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Job 16:5

ComfortFriendshipWords and speechServing others

3 Is there no end to your long-winded speeches? What provokes you to continue testifying?

4 I could also speak like you if you were in my place; I could heap up words against you and shake my head at you.

But I would encourage you with my mouth, and the consolation of my lips would bring relief.

6 Even if I speak, my pain is not relieved, and if I hold back, how will it go away?

7 Surely He has now exhausted me; You have devastated all my family.

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BSB
But I would encourage you with my mouth, and the consolation of my lips would bring relief.
KJV
But I would strengthen you with my mouth, and the moving of my lips should asswage your grief.
WEB
but I would strengthen you with my mouth. The solace of my lips would relieve you.
ASV
[But] I would strengthen you with my mouth, And the solace of my lips would assuage [your grief].
DARBY
[But] I would encourage you with my mouth, and the solace of my lips should assuage [your pain].
BLB
I could strengthen you⁺ with my mouth, and the moving of my lips would bring relief.
ÅB
jeg kunne styrke dere med min munn[^1], og mine leppers medynk kunne stille deres smerte.
OTB
Men jeg ville oppmuntre dere med min munn,
og trøsten fra mine lepper ville gi dere lindring.
B1930
jeg kunde styrke eder med min munn, og mine lebers medynk kunde stille eders smerte. / < d.e. med tomme ord.>

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