Job 16:7
5 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?
Surely He has now exhausted me; You have devastated all my family.
8 You have bound me, and it has become a witness; my frailty rises up and testifies against me.
9 His anger has torn me and opposed me; He gnashes His teeth at me. My adversary pierces me with His eyes.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Surely He has now exhausted me; You have devastated all my family.
- KJV
- But now he hath made me weary: thou hast made desolate all my company.
- WEB
- But now, God, you have surely worn me out. You have made all my company desolate.
- ASV
- But now he hath made me weary: Thou hast made desolate all my company.
- DARBY
- But now he hath made me weary; thou hast made desolate all my family;
- BLB
- Surely now He has worn me out; You have devastated all my company.
- ÅB
- Ja, nå har han trettet meg ut; du har ødelagt hele mitt hus.
- OTB
- Sannelig, nå har Gud slitt meg ut;
du har ødelagt hele min husstand. - B1930
- Ja, nu har han trettet mig ut; du har ødelagt hele mitt hus.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
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Therefore I am striking you severely, to ruin you because of your sins.
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I am weary from groaning; all night I flood my bed with weeping and drench my couch with tears.
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