Tua Palavra

Job’s Reply to Eliphaz

|Jó 16:1| Then Job answered:

|Jó 16:2| I have heard many things like these. You are all miserable comforters. ^a

|Jó 16:3| Is there no end to your empty ¹ ^b words? What provokes you that you continue testifying?

|Jó 16:4| If you were in my place I could also talk like you. I could string words together against you and shake my head at you.

|Jó 16:5| Instead, I would encourage you with my mouth, and the consolation from my lips would bring relief. ^c

|Jó 16:6| Even if I speak, my suffering is not relieved, and if I hold back, what have I lost?

|Jó 16:7| Surely He ² has now exhausted me. You have devastated my entire family.

|Jó 16:8| You have shriveled me up ³ — it has become a witness; My frailty rises up against me and testifies to my face.

|Jó 16:9| His anger tears at me, and He harasses ^d me. He gnashes His teeth at me. My enemy pierces me with His eyes.

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|Jó 16:10| They open their mouths against me and strike my cheeks with contempt; ^e they join themselves together against me.