NET Bible
"But I would strengthen you with my words; comfort from my lips would bring you relief."
— Job 16:5, NET Bible
“But I would strengthen you with my mouth, and the moving of my lips should asswage your grief.”
“But I would strengthen you with my mouth, And the solace of my lips would assuage your grief. ”
“but I would strengthen you with my mouth. The solace of my lips would relieve you.”
“I would comfort you also with words, and would wag my head over you.”
“I might give you strength with my mouth, and not keep back the comfort of my lips.”
“But I would strengthen you with my mouth, and the moving of my lips should asswage your grief.”
“I have heard many things like these before. What miserable comforters are you all!
Will there be an end to your windy words? Or what provokes you that you answer?
I also could speak like you, if you were in my place; I could pile up words against you and I could shake my head at you.
But I would strengthen you with my words; comfort from my lips would bring you relief.
Abandonment by God and Man“But if I speak, my pain is not relieved, and if I refrain from speaking– how much of it goes away?
Surely now he has worn me out, you have devastated my entire household.
You have seized me, and it has become a witness; my leanness has risen up against me and testifies against me.