1 Then Job answered, and said:
2 I have often heard such things as these: you are all troublesome comforters.
3 Shall windy words have no end? or is it any trouble to thee to speak?
4 I also could speak like you: and would God your soul were for my soul.
5 I would comfort you also with words, and would wag my head over you.
6 I would strengthen you with my mouth, and would move my lips, as sparing you.
7 But what shall I do? If I speak, my pain will not rest: and if I hold my peace, it will not depart from me.
8 But now my sorrow hath oppressed me, and all my limbs are brought to nothing.
9 My wrinkles bear witness against me, and a false speaker riseth up against my face, contradicting me.
10 He hath gathered together his fury against me, and threatening me he hath gnashed with his teeth upon me: my enemy hath beheld me with terrible eyes.
11 They have opened their mouths upon me, and reproaching me they have struck me on the cheek, they are filled with my pains.
12 God hath shut me up with the unjust man, and hath delivered me into the hands of the wicked.
13 I that was formerly so wealthy, am all on a sudden broken to pieces: he hath taken me by my neck, he hath broken me, and hath set me up to be his mark.
14 He hath compassed me round about with his lances, he hath wounded my loins, he hath not spared, and hath poured out my bowels on the earth.
15 He hath torn me with wound upon wound, he hath rushed in upon me like a giant.
16 I have sowed sackcloth upon my skin, and have covered my flesh with ashes.
17 My face is swollen with weeping, and my eyelids are dim.
18 These things have I suffered without the iniquity of my hand, when I offered pure prayers to God.
19 O earth, cover not thou my blood, neither let my cry find a hiding place in thee.
20 For behold my witness is in heaven, and he that knoweth my conscience is on high.
21 My friends are full of words: my eye poureth out tears to God.
22 And O that a man might so be judged with God, as the son of man is judged with his companion!
23 For behold short years pass away and I am walking in a path by which l shall not return.
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Job chapter 16 presents the continuation of the dialogue between Job and his friends, who try to explain why he is suffering. In this chapter, Job regrets the fact that his friends cannot understand his pain and states that God is responsible for his sufferings. He also expresses the hope that God witnesses His innocence.
Psalm 22:1 - "My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? Why do you endure you from the words of my angry and don't help me?" This verse expresses the pain and anguish of someone who feels abandoned by God, as Job feels in his situation of suffering.
Psalm 69:20 - "Afrontas broke my heart, and I am very weak; I waited for someone who had compassion, but there were none; and for comforters, but I did not find them." This verse reflects the loneliness and sadness of someone who is going through a difficult time and finds no comfort or help.
Isaiah 53:3 - "He was despised, and the most rejected among men, a man of pain, and experienced in work; and, as one of whom men hid their face, was despised, and we did not do it at all." This verse talks about someone who is despised and suffers, but in the end is recognized and valued. Job also goes through this experience, being despised and ignored by his friends, but waiting for God to recognize him.
Romans 8:18 - "For for me I am sure that the afflictions of this present time are not to compare with the glory that must be revealed in us." This verse talks about how the difficulties we face in this life are temporary and insignificant compared to the reward that awaits us in the future. Job also seems to be aware of this perspective.
2 Corinthians 1:3-4 - "Blessed be the God and the Father of Our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of Mercies, and the God of all consolation, who comforts us in all our tribulation, so that we may also comfort those who are also In some tribulation, with the consolation with which we ourselves are comforted by God. " This verse talks about how God is the comforter in our tribulations and how we can use our experiences to help and comfort others. Job also seeks comfort in God and expects his friends to learn from his experience.
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