Job 16:5-7

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⁵and encourage you with what I have to say;^[a]
my words of comfort would lessen your pain.

⁶“But if I speak, my pain isn’t assuaged;
if I refrain from speaking, what do I have to lose?”

Job Claims of God’s Mistreatment

⁷“God^[b] has certainly worn me out;
you devastated my entire world.^[c]

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Footnotes

Job 16:5 Lit. with my mouth
Job 16:7 Lit. He
Job 16:7 Lit. community

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