New English Translation

Job 16:4-11 New English Translation (NET)

4. I also could speak like you,if you were in my place;I could pile up words against youand I could shake my head at you.

5. But I would strengthen you with my words;comfort from my lips would bring you relief.

6. “But if I speak, my pain is not relieved,and if I refrain from speaking – how much of it goes away?

7. Surely now he has worn me out,you have devastated my entire household.

8. You have seized me, and it has become a witness;my leanness has risen up against me and testifies against me.

9. His anger has torn me and persecuted me;he has gnashed at me with his teeth;my adversary locks his eyes on me.

10. People have opened their mouths against me,they have struck my cheek in scorn;they unite together against me.

11. God abandons me to evil men,and throws me into the hands of wicked men.