Job 16:6 - Forerunner Commentary

Job 16:6

4 I also could speak as you do,
If your soul were in my soul’s place.
I could heap up words against you,
And ^ashake my head at you;

5 But I would strengthen you with my mouth,
And the comfort of my lips would relieve your grief.

6 “Though I speak, my grief is not relieved;
And if I remain silent, how am I eased?

7 But now He has ^aworn me out;
You ^bhave made desolate all my company.

8 You have shriveled me up,
And it is a ^awitness against me;
My leanness rises up against me
And bears witness to my face.

9 ^aHe tears me in His wrath, and hates me;
He gnashes at me with His teeth;
^bMy adversary sharpens His gaze on me.

10 They ^agape at me with their mouth,
They ^bstrike me reproachfully on the cheek,
They gather together against me.

11 God ^ahas delivered me to the ungodly,
And turned me over to the hands of the wicked.

12 I was at ease, but He has ^ashattered me;
He also has taken me by my neck, and shaken me to pieces;
He has ^bset me up for His target,

13 His archers surround me.
He pierces my¹ heart and does not pity;
He pours out my gall on the ground.

14 He breaks me with wound upon wound;
He runs at me like a¹ warrior.

15 “I have sewn sackcloth over my skin,
And ^alaid my head in the dust.

16 My face is¹ flushed from weeping,
And on my eyelids is the shadow of death;

17 Although no violence is in my hands,
And my prayer is pure.

18 “O earth, do not cover my blood,
And ^alet my cry have no resting place!

Verse Comparison: Job 16:6

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American Standard Version
Though I speak, my grief is not assuaged; And though I forbear, what am I eased?

Amplified® Bible
If I speak [to you miserable comforters], my sorrow is not soothed {or} lessened; and if I refrain [from speaking], in what way am I eased? [I hardly know whether to answer you or be silent.]

Contemporary English Version
If I speak, or if I don't, I hurt all the same. My torment continues.

Darby English Version
If I speak, my pain is not assuaged; and if I forbear, what am I eased?

Good News Bible
But nothing I say helps, and being silent does not calm my pain.

King James Version
Though I speak, my grief is not asswaged: and though I forbear, what am I eased?

New American Standard Bible
"If I speak, my pain is not lessened, And if I hold back, what has left me?

New International Version
"Yet if I speak, my pain is not relieved;
and if I refrain, it does not go away.

New King James Version
“ Though I speak, my grief is not relieved;
And if I remain silent, how am I eased?

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
"If I speak, my pain has not lessened, And if I hold back, what has left me?

Revised Standard Version
"If I speak, my pain is not assuaged, and if I forbear, how much of it leaves me?

Young's Literal Translation
If I speak, my pain is not restrained, And I cease -- what goeth from me?

New English Translation
“But¹ if I speak, my pain is not relieved,² and if I refrain from speaking – how³ much of it goes away?

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