The NIV Book of Job , Chapter 16 , Verse 1 , Then Job replied:
16:2 'I have heard many things like these; miserable comforters are you all!
The NIV Book of Job , Chapter 16 , Verse 2 , 'I have heard many things like these; miserable comforters are you all!
16:3 Will your long-winded speeches never end? What ails you that you keep on arguing?
The NIV Book of Job , Chapter 16 , Verse 3 , Will your long-winded speeches never end? What ails you that you keep on arguing?
16:4 I also could speak like you, if you were in my place; I could make fine speeches against you and shake my head at you.
The NIV Book of Job , Chapter 16 , Verse 4 , I also could speak like you, if you were in my place; I could make fine speeches against you and shake my head at you.
16:5 But my mouth would encourage you; comfort from my lips would bring you relief.
The NIV Book of Job , Chapter 16 , Verse 5 , But my mouth would encourage you; comfort from my lips would bring you relief.
16:6 'Yet if I speak, my pain is not relieved; and if I refrain, it does not go away.
The NIV Book of Job , Chapter 16 , Verse 6 , 'Yet if I speak, my pain is not relieved; and if I refrain, it does not go away.
16:7 Surely, O God, you have worn me out; you have devastated my entire household.
The NIV Book of Job , Chapter 16 , Verse 7 , Surely, O God, you have worn me out; you have devastated my entire household.
16:8 You have bound me--and it has become a witness; my gauntness rises up and testifies against me.
The NIV Book of Job , Chapter 16 , Verse 8 , You have bound me--and it has become a witness; my gauntness rises up and testifies against me.
16:9 God assails me and tears me in his anger and gnashes his teeth at me; my opponent fastens on me his piercing eyes.
The NIV Book of Job , Chapter 16 , Verse 9 , God assails me and tears me in his anger and gnashes his teeth at me; my opponent fastens on me his piercing eyes.
16:10 Men open their mouths to jeer at me; they strike my cheek in scorn and unite together against me.
The NIV Book of Job , Chapter 16 , Verse 10 , Men open their mouths to jeer at me; they strike my cheek in scorn and unite together against me.
16:11 God has turned me over to evil men and thrown me into the clutches of the wicked.
The NIV Book of Job , Chapter 16 , Verse 11 , God has turned me over to evil men and thrown me into the clutches of the wicked.
16:12 All was well with me, but he shattered me; he seized me by the neck and crushed me. He has made me his target;
The NIV Book of Job , Chapter 16 , Verse 12 , All was well with me, but he shattered me; he seized me by the neck and crushed me. He has made me his target;
16:13 his archers surround me. Without pity, he pierces my kidneys and spills my gall on the ground.
The NIV Book of Job , Chapter 16 , Verse 13 , his archers surround me. Without pity, he pierces my kidneys and spills my gall on the ground.
16:14 Again and again he bursts upon me; he rushes at me like a warrior.
The NIV Book of Job , Chapter 16 , Verse 14 , Again and again he bursts upon me; he rushes at me like a warrior.
16:15 'I have sewed sackcloth over my skin and buried my brow in the dust.
The NIV Book of Job , Chapter 16 , Verse 15 , 'I have sewed sackcloth over my skin and buried my brow in the dust.
16:16 My face is red with weeping, deep shadows ring my eyes;
The NIV Book of Job , Chapter 16 , Verse 16 , My face is red with weeping, deep shadows ring my eyes;
16:17 yet my hands have been free of violence and my prayer is pure.
The NIV Book of Job , Chapter 16 , Verse 17 , yet my hands have been free of violence and my prayer is pure.
16:18 'O earth, do not cover my blood; may my cry never be laid to rest!
The NIV Book of Job , Chapter 16 , Verse 18 , 'O earth, do not cover my blood; may my cry never be laid to rest!
16:19 Even now my witness is in heaven; my advocate is on high.
The NIV Book of Job , Chapter 16 , Verse 19 , Even now my witness is in heaven; my advocate is on high.
16:20 My intercessor is my friend as my eyes pour out tears to God;
The NIV Book of Job , Chapter 16 , Verse 20 , My intercessor is my friend as my eyes pour out tears to God;
16:21 on behalf of a man he pleads with God as a man pleads for his friend.
The NIV Book of Job , Chapter 16 , Verse 21 , on behalf of a man he pleads with God as a man pleads for his friend.
16:22 'Only a few years will pass before I go on the journey of no return.
The NIV Book of Job , Chapter 16 , Verse 22 , 'Only a few years will pass before I go on the journey of no return.
