Holman Christian Standard Bible

Job 16:5-10 Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

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

6. Even if I speak, my suffering is not relieved,and if I hold back, what have I lost?

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

8. You have shriveled me up — it has become a witness;My frailty rises up against me and testifies to my face.

9. His anger tears at me, and He harasses me.He gnashes His teeth at me.My enemy pierces me with His eyes.

10. They open their mouths against meand strike my cheeks with contempt; they join themselves together against me.