{"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/kjv/job/16","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-27T03:54:05.210Z"},"reference":{"translation":"KJV","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 <i>are</i> ye all."},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"Shall vain words have an end? or what emboldeneth thee that thou answerest?"},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"I also could speak as ye <i>do</i>: if your soul were in my soul's stead, I could heap up words against you, and shake mine head at you."},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"<i>But</i> I would strengthen you with my mouth, and the moving of my lips should asswage <i>your grief</i>."},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"Though I speak, my grief is not asswaged: and <i>though</i> 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 filled me with wrinkles, <i>which</i> is a witness <i>against me</i>: and my leanness rising up in me beareth witness to my face."},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"He teareth <i>me</i> in his wrath, who hateth me: he gnasheth upon me with his teeth; mine enemy 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 have gathered themselves together against me."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"God hath delivered me to the ungodly, and turned me over into the hands of the wicked."},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"I was at ease, but he hath broken me asunder: he hath also taken <i>me</i> by my neck, and shaken me to pieces, and 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 defiled my horn in the dust."},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"My face is foul with weeping, and on my eyelids <i>is</i> the shadow of death;"},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"Not for <i>any</i> injustice in mine hands: also my prayer <i>is</i> pure."},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"O earth, cover not thou my blood, and let my cry have no place."},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"Also now, behold, my witness <i>is</i> in heaven, and my record <i>is</i> on high."},{"verseNumber":20,"text":"My friends scorn me: <i>but</i> mine eye poureth out <i>tears</i> unto God."},{"verseNumber":21,"text":"O that one might plead for a man with God, as a man <i>pleadeth</i> for his neighbour!"},{"verseNumber":22,"text":"When a few years are come, then I shall go the way <i>whence</i> I shall not return."}],"citation":{"inline":"Job 16 (KJV)","markdown":"[Job 16](https://primebible.com/kjv/job/16)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* KJV. https://primebible.com/kjv/job/16 (accessed 2026-05-27)."}}