Job 16:7-9

New Catholic Bible

You Have Risen Up as a Witness against Me^[a]

⁷“Truly, my pain has left me exhausted,
    and you have devastated my entire family.
⁸You have risen up as a witness against me;
    my gaunt appearance offers clear testimony to my plight.
⁹Your anger has caused you to assail me,
    and you gnash your teeth against me.
My enemies lord it over me;

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Footnotes

Job 16:7 Job sees himself as summoned before the tribunal of God. The scene makes us think of the persecuted righteous person (Ps 22:13-14, 17; Isa 53:10-12) and the Passion of Jesus (Mt 26:60-68; Lk 22:37). God is transferred into a warrior, and he crushes his victim without pity (Lam 3:12-13).

Job 16:7-9

New International Version

⁷Surely, God, you have worn me out;^(A)
    you have devastated my entire household.^(B)
⁸You have shriveled me up—and it has become a witness;
    my gauntness^(C) rises up and testifies against me.^(D)
⁹God assails me and tears^(E) me in his anger^(F)
    and gnashes his teeth at me;^(G)
    my opponent fastens on me his piercing eyes.^(H)