Verse 20
Job 16:20
Geneva Bible
20
My friends speake eloquently against me: but mine eye powreth out teares vnto God (Elohim).
Original Language Text
hebrew
מְלִיצַ֥/י רֵעָ֑/י אֶל אֱ֝ל֗וֹהַ דָּלְפָ֥ה עֵינִֽ/י
English Translation
My friend, I speak to God; my eyes are dim.
AI translation from hebrew via gpt-4o-mini
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Chapter 16 Context
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Bvt Iob answered, and said,
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I haue oft times heard such things: miserable comforters are ye all.
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Shall there be none ende of wordes of winde? or what maketh thee bold so to answere?
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I could also speake as yee doe: (but woulde God (Elohim) your soule were in my soules stead) I could...
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But I woulde strengthen you with my mouth, and the comfort of my lips should asswage your sorowe.
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Though I speake, my sorow can not be asswaged: though I cease, what release haue I?
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But now hee maketh mee wearie: O God (Elohim), thou hast made all my congregation desolate,
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And hast made me full of wrinkles which is a witnesse thereof, and my leannes ryseth vp in me, testi...
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9
His wrath hath torne me, and hee hateth me, and gnasheth vpon mee with his teeth: mine enemie hath s...
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10
They haue opened their mouthes vpon me, and smitten me on the cheeke in reproch; they gather themsel...
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God (Elohim) hath deliuered me to the vniust, and hath made mee to turne out of the way by the hands...
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12
I was in welth, but he hath brought me to nought: he hath taken me by the necke, and beaten me, and...
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His archers compasse mee rounde about: he cutteth my reines, and doth not spare, and powreth my gall...
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14
He hath broken me with one breaking vpon another, and runneth vpon me like a gyant.
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15
I haue sowed a sackcloth vpon my skinne, and haue abased mine horne vnto the dust.
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16
My face is withered with weeping, and the shadow of death is vpon mine eyes,
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Though there be no wickednesse in mine hands, and my prayer be pure.
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18
O earth, couer not thou my blood, and let my crying finde no place.
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For lo, now my witnesse is in the heauen, and my record is on hie.
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My friends speake eloquently against me: but mine eye powreth out teares vnto God (Elohim).
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Oh that a man might pleade with God (Elohim), as man with his neighbour!
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For the yeeres accounted come, and I shall go the way, whence I shall not returne.
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