Bible verse

Job 16:4

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.
Job 16:4 · BSB

Job 16:4 in context

The verses around it, from Job 16.

1 Then Job answered:

2 “I have heard many things like these; miserable comforters are you all.

3 Is there no end to your long-winded speeches? What provokes you to continue testifying?

4 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.

5 But I would encourage you with my mouth, and the consolation of my lips would bring relief.

6 Even if I speak, my pain is not relieved, and if I hold back, how will it go away?

7 Surely He has now exhausted me; You have devastated all my family.

8 You have bound me, and it has become a witness; my frailty rises up and testifies against me.

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.

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.

ERV

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 mine head at you.

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