Job 16:1-13 ▼

1 Then Job answered and said,

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

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

4 I also could speak as ye do; if your soul were in my soul's stead, I could join words together against you, and shake mine head at you.

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

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

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

8 And thou hast laid fast hold on me, which is a witness against me: and my leanness riseth up against me, it testifieth to my face.

9 He hath torn me in his wrath, and persecuted me; he hath gnashed upon me with his teeth: mine adversary sharpeneth his eyes upon me.

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

11 God delivereth me to the ungodly, and casteth me into the hands of the wicked.

12 I was at ease, and he brake me asunder; yea, he hath taken me by the neck, and dashed me to pieces: he hath also set me up for his mark.

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