1 Then Job answered and said,
2 I have heard many such things: miserable comforters [are] ye all.
3 Shall vain words have an end? or what emboldeneth thee that thou answerest?
4 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.
5 [But] I would strengthen you with my mouth, and the moving of my lips should asswage [your grief].
6 Though I speak, my grief is not asswaged: and [though] I forbear, what am I eased?
7 But now he hath made me weary: thou hast made desolate all my company.
8 And thou hast filled me with wrinkles, [which] is a witness [against me]: and my leanness rising up in me beareth witness to my face.
9 He teareth [me] in his wrath, who hateth me: he gnasheth upon me with his teeth; mine enemy sharpeneth his eyes upon me.
10 They have gaped upon me with their mouth; they have smitten me upon the cheek reproachfully; they have gathered themselves together against me.
11 God hath delivered me to the ungodly, and turned me over into the hands of the wicked.
12 I was at ease, but he hath broken me asunder: he hath also taken [me] by my neck, and shaken me to pieces, and set me up for his mark.
13 His archers compass me round about, he cleaveth my reins asunder, and doth not spare; he poureth out my gall upon the ground.
14 He breaketh me with breach upon breach, he runneth upon me like a giant.
15 I have sewed sackcloth upon my skin, and defiled my horn in the dust.
16 My face is foul with weeping, and on my eyelids [is] the shadow of death;
17 Not for [any] injustice in mine hands: also my prayer [is] pure.
18 O earth, cover not thou my blood, and let my cry have no place.
19 Also now, behold, my witness [is] in heaven, and my record [is] on high.
20 My friends scorn me: [but] mine eye poureth out [tears] unto God.
21 O that one might plead for a man with God, as a man [pleadeth] for his neighbour!
22 When a few years are come, then I shall go the way [whence] 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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