Job 16:4

New International Reader's Version

If you and I changed places, I could say the same things you are saying. I could make fine speeches against you. I could shake my head at you.

Cross References

2 Kings 19:21

Here is the message the Lord has spoken against him. The Lord says, “ ‘You will not win the battle over Zion. Its people hate you and make fun of you. The people of Jerusalem lift up their heads proudly as you run away.

Job 11:2

“Don’t all your words require an answer? I’m sure that what you are saying can’t be right.

Job 16:5

But what I might say would give you hope. My words of comfort would help you.

Job 35:16

So you say things that don’t mean anything. You use a lot of words, but you don’t know what you are talking about.”

Job 6:14

“A person shouldn’t stop being kind to a friend. Anyone who does that stops showing respect for the Mighty One.

Psalm 109:25

Those who bring charges against me laugh at me. When they see me, they shake their heads at me.

Psalm 22:7

All those who see me laugh at me. They shout at me and make fun of me. They shake their heads at me.

Psalm 22:8

They say, “He trusts in the Lord. Let the Lord help him. If the Lord is pleased with him, let him save him.”

Psalm 44:14

The nations make jokes about us. They shake their heads at us.

Proverbs 10:19

Sin is not ended by using many words. But those who are wise control their tongues.

Ecclesiastes 10:14

They talk too much. No one knows what lies ahead. Who can tell someone else what will happen after they are gone?

Isaiah 37:22

So here is the message the Lord has spoken against him. The Lord is telling him, “ ‘ “You will not win the battle over Zion. Its people hate you and make fun of you. The people of Jerusalem lift up their heads proudly as you run away.

Jeremiah 18:16

So their land will become a horrible thing. People will make fun of it again and again. All those who pass by it will be shocked. They will shake their heads.

Jeremiah 48:27

Moab, you laughed at Israel, didn’t you? Were Israel’s people caught among robbers? Is that why you shake your head at them? Is that why you make fun of them every time you talk about them?

Lamentations 2:15

All those who pass by clap their hands and make fun of you. They laugh at you and shake their heads at the city of Jerusalem. They say, “Could that be the city that was called perfect and beautiful? Is that the city that brought joy to everyone on earth?”

Zephaniah 2:15

Nineveh was a carefree city. It lived in safety. It said to itself, “I am the one! No one is greater than I am.” But it has been destroyed. Wild animals make their home there. All those who pass by laugh and shake their fists at it.

Matthew 7:12

In everything, do to others what you would want them to do to you. This is what is written in the Law and in the Prophets.

Romans 12:15

Be joyful with those who are joyful. Be sad with those who are sad.

1 Corinthians 12:26

If one part suffers, every part suffers with it. If one part is honored, every part shares in its joy.