16:1 Then Job answered and said,
16:1 Then Job answered and said,

16:2 I have heard many such things: miserable comforters {are} ye all.
16:2 I have heard many such things: miserable comforters {are} ye all.

16:3 Shall vain words have an end? or what emboldeneth thee that thou answerest?
16:3 Shall vain words have an end? or what emboldeneth thee that thou answerest?

16:4 I also could speak as ye {do}: if your soul were in my soul's stead, I could heap up words against you, and shake my head at you.
16:4 I also could speak as ye {do}: if your soul were in my soul's stead, I could heap up words against you, and shake my head at you.

16:5 {But} I would strengthen you with my mouth and the moving of my lips should assuage {your grief}.
16:5 {But} I would strengthen you with my mouth, and the moving of my lips should relieve {your grief}.

16:6 Though I speak, my grief is not assuaged: and {though} I forbear, what am I eased?
16:6 Though I speak, my grief is not relieved: and {though} I forbear, what am I eased?

16:7 But now he hath made me weary: thou hast made desolate all my company.
16:7 But now he hath made me weary: thou hast made desolate all my company.

16:8 And thou hast filled me with wrinkles, {which} is a witness {against me}: and my leanness rising up in me beareth witness to my face.
16:8 And thou hast filled me with wrinkles, {which} is a witness {against me}: and my leanness rising up in me beareth witness to my face.

16:9 He teareth {me} in his wrath, who hateth me: he gnasheth upon me with his teeth; my enemy sharpeneth his eyes upon me.
16:9 He teareth {me} in his wrath, who hateth me: he gnasheth upon me with his teeth; my enemy sharpeneth his eyes upon me.

16:10 They have gaped upon me with their mouth; they have smitten me upon the cheek reproachfully; they have gathered themselves against me.
16:10 They have gaped upon me with their mouth; they have smitten me upon the cheek reproachfully; they have gathered themselves together against me.

16:11 God hath delivered me to the ungodly, and turned me over into the hands of the wicked.
16:11 God hath delivered me to the ungodly, and turned me over into the hands of the wicked.

16:12 I was at ease, but he hath broken me asunder: he hath also taken {me} by my neck, and shaken me to pieces, and set me up for his mark.
16:12 I was at ease, but he hath broken me asunder: he hath also taken {me} by my neck, and shaken me to pieces, and set me up for his mark.

16:13 His archers encompass me; he cleaveth my reins asunder, and doth not spare; he poureth out my gall upon the ground.
16:13 His archers surround me, he cleaveth my reins asunder, and doth not spare; he poureth out my gall upon the ground.

16:14 He breaketh me with breach upon breach, he runneth upon me like a giant.
16:14 He breaketh me with breach upon breach, he runneth upon me like a giant.

16:15 I have sewed sackcloth upon my skin, and defiled my horn in the dust.
16:15 I have sewed sackcloth upon my skin, and defiled my strength in the dust.

16:16 My face is foul with weeping, and on my eyelids {are} the shades of death;
16:16 My face is foul with weeping, and on my eyelids {are} the shadow of death;

16:17 Not for {any} injustice in my hands: also my prayer {is} pure.
16:17 Not for {any} injustice in my hands: also my prayer {is} pure.

16:18 O earth, cover not thou my blood, and let my cry have no place.
16:18 O earth, cover not thou my blood, and let my cry have no place.

16:19 Also now, behold, my witness {is} in heaven, and my record {is} on high.
16:19 Also now, behold, my witness {is} in heaven, and my record {is} on high.

16:20 My friends scorn me: {but} my eye poureth out {tears} to God.
16:20 My friends scorn me: {but} my eye poureth out {tears} to God.

16:21 O that one might plead for a man with God, as a man {pleadeth} for his neighbor!
16:21 O that one might plead for a man with God, as a man {pleadeth} for his neighbour!

16:22 When a few years are come, then I shall go the way {whence} I shall not return.
16:22 When a few years are come, then I shall go the way {from which} I shall not return.