World English Bible

Job 16:4

“I also could speak as you do. If your soul were in my soul's place, I could join words together against you, and shake my head at you,”

Verse in context — Job 16

I have heard many such things. You are all miserable comforters!

Shall vain words have an end? Or what provokes you that you answer?

I also could speak as you do. If your soul were in my soul's place, I could join words together against you, and shake my head at you,

but I would strengthen you with my mouth. The solace of my lips would relieve you.

Though I speak, my grief is not subsided. Though I forbear, what am I eased?

A poetic exploration of suffering, faith, and God’s sovereignty.