New Living Translation

Job 16:1-6 New Living Translation (NLT)

1. Then Job spoke again:

2. “I have heard all this before.What miserable comforters you are!

3. Won’t you ever stop blowing hot air?What makes you keep on talking?

4. I could say the same things if you were in my place.I could spout off criticism and shake my head at you.

5. But if it were me, I would encourage you.I would try to take away your grief.

6. Instead, I suffer if I defend myself,and I suffer no less if I refuse to speak.