Job, 16

1. Then Job answered:

2. I have heard many such things. What miserable comforters you are!

3. When will your airy words end? What ails you and keeps you arguing?

4. I too could talk as you do, if you were in my place; I could declaim over you and shake my head at you.

5. I would give you strength, and comfort you with words.

6. Yet if I talk, my suffering is not eased, if I refrain, it does not go far from me.

7. I am upset with such ill will; an evil band

8. takes hold of me. They stand to testify against me; and answer me with slanders.

9. They assail me with fury and gnash their teeth at me; my enemies lord it over me.

10. With open mouths they jeer at me; they strike my cheek, and together they mass themselves against me.

11. God has given me over to evil men and cast me into the clutches of the wicked.

12. All was well until he shattered me, but he seized me and dashed me to pieces. Having set me up for a target,

13. he had his arrows pointed at me, striking from every direction, piercing my sides without pity, spilling my gall on the ground.

14. Like a warrior he bears down on me, thrusting me unceasingly.

15. I have fastened sackcloth over my skin and buried my brow in dust.

16. My face is red with weeping, deep shadows ring my eyes;

17. yet my hands are free of violence, and my prayer sincere.

18. O earth, do not cover my blood; let not my cry come to rest!

19. Even now my witness is in heaven and my defender is on high.

20. Now my prayer has gone up to God as I poured out my tears before him.

21. Would that man could discuss with God as he does with his fellows.

22. My years are numbered, and soon I will take the road of no return.

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Job chapter 16 presents the continuation of the dialogue between Job and his friends, who try to explain why he is suffering. In this chapter, Job regrets the fact that his friends cannot understand his pain and states that God is responsible for his sufferings. He also expresses the hope that God witnesses His innocence.

Psalm 22:1 - "My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? Why do you endure you from the words of my angry and don't help me?" This verse expresses the pain and anguish of someone who feels abandoned by God, as Job feels in his situation of suffering.

Psalm 69:20 - "Afrontas broke my heart, and I am very weak; I waited for someone who had compassion, but there were none; and for comforters, but I did not find them." This verse reflects the loneliness and sadness of someone who is going through a difficult time and finds no comfort or help.

Isaiah 53:3 - "He was despised, and the most rejected among men, a man of pain, and experienced in work; and, as one of whom men hid their face, was despised, and we did not do it at all." This verse talks about someone who is despised and suffers, but in the end is recognized and valued. Job also goes through this experience, being despised and ignored by his friends, but waiting for God to recognize him.

Romans 8:18 - "For for me I am sure that the afflictions of this present time are not to compare with the glory that must be revealed in us." This verse talks about how the difficulties we face in this life are temporary and insignificant compared to the reward that awaits us in the future. Job also seems to be aware of this perspective.

2 Corinthians 1:3-4 - "Blessed be the God and the Father of Our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of Mercies, and the God of all consolation, who comforts us in all our tribulation, so that we may also comfort those who are also In some tribulation, with the consolation with which we ourselves are comforted by God. " This verse talks about how God is the comforter in our tribulations and how we can use our experiences to help and comfort others. Job also seeks comfort in God and expects his friends to learn from his experience.

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