I might also speak like you, if you were in my place. I might heap up words against you, and shake my head at you.
Job 16:5 - The Scriptures 2009 I might strengthen you with my mouth, and my moving lips might bring relief. Dugang nga mga bersyonKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 But I would strengthen you with my mouth, And the moving of my lips should asswage your grief. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition [But] I would strengthen and encourage you with [the words of] my mouth, and the consolation of my lips would soothe your suffering. American Standard Version (1901) But I would strengthen you with my mouth, And the solace of my lips would assuage your grief. Common English Bible I could heap up words, strengthen you with my speech; my trembling lips would be held in check. Catholic Public Domain Version I would also comfort you with speeches and would wag my head over you. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version I would comfort you also with words, and would wag my head over you. |
I might also speak like you, if you were in my place. I might heap up words against you, and shake my head at you.
If I speak, my pain is not relieved; and if I refrain, does it leave me?
I chose the way for them, and sat as chief, and I dwelt like a sovereign in the army, like one who comforts mourners.
To him who is afflicted: loving-commitment, even the one leaving the fear of the Almighty.
Words of uprightness are harsh! But what does your reproving reprove?
Wait on יהוה, be strong, And let Him strengthen your heart! Wait, I say, on יהוה!
Iron is sharpened by iron, And a man sharpens the face of his friend.
Ointment and perfume gladden the heart, So one’s counsel is sweet to his friend.
Brothers, if a man is overtaken in some trespass, you the spiritual ones, set such a one straight in a spirit of meekness, looking at yourself lest you be tried too.