King James Version (KJV)
Job 16:5
“[But] I would strengthen you with my mouth, and the moving of my lips should asswage [your grief].”
Verse in context — Job 16
3
Shall vain words have an end? or what emboldeneth thee that thou answerest?
4
I also could speak as ye [do]: if your soul were in my soul's stead, I could heap up words against you, and shake mine head at you.
5
[But] I would strengthen you with my mouth, and the moving of my lips should asswage [your grief].
6
Though I speak, my grief is not asswaged: and [though] I forbear, what am I eased?
7
But now he hath made me weary: thou hast made desolate all my company.
About Job
A poetic exploration of suffering, faith, and God’s sovereignty.
Explore all chapters of Job →