1 Then Job answered and said:
2 I have heard this sort of thing many times. Wearisome comforters are you all!
3 Is there no end to windy words? Or what sickness have you that you speak on?
4 I also could talk as you do, were you in my place. I could declaim over you, or wag my head at you;
5 I could strengthen you with talk, or shake my head with silent lips.
6 If I speak, this pain I have will not be checked; if I leave off, it will not depart from me.
7 But now that I am exhausted and stunned, all my company has closed in on me.
8 As a witness there rises up my traducer, speaking openly against me;
9 I am the prey his wrath assails, he gnashes his teeth against me. My enemies lord it over me;
10 their mouths are agape to bite me. They smite me on the cheek insultingly; they are all enlisted against me.
11 God has given me over to the impious; into the clutches of the wicked he has cast me.
12 I was in peace, but he dislodged me; he seized me by the neck and dashed me to pieces. He has set me up for a target;
13 his arrows strike me from all directions, He pierces my sides without mercy, he pours out my gall upon the ground.
14 He pierces me with thrust upon thrust; he attacks me like a warrior.
15 I have fastened sackcloth over my skin, and have laid my brow in the dust.
16 My face is inflamed with weeping and there is darkness over my eyes,
17 Although my hands are free from violence, and my prayer is sincere.
18 O earth, cover not my blood, nor let my outcry come to rest!
19 Even now, behold, my witness is in heaven, and my spokesman is on high.
20 My friends it is who wrong me; before God my eyes drop tears,
21 That he may do justice for a mortal in his presence and decide between a man and his neighbor.
22 For my years are numbered now, and I am on a journey from which I shall not 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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