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I myself[a] also could talk as you,
if you were in my place;[b]
I could join against you with words,
and I could shake at you with my head.
I could[c] encourage you with my mouth,
and the solace of my lips would[d] ease the pain.
If I speak, my pain is not relieved;
and if I cease, how much will leave me?

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Footnotes

  1. Job 16:4 Emphatic personal pronoun;
  2. Job 16:4 Literally “there is your soul in place of my soul”
  3. Job 16:5 Or “would”
  4. Job 16:5 Or “should”