1995 New American Standard Bible (NASB)

Job 16

1 Job reproveth his friends of unmercifulness. 7 He sheweth the pitifulness of his case. 17 He maintaineth his innocency.

 16:1 Then Job 347 answered 6030a,

 16:2 “I have heard 8085 many 7227a such 428 things 7227a; Sorry 5999 comforters 5162 are you all 3605.

 16:3 “Is there [no] limit 7093 to windy 7307 words 1697? Or 176 what 4100 plagues 4834 you that you answer 6030a?

 16:4 “I too 1571 could speak 1696 like you, If 3863 I were in your place 8478. I could compose 2266 words 4405 against 5921 you And shake 5128 my head 7218 at you.

 16:5 “I could strengthen 553 you with my mouth 6310, And the solace 5205 of my lips 8193 could lessen 2820 [your pain].

 16:6 ¶ “If 518 I speak 1696, my pain 3511 is not lessened 2820, And if I hold 2308 back 2308, what 4100 has left 1980 me?

 16:7 “But now 6258 He has exhausted 3811 me; You have laid 8074 waste 8074 all 3605 my company 5712.

 16:8 “You have shriveled 7059 me up, It has become 1961 a witness 5707; And my leanness 3585 rises 6965 up against me, It testifies 6030a to my face 6440.

 16:9 “His anger 639 has torn 2963 me and hunted 7852 me down 7852, He has gnashed 2786 at me with His teeth 8127; My adversary 6862c glares 3913 5869 at me.

 16:10 “They have gaped 6473 at me with their mouth 6310, They have slapped 5221 me on the cheek 3895 with contempt 2781; They have massed 4390 themselves against 5921 me.

 16:11 “God 410 hands 5462 me over 5462 to ruffians 5760 And tosses 3399 me into the hands 3027 of the wicked 7563.

 16:12 “I was at ease 7961, but He shattered 6565a me, And He has grasped 270 me by the neck 6203 and shaken 6483a me to pieces 6483a; He has also set 6965 me up as His target 4307.

 16:13 “His arrows 7228 surround 5437 me. Without 3808 mercy 2550 He splits 6398 my kidneys 3629 open 6398; He pours 8210 out my gall 4845 on the ground 776.

 16:14 “He breaks 6555 through 6555 me with breach 6556 after 5921 6440 breach 6556; He runs 7323 at me like a warrior 1368.

 16:15 “I have sewed 8609 sackcloth 8242 over 5921 my skin 1539 And thrust 5953d my horn 7161 in the dust 6083.

 16:16 “My face 6440 is flushed 2560c from weeping 1065, And deep 6757 darkness 6757 is on my eyelids 6079,

 16:17 Although 5921 there is no 3808 violence 2555 in my hands 3709, And my prayer 8605 is pure 2134.

 16:18 ¶ “O earth 776, do not cover 3680 my blood 1818, And let there be no 408 [resting] place 4725 for my cry 2201.

 16:19 “Even 1571 now 6258, behold 2009, my witness 5707 is in heaven 8064, And my advocate 7717 is on high 4791.

 16:20 “My friends 7453 are my scoffers 3917b; My eye 5869 weeps 1811 to God 433.

 16:21 “O that a man 1397 might plead 3198 with God 433 As a man 1121 120 with his neighbor 7453!

 16:22 “For when a few 4557 years 8141 are past 857, I shall go 1980 the way 734 of no 3808 return 7725.