Job 16
KJ3 Literal Translation — Chapter 16 of 42
Chapter Summary
1 Job reproves his friends of unmercifulness. 7 He shows the pitifulness of his case.
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People & Context
Suffering man of Uz; answers his friends, laments God's assault on him, and appeals to his witness in heaven.
Timeline
Job dismisses his friends' speeches as words of wind, noting that if their roles were reversed, he could easily shake his head at them, though he would rather offer true comfort.
Job 16:1-5Job describes feeling desolate, plucked, and shattered by God, whom he views as an adversary gnashing at him, delivering him to the wicked, and using him as target practice for His archers.
Job 16:6-17Despite his agony and feeling scorned by his friends, Job declares that his witness and Testifier are in Heaven, pleading for someone to advocate for him before he dies.
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