Job 16:4

In 11 translations

BSB

I could also speak like you if you were in my place; I could heap up words against you and shake my head at you.

KJV

I also could speak as ye do: if your soul were in my soul’s stead, I could heap up words against you, and shake mine head at you.

WEB

I also could speak as you do. If your soul were in my soul’s place, I could join words together against you, and shake my head at you,

ASV

I also could speak as ye do; If your soul were in my soul’s stead, I could join words together against you, And shake my head at you.

LSV

I also, like you, might speak, || If your soul were in my soul’s stead. I might join against you with words, || And nod at you with my head.

YLT

I also, like you, might speak, If your soul were in my soul's stead. I might join against you with words, And nod at you with my head.

DBY

I also could speak as ye: if your soul were in my soul's stead, I could join together words against you, and shake my head at you;

DRC16:5

I also could speak like you: and would God your soul were for my soul. I would comfort you also with words, and would wag my head over you.

GNV

I could also speake as yee doe: (but woulde God your soule were in my soules stead) I could keepe you company in speaking, and could shake mine head at you,

JPS

I also could speak as ye do; if your soul were in my soul's stead, I could join words together against you, and shake my head at you.

LXXE

I also will speak as ye do: if indeed your soul were in my soul's stead, then would I insult you with words, and I would shake my head at you.

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WLC

גַּ֤ם ׀ אָנֹכִי֮ כָּכֶ֪ם אֲדַ֫בֵּ֥רָה ל֤וּ־יֵ֪שׁ נַפְשְׁכֶ֡ם תַּ֤חַת נַפְשִׁ֗י אַחְבִּ֣ירָה עֲלֵיכֶ֣ם בְּמִלִּ֑ים וְאָנִ֥יעָה עֲ֝לֵיכֶ֗ם בְּמ֣וֹ רֹאשִֽׁי׃

LXX-Br

Κᾀγὼ καθʼ ὑμᾶς λαλήσω· εἰ ὑπέκειτό γε ἡ ψυχὴ ὑμῶν ἀντὶ τῆς ἐμῆς, εἶτʼ ἐναλοῦμαι ὑμῖν ῥήμασι· κινήσω δὲ καθʼ ὑμῶν κεφαλήν.

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• Psalms 109:25I am an object of scorn to my accusers; when they see me, they shake their heads.
• Psalms 22:7All who see me mock me; they sneer and shake their heads:
• Lamentations 2:15All who pass by clap their hands at you in scorn. They hiss and shake their heads at the Daughter of Jerusalem: “Is this the city that was called the perfection of beauty, the joy of all the earth?”
• 2 Kings 19:21This is the word that the LORD has spoken against him: ‘The Virgin Daughter of Zion despises you and mocks you; the Daughter of Jerusalem shakes her head behind you.
• Jeremiah 18:16They have made their land a desolation, a perpetual object of scorn; all who pass by will be appalled and shake their heads.
• Matthew 7:12In everything, then, do to others as you would have them do to you. For this is the essence of the Law and the Prophets.
• Zephaniah 2:15This carefree city that dwells securely, that thinks to herself: “I am it, and there is none besides me,” what a ruin she has become, a resting place for beasts. Everyone who passes by her hisses and shakes his fist.
• Romans 12:15Rejoice with those who rejoice; weep with those who weep.
• Matthew 27:39–40And those who passed by heaped abuse on Him, shaking their heads and saying, “You who are going to destroy the temple and rebuild it in three days, save Yourself! If You are the Son of God, come down from the cross!”
• Ecclesiastes 10:14Yet the fool multiplies words. No one knows what is coming, and who can tell him what will come after him?
• Job 11:2“Should this stream of words go unanswered and such a speaker be vindicated?
• Psalms 44:14You have made us a byword among the nations, a laughingstock among the peoples.
• 1 Corinthians 12:26If one part suffers, every part suffers with it; if one part is honored, every part rejoices with it.
• Job 6:14A despairing man should have the kindness of his friend, even if he forsakes the fear of the Almighty.
• Proverbs 10:19When words are many, sin is unavoidable, but he who restrains his lips is wise.
• Job 6:2–5“If only my grief could be weighed and placed with my calamity on the scales. For then it would outweigh the sand of the seas— no wonder my words have been rash. For the arrows of the Almighty have pierced me; my…

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