This is the word the Lord has spoken against him: Virgin Daughter Zion despises you and scorns you; Daughter Jerusalem shakes her head behind your back.
Job 16:4 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised If you were in my place I could also talk like you. I could string words together against you and shake my head at you. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 I also could speak as ye do: If your soul were in my soul's stead, I could heap up words against you, And shake mine head at you. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition I also could speak as you do, if you were in my stead; I could join words together against you and shake my head at you. American Standard Version (1901) I also could speak as ye do; If your soul were in my soul’s stead, I could join words together against you, And shake my head at you. Common English Bible In your situation I could speak like you; I could put words together to oppose you, shake my head over you. Catholic Public Domain Version I, too, can speak like you; and I also wish that your soul favored my soul. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version I also could speak like you: and would God your soul were for my soul. |
This is the word the Lord has spoken against him: Virgin Daughter Zion despises you and scorns you; Daughter Jerusalem shakes her head behind your back.
Should this abundance of words go unanswered and such a talker be acquitted?
Instead, I would encourage you with my mouth, and the consolation from my lips would bring relief.
A despairing man should receive loyalty from his friends, , even if he abandons the fear of the Almighty.
When there are many words, sin is unavoidable, but the one who controls his lips is prudent.
yet the fool multiplies words. No one knows what will happen, and who can tell anyone what will happen after him?
this is the word the Lord has spoken against him: Virgin Daughter Zion despises you and scorns you; Daughter Jerusalem shakes her head behind your back.
They have made their land a horror, a perpetual object of scorn; , all who pass by it will be appalled and shake their heads.
Wasn’t Israel a laughing-stock to you? Was he ever found among thieves? For whenever you speak of him you shake your head.’
All who pass by scornfully clap their hands at you. They hiss and shake their heads at Daughter Jerusalem: Is this the city that was called the perfection of beauty, the joy of the whole earth?
This is the jubilant city that lives in security, that says to herself: I exist, and there is no one else. What a desolation she has become, a place for wild animals to lie down! Everyone who passes by her scoffs and shakes his fist.
Therefore, whatever you want others to do for you, do also the same for them, for this is the Law and the Prophets.
So if one member suffers, all the members suffer with it; if one member is honoured, all the members rejoice with it.