Cross References

Job 16:2

God's Word

“I have heard many things like this before. You are all pathetic at comforting me.

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Then Job replied ⌞to his friends⌟,

How can you comfort me with this nonsense when your answers continue to betray me?”

How painful an honest discussion can be! In correcting me, you correct yourselves!

Is tasteless food eaten without salt, or is there any flavor in the white of an egg?

Insults have broken my heart, and I am sick. I looked for sympathy, but there was none. I looked for people to comfort me, but I found no one.

They persecute the one you have struck, and they talk about the pain of those you have wounded.

Those who tell the message about Christ out of love know that God has put me here to defend the Good News.

Remember this, my dear brothers and sisters: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak, and should not get angry easily.