I also could talk as you do, if you were in my place; I could join words together against you and shake my head at you.
Job 16:5 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 I could encourage you with my mouth, and the solace of my lips would assuage your pain. More versionsKing 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 also could talk as you do, if you were in my place; I could join words together against you and shake my head at you.
“If I speak, my pain is not assuaged, and if I refrain, how much of it leaves me?
I chose what they should do and sat as chief, and I lived like a king among his troops, like one who comforts mourners.
“Those who withhold kindness from a friend forsake the fear of the Almighty.
Wait for the Lord; be strong, and let your heart take courage; wait for the Lord!
Perfume and incense make the heart glad, but the soul is torn by trouble.
My brothers and sisters, if anyone is detected in a transgression, you who have received the Spirit should restore such a one in a spirit of gentleness. Take care that you yourselves are not tempted.