{"meta":{"source":"Prime Bible","sourceUrl":"https://primebible.com","license":"Public domain (translation text); see citation policy at /citation-policy","organization":"501(c)(3) nonprofit — EIN 41-2531951","canonicalUrl":"https://primebible.com/asv/job/16","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-30T17:28:37.812Z"},"reference":{"translation":"ASV","book":"Job","bookSlug":"job","chapter":16,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":15,"nextChapter":17,"totalChapters":42,"totalVerses":22},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"Then Job answered and said,"},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"I have heard many such things: Miserable comforters are ye all."},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"Shall vain words have an end? Or what provoketh thee that thou answerest?"},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"I also could speak as ye do; If your soul were in my soul's stead, I could join words together against you, And shake my head at you."},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"But I would strengthen you with my mouth, And the solace of my lips would assuage your grief ."},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"Though I speak, my grief is not assuaged; And though I forbear, what am I eased?"},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"But now he hath made me weary: Thou hast made desolate all my company."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"And thou hast laid fast hold on me, which is a witness against me : And my leanness riseth up against me, It testifieth to my face."},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"He hath torn me in his wrath, and persecuted me; He hath gnashed upon me with his teeth: Mine adversary sharpeneth his eyes upon me."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"They have gaped upon me with their mouth; They have smitten me upon the cheek reproachfully: They gather themselves together against me."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"God delivereth me to the ungodly, And casteth me into the hands of the wicked."},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"I was at ease, and he brake me asunder; Yea, he hath taken me by the neck, and dashed me to pieces: He hath also set me up for his mark."},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"His archers compass me round about; He cleaveth my reins asunder, and doth not spare; He poureth out my gall upon the ground."},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"He breaketh me with breach upon breach; He runneth upon me like a giant."},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"I have sewed sackcloth upon my skin, And have laid my horn in the dust."},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"My face is red with weeping, And on my eyelids is the shadow of death;"},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"Although there is no violence in my hands, And my prayer is pure."},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"O earth, cover not thou my blood, And let my cry have no resting -place."},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"Even now, behold, my witness is in heaven, And he that voucheth for me is on high."},{"verseNumber":20,"text":"My friends scoff at me: But mine eye poureth out tears unto God,"},{"verseNumber":21,"text":"That he would maintain the right of a man with God, And of a son of man with his neighbor!"},{"verseNumber":22,"text":"For when a few years are come, I shall go the way whence I shall not return."}],"citation":{"inline":"Job 16 (ASV)","markdown":"[Job 16](https://primebible.com/asv/job/16)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* ASV. https://primebible.com/asv/job/16 (accessed 2026-05-30)."}}