Job 16:4 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“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.”
Job 16:4 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Job 16:4 in 6 Bible Translations
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Job 16:4 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“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,”
Job 16:4 — World English Bible
Job 16:4 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“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. ”
Job 16:4 — American Standard Version
Job 16:4 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“I also, like you, might speak, If your soul were in my soul's stead. I might join against you with words, And nod at you with my head.”
Job 16:4 — Young's Literal Translation
Job 16:4 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“I also could speak as ye: if your soul were in my soul's stead, I could join together words against you, and shake my head at you; ”
Job 16:4 — Darby Translation
Job 16:4 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“I could also speake as yee doe: (but woulde God your soule were in my soules stead) I could keepe you company in speaking, and could shake mine head at you,”
Job 16:4 — Geneva Bible
Job 16:4 in Context — Job 16
2 I have heard many such things: miserable comforters are ye all.
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?
What Does Job 16:4 Mean?
Job 16:4 is a verse from the Book of Job, part of the Old Testament. It appears in Job chapter 16. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.
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