Job 16:4-6

American Standard Version

⁴I also could speak as ye do;
If your soul were in my soul’s stead,
I could join words together against you,
And shake my head at you.
⁵But I would strengthen you with my mouth,
And the solace of my lips would assuage your grief.

⁶Though I speak, my grief is not assuaged;
And though I forbear, ^[a]what am I eased?