Job 16:4

Easy To Read Version

I also could say the same things you say,\par if you had my troubles.\par I could say wise things against you\par and shake my head at you.\par

Cross References

2 Kings 19:21

“This is the Lord’s message about Sennacherib:

Job 11:2

“This flood of words should be answered!\par Does all this talking make Job right? No!\par

Job 16:5

But I could encourage you\par and give you hope\par with the things I say.\par

Job 35:16

So Job continues his worthless talking.\par Job is acting like he is important.\par It is easy to see that Job does not\par know what he is talking about.”\par

Job 6:14

“A person’s friends should be kind\par to him if he has troubles.\par A person should be loyal to his friend,\par even if that friend turned away from \{God\} All-Powerful.\par

Psalm 109:25

Bad people insult me.\par They look at me and shake their heads.\par

Psalm 22:7

Everyone who looks at me\par makes fun of me.\par They shake their heads\par and stick out their tongues at me.\par

Psalm 22:8

They tell me:\par “Call to the Lord for help.\par Maybe he will save you.\par If he likes you so much,\par then surely he will rescue you!”\par

Psalm 44:14

We are one of the funny stories people tell.\par Even people without a nation of their own\par laugh at us and shake their heads.\par

Proverbs 10:19

A person who talks too much gets himself into trouble. A wise person learns to be quiet.

Ecclesiastes 10:14

A foolish person is always talking \{about what he will do\}. But no one knows what will happen in the future. No one can tell what will happen later.

Isaiah 37:22

“This is the Lord’s message about Sennacherib:

Jeremiah 18:16

So Judah’s country will become\par an empty desert.\par People will whistle and shake their heads\par every time they pass by.\par They will be shocked\par at how the country was destroyed.\par

Jeremiah 48:27

“Moab, you made fun of Israel.\par Israel was caught by a gang of thieves.\par Every time you spoke about Israel,\par you shook your head and acted like you\par were better than Israel.\par

Lamentations 2:15

The people that pass by on the road\par clap their hands at you in shock.\par They whistle and shake their heads\par at the Daughter of Jerusalem.\par They ask,\par “Is this the city that people called,\par ‘The Perfectly Beautiful City’ and\par ‘The Joy of all the Earth’?”\par

Zephaniah 2:15

Nineveh is so proud now. It is such a happy city. The people think they are safe. They think Nineveh is the greatest place in the world. But that city will be destroyed! It will be an empty place where only wild animals go to rest. People that pass that place will whistle and shake their heads \{when they see how badly the city was destroyed\}.

Matthew 7:12

“Do to other people the same things you want them to do to you. This is the meaning of the law \{of Moses\} and the \{teaching of the\} prophets. {\cf2\super [83]}

Romans 12:15

When other people are happy, you should be happy with them. And when other people are sad, you should be sad with them.

1 Corinthians 12:26

If one part of the body suffers, then all the other parts suffer with it. Or if one part of our body is honored, then all the other parts share its honor too.