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  16:1 ¶
Then Job answered and said, |
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16:1 ¶
Then Jobº
answeredºº
and said,ºº |
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16:2
I have heard many such things: Miserable comforters are ye all. |
16:2
I have heardºº
manyº
such things:ºº
miserableº
comfortersºº
[are] ye all.º |
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16:3
Shall vain words have an end? Or what provoketh thee that thou answerest? |
16:3
Shall vainº
wordsº
have an end?º
orº
whatº
emboldenethºº
thee thatº
thou answerest?ºº |
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16:4
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 my head at you. |
16:4
Iº
alsoº
could speakºº
as ye [do]: ifº
your soulº
wereº
in my soul'sº
stead,ºº
I could heap upºº
wordsº
againstº
you, and shakeºº
mineº
headº
atºº
you. |
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16:5
[But] I would strengthen you with my mouth, And the solace of my lips would assuage [your grief]. |
16:5
[But] I would strengthenºº
you withº
my mouth,º
and the movingº
of my lipsº
should asswageºº
[your grief]. |
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16:6
Though I speak, my grief is not assuaged; And though I forbear, what am I eased? |
16:6
Thoughº
I speak,ºº
my griefº
is notº
asswaged:ºº
and [though] I forbear,ºº
whatºº
am I eased?ºº |
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16:7
But now he hath made me weary: Thou hast made desolate all my company. |
16:7
Butº
nowº
he hath made me weary:ºº
thou hast made desolateºº
allº
my company.º |
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16:8
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. |
16:8
And thou hast filled me with wrinkles,ºº
[which] isº
a witnessº
[against me]: and my leannessº
rising upºº
in me beareth witnessºº
to my face.º |
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16:9
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. |
16:9
He tearethºº
[me] in his wrath,º
who hatethºº
me: he gnashethºº
uponº
me with his teeth;º
mine enemyº
sharpenethºº
his eyesº
upon me. |
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16:10
They have gaped upon me with their mouth; They have smitten me upon the cheek reproachfully: They gather themselves together against me. |
16:10
They have gapedºº
uponº
me with their mouth;º
they have smittenºº
me upon the cheekº
reproachfully;º
they have gatheredºº
themselvesº
togetherº
againstº
me. |
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16:11
God delivereth me to the ungodly, And casteth me into the hands of the wicked. |
16:11
Godº
hath deliveredºº
me toº
the ungodly,º
and turned me overºº
intoº
the handsº
of the wicked.º |
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16:12
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. |
16:12
I wasº
at ease,º
but he hath broken me asunder:ºº
he hath also takenºº
[me] by my neck,º
and shaken me to pieces,ºº
and set me upºº
for his mark.º |
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16:13
His archers compass me round about; He cleaveth my reins asunder, and doth not spare; He poureth out my gall upon the ground. |
16:13
His archersº
compass me round about,ººº
he cleavethºº
my reinsº
asunder,ºº
and doth notº
spare;ºº
he poureth outºº
my gallº
upon the ground.º |
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16:14
He breaketh me with breach upon breach; He runneth upon me like a giant. |
16:14
He breakethºº
me with breachº
uponºº
breach,º
he runnethºº
uponº
me like a giant.º |
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16:15
I have sewed sackcloth upon my skin, And have laid my horn in the dust. |
16:15
I have sewedºº
sackclothº
uponº
my skin,º
and defiledºº
my hornº
in the dust.º |
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16:16
My face is red with weeping, And on my eyelids is the shadow of death; |
16:16
My faceº
is foulºº
withº
weeping,º
and onº
my eyelidsº
[is] the shadow of death;º |
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16:17
Although there is no violence in my hands, And my prayer is pure. |
16:17
Notº
forº
[any] injusticeº
in mine hands:º
also my prayerº
[is] pure.º |
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16:18
O earth, cover not thou my blood, And let my cry have no [resting]-place. |
16:18
O earth,º
coverºº
notº
thou my blood,º
and let my cryº
haveº
noº
place.º |
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16:19
Even now, behold, my witness is in heaven, And he that voucheth for me is on high. |
16:19
Alsoº
now,º
behold,º
my witnessº
[is] in heaven,º
and my recordº
[is] on high.º |
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16:20
My friends scoff at me: [But] mine eye poureth out tears unto God, |
16:20
My friendsº
scornºº
me: [but] mine eyeº
poureth outºº
[tears] untoº
God.º |
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16:21
That he would maintain the right of a man with God, And of a son of man with his neighbor! |
16:21
O that one might pleadºº
for a manº
withº
God,º
as a manºº
[pleadeth] for his neighbour!ºº |
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16:22
For when a few years are come, I shall go the way whence I shall not return. |
16:22
Whenº
a fewº
yearsº
are come,ºº
then I shall goºº
the wayº
[whence] I shall notº
return.ºº |
