“I too could speak like you,
If [a]I were in your place.
I could compose words against you
And (A)shake my head at you.
“I could strengthen you with my mouth,
And the solace of my lips could lessen your pain.

Job Says God Shattered Him

“If I speak, (B)my pain is not lessened,
And if I hold back, what has left me?

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Footnotes

  1. Job 16:4 Lit your soul were in place of my soul

I also could speak like you,
    if you were in my place;
I could make fine speeches against you
    and shake my head(A) at you.
But my mouth would encourage you;
    comfort(B) from my lips would bring you relief.(C)

“Yet if I speak, my pain is not relieved;
    and if I refrain, it does not go away.(D)

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