶ֣בֶר עִם־ אֱל֑וֹהַּ וּֽבֶן־ אָדָ֥ם לְרֵעֵֽהוּ׃	that he would argue the case of a man with God, as a son of man does with his neighbor.	on behalf of a man he pleads with God as one pleads for a friend.
22	כִּֽי־ שְׁנ֣וֹת מִסְפָּ֣ר יֶאֱתָ֑יוּ וְאֹ֖רַח לֹא־ אָשׁ֣וּב אֶהֱלֹֽךְ׃	For when a few years have come I shall go the way from which I shall not return.	“Only a few years will pass before I take the path of no return.
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