Red-Letter King James Bible 1769 Edition (KJV)

Job 16

1 Job reproveth his friends of unmercifulness. 7 He sheweth the pitifulness of his case. 17 He maintaineth his innocency.

 16:1 ¶ Then Job 347 answered 6030 z8799 and said, 559 z8799

 16:2 I have heard 8085 z8804 many x7227 such things: y7227 x428 miserable 5999 comforters 5162 z8764 [are] ye all. x3605

 16:3 Shall vain 7307 words 1697 have an end? 7093 or x176 what x4100 emboldeneth 4834 z8686 thee that x3588 thou answerest? 6030 z8799

 16:4 I x595 also x1571 could speak 1696 z8762 as ye [do]: if 3863 your soul 5315 were 3426 in my soul's y5315 stead, x8478 x5315 I could heap up 2266 z8686 words 4405 against x5921 you, and shake 5128 z8686 mine x1119 head 7218 at y1119 x5921 you.

 16:5 [But] I would strengthen 553 z8762 you with 1119 my mouth, 6310 and the moving 5205 of my lips 8193 should asswage 2820 z8799 [your grief].

 16:6 Though x518 I speak, 1696 z8762 my grief 3511 is not x3808 asswaged: 2820 z8735 and [though] I forbear, 2308 z8799 what x4100 x4480 am I eased? 1980 z8799

 16:7 But x389 now x6258 he hath made me weary: 3811 z8689 thou hast made desolate 8074 z8689 all x3605 my company. 5712

 16:8 And thou hast filled me with wrinkles, 7059 z8799 [which] is x1961 a witness 5707 [against me]: and my leanness 3585 rising up 6965 z8799 in me beareth witness 6030 z8799 to my face. 6440

 16:9 He teareth 2963 z8804 [me] in his wrath, 639 who hateth 7852 z8799 me: he gnasheth 2786 z8804 upon x5921 me with his teeth; 8127 mine enemy 6862 sharpeneth 3913 z8799 his eyes 5869 upon me.

 16:10 They have gaped 6473 z8804 upon x5921 me with their mouth; 6310 they have smitten 5221 z8689 me upon the cheek 3895 reproachfully; 2781 they have gathered y4390 z8691 themselves x4390 together 3162 against x5921 me.

 16:11 God 410 hath delivered 5462 z8686 me to x413 the ungodly, 5760 and turned me over 3399 z8804 into x5921 the hands 3027 of the wicked. 7563

 16:12 I was x1961 at ease, 7961 but he hath broken me asunder: 6565 z8770 he hath also taken 270 z8804 [me] by my neck, 6203 and shaken me to pieces, 6327 z8770 and set me up 6965 z8686 for his mark. 4307

 16:13 His archers 7228 compass me round about, 5437 z8799 x5921 he cleaveth 6398 z0 my reins 3629 asunder, y6398 z8762 and doth not x3808 spare; 2550 z8799 he poureth out 8210 z8799 my gall 4845 upon the ground. 776

 16:14 He breaketh 6555 z8799 me with breach 6556 upon 6440 x5921 breach, 6556 he runneth 7323 z8799 upon x5921 me like a giant. 1368

 16:15 I have sewed 8609 z8804 sackcloth 8242 upon x5921 my skin, 1539 and defiled 5953 z8782 my horn 7161 in the dust. 6083

 16:16 My face 6440 is foul 2560 z8777 with x4480 weeping, 1065 and on x5921 my eyelids 6079 [is] the shadow of death; 6757

 16:17 Not x3808 for x5921 [any] injustice 2555 in mine hands: 3709 also my prayer 8605 [is] pure. 2134

 16:18 O earth, 776 cover 3680 z8762 not x408 thou my blood, 1818 and let my cry 2201 have x1961 no x408 place. 4725

 16:19 Also x1571 now, x6258 behold, x2009 my witness 5707 [is] in heaven, 8064 and my record 7717 [is] on high. 4791

 16:20 My friends 7453 scorn 3887 z8688 me: [but] mine eye 5869 poureth out 1811 z8804 [tears] unto x413 God. 433

 16:21 O that one might plead 3198 z8686 for a man 1397 with x5973 God, 433 as a man 120 x1121 [pleadeth] for his neighbour! 7453 y1121

 16:22 When x3588 a few 4557 years 8141 are come, 857 z8799 then I shall go 1980 z8799 the way 734 [whence] I shall not x3808 return. 7725 z8799