Job 16:7 - Forerunner Commentary

Job 16:7

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 16:7

American Standard Version
But now he hath made me weary: Thou hast made desolate all my company.

Amplified® Bible
But now [God] has taken away my strength. You [O Lord] have made desolate all my family {and} associates.

Contemporary English Version
God has worn me down and destroyed my family;

Darby English Version
But now he hath made me weary; ... thou hast made desolate all my family;

Good News Bible
You have worn me out, God; you have let my family be killed.

King James Version
But now he hath made me weary: thou hast made desolate all my company.

New American Standard Bible
"But now He has exhausted me; You have laid waste all my company.

New International Version
Surely, O God, you have worn me out;
you have devastated my entire household.

New King James Version
But now He has worn me out;
You have made desolate all my company.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
"But now He has exhausted me; You have laid waste all my company.

Revised Standard Version
Surely now God has worn me out; he has made desolate all my company.

Young's Literal Translation
Only, now, it hath wearied me; Thou hast desolated all my company,

New English Translation
Surely now he¹ has worn me out, you have devastated my entire household.