Job 16:4

גַּם ׀ אָנֹכִי כָּכֶם אֲדַבֵּרָה לוּ ־ יֵשׁ נַפְשְׁכֶם תַּחַת נַפְשִׁי אַחְבִּירָה עֲלֵיכֶם בְּמִלִּים וְאָנִיעָה עֲלֵיכֶם בְּמוֹ רֹאשִֽׁי ׃

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

3הֲקֵץ לְדִבְרֵי ־ רוּחַ אוֹ מַה ־ יַּמְרִֽיצְךָ כִּי תַעֲנֶֽה ׃

5אֲאַמִּצְכֶם בְּמוֹ ־ פִי וְנִיד שְׂפָתַי יַחְשֹֽׂךְ ׃

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Cross References

Job 6:2לוּ שָׁקוֹל יִשָּׁקֵל כַּעְשִׂי והיתי בְּֽמֹאזְנַיִם יִשְׂאוּ ־ יָֽחַד ׃

Job 11:2הֲרֹב דְּבָרִים לֹא יֵעָנֶה וְאִם ־ אִישׁ שְׂפָתַיִם יִצְדָּֽק ׃

Psalms 22:7וְאָנֹכִי תוֹלַעַת וְלֹא ־ אִישׁ חֶרְפַּת אָדָם וּבְזוּי עָֽם ׃

Psalms 44:14תְּשִׂימֵנוּ חֶרְפָּה לִשְׁכֵנֵינוּ לַעַג וָקֶלֶס לִסְבִיבוֹתֵֽינוּ ׃

Proverbs 10:19בְּרֹב דְּבָרִים לֹא יֶחְדַּל ־ פָּשַׁע וְחֹשֵׂךְ שְׂפָתָיו מַשְׂכִּֽיל ׃

Jeremiah 18:16לָשׂוּם אַרְצָם לְשַׁמָּה שרוקת עוֹלָם כֹּל עוֹבֵר עָלֶיהָ יִשֹּׁם וְיָנִיד בְּרֹאשֽׁוֹ ׃

Matthew Henry on Job 16:2-6

The Reply of Job to Eliphaz. ( b. c. 1520.) 1 Then Job answered and said, 2 I have heard many such things: miserable comforters are ye all. 3 Shall vain words have an end? or what emboldeneth thee that thou answerest? 4 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. 5 But I would strengthen you with my mouth, and the moving of my lips should assuage your grief. Both Job and his friends took the same way that disputants commonly… Read the whole commentary →

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