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Job Decries His Comforters

Job 16:7

In 11 translations

BSB
Surely He has now exhausted me; You have devastated all my family.
KJV
But now he hath made me weary: thou hast made desolate all my company.
WEB
But now, God, you have surely worn me out. You have made all my company desolate.
ASV
But now he hath made me weary: Thou hast made desolate all my company.
LSV
Only, now, it has wearied me; You have desolated all my company,
YLT
Only, now, it hath wearied me; Thou hast desolated all my company,
DBY
But now he hath made me weary; ...thou hast made desolate all my family;
DRC16:8
But now my sorrow hath oppressed me, and all my limbs are brought to nothing.
GNV
But now hee maketh mee wearie: O God, thou hast made all my congregation desolate,
JPS
But now He hath made me weary; Thou hast made desolate all my company.
LXXE
But now he has made me weary, and a worn-out fool; and thou hast laid hold of me.

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Original-language editions

WLC
אַךְ־עַתָּ֥ה הֶלְאָ֑נִי הֲ֝שִׁמּ֗וֹתָ כָּל־עֲדָתִֽי׃
LXX-Br
Νῦν δὲ κατάκοπόν με πεποίηκε μωρὸν σεσηπότα, καὶ ἐπελάβου μου.

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Job 7:3So I am allotted months of futility, and nights of misery are appointed me.
  • Job 1:15–19the Sabeans swooped down and took them away. They put the servants to the sword, and I alone have escaped to tell you!” While he was still speaking, another messenger came and reported: “The fire of God fell from…
  • Job 7:16I loathe my life! I would not live forever. Leave me alone, for my days are but a breath.
  • Psalms 6:6–7I am weary from groaning; all night I flood my bed with weeping and drench my couch with tears. My eyes fail from grief; they grow dim because of all my foes.
  • Isaiah 50:4The Lord GOD has given Me the tongue of discipleship, to sustain the weary with a word. He awakens Me morning by morning; He awakens My ear to listen as a disciple.
  • Job 10:1“I loathe my own life; I will express my complaint and speak in the bitterness of my soul.
  • Job 29:5–25when the Almighty was still with me and my children were around me, when my steps were bathed in cream and the rock poured out for me streams of oil! When I went out to the city gate and took my seat in the public…
  • Micah 6:13Therefore I am striking you severely, to ruin you because of your sins.
  • Job 3:17There the wicked cease from raging, and there the weary find rest.
  • Proverbs 3:11–12My son, do not reject the discipline of the LORD, and do not loathe His rebuke; for the LORD disciplines the one He loves, as does a father the son in whom he delights.

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Verse numbering differs between Bibles
  • 16:8 in some Bibles
  • 16:7 in most Bibles

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