Job 16:4

KJV1611 – Modern English

I too could speak as you do; if your soul were in my soul's place, I could heap up words against you and shake my head at you.

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  • Ps 22:7 : 7 All who see me laugh me to scorn; they shoot out the lip, they shake the head, saying,
  • Ps 109:25 : 25 I also have become a reproach to them; when they look upon me, they shake their heads.
  • Lam 2:15 : 15 All who pass by clap their hands at you; they hiss and shake their heads at the daughter of Jerusalem, saying, Is this the city that men call The perfection of beauty, The joy of the whole earth?
  • Jer 18:16 : 16 To make their land desolate, and a perpetual hissing; everyone that passes by shall be astonished, and shake his head.
  • 2 Kgs 19:21 : 21 This is the word that the LORD has spoken concerning him; The virgin, the daughter of Zion, has despised you and laughed you to scorn; the daughter of Jerusalem has shaken her head at you.
  • Job 6:2-5 : 2 Oh, that my grief were thoroughly weighed, and my calamity laid in the balances together! 3 For now it would be heavier than the sand of the sea; therefore my words are swallowed up. 4 For the arrows of the Almighty are within me, the poison which drinks up my spirit; the terrors of God have arrayed themselves against me. 5 Does the wild donkey bray when he has grass? Or does the ox low over his fodder?
  • Job 6:14 : 14 To him who is afflicted, pity should be shown by his friend; yet he forsakes the fear of the Almighty.
  • Job 11:2 : 2 Should not the abundance of words be answered? And should a talkative man be justified?
  • Job 35:16 : 16 Therefore does Job open his mouth in vain; he multiplies words without knowledge.
  • Prov 10:19 : 19 In the multitude of words, there is no lack of sin, but he who restrains his lips is wise.
  • Eccl 10:14 : 14 A fool also is full of words: a man cannot tell what shall be; and what shall be after him, who can tell him?
  • Ps 44:14 : 14 You make us a byword among the heathen, a shaking of the head among the people.
  • Zeph 2:15 : 15 This is the rejoicing city that dwelt carelessly, that said in her heart, I am, and there is none besides me: how has she become a desolation, a place for beasts to lie down in! Everyone that passes by her shall hiss, and shake his hand.
  • Matt 7:12 : 12 Therefore, whatever you want others to do to you, do also to them: for this is the Law and the Prophets.
  • Matt 27:39-40 : 39 And they that passed by reviled him, shaking their heads, 40 And saying, You who destroy the temple and build it in three days, save yourself. If you are the Son of God, come down from the cross.
  • Rom 12:15 : 15 Rejoice with those who rejoice, and weep with those who weep.
  • 1 Cor 12:26 : 26 And if one member suffers, all the members suffer with it; or if one member is honored, all the members rejoice with it.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Job 16:5-6
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    82%

    5But I would strengthen you with my mouth, and the moving of my lips would ease your grief.

    6Though I speak, my grief is not eased; and though I forbear, what am I relieved?

  • Job 16:1-3
    3 verses
    76%

    1Then Job answered and said,

    2I have heard many such things; miserable comforters are you all.

    3Will vain words ever end? Or what makes you bold enough to answer?

  • Job 23:4-5
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    4I would present my case before him and fill my mouth with arguments.

    5I would know the words he would answer me, and understand what he would say to me.

  • Job 21:3-4
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    72%

    3Allow me to speak; and after I have spoken, mock on.

    4As for me, is my complaint to a man? And if it were, why should my spirit not be troubled?

  • Job 13:19
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    19Who is he that will plead with me? for now, if I keep silent, I shall die.

  • Job 33:5
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    5If you can answer me, prepare your words before me, stand up.

  • Job 19:5
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    5If indeed you will magnify yourselves against me and plead against me my reproach,

  • Job 13:3
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    3Surely I would speak to the Almighty, and I desire to reason with God.

  • Job 19:2
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    2How long will you vex my soul and break me in pieces with words?

  • Job 6:10
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    10Then I should still have comfort; yes, I would harden myself in sorrow. Let him not spare, for I have not concealed the words of the Holy One.

  • Job 4:2
    70%

    2If we attempt to speak with you, will you be grieved? But who can withhold himself from speaking?

  • Job 11:3-5
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    3Should your lies silence men? And when you mock, shall no man make you ashamed?

    4For you have said, 'My doctrine is pure, and I am clean in your eyes.'

    5Oh, that God would speak and open His lips against you,

  • Ps 73:15
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    15If I say, I will speak thus; behold, I would offend against the generation of Your children.

  • Job 15:13
    69%

    13That you turn your spirit against God, and let such words go out of your mouth?

  • Job 13:13-14
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    69%

    13Hold your peace, let me alone, that I may speak, and let happen to me what will.

    14Why do I take my flesh in my teeth and put my life in my hand?

  • Job 32:17
    69%

    17I said, I will answer my part also, I also will show my opinion.

  • Job 9:14
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    14How much less shall I answer Him, and choose my words to argue with Him?

  • Job 6:25-26
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    69%

    25How forcible are right words! But what does your arguing reprove?

    26Do you imagine to reprove words and the speeches of one who is desperate, which are as wind?

  • Job 7:11
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    11Therefore I will not refrain my mouth; I will speak in the anguish of my spirit; I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.

  • Job 6:2-3
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    69%

    2Oh, that my grief were thoroughly weighed, and my calamity laid in the balances together!

    3For now it would be heavier than the sand of the sea; therefore my words are swallowed up.

  • Job 16:21
    69%

    21Oh, that one might plead for a man with God, as a man pleads for his neighbor!

  • Job 10:1
    68%

    1My soul is weary of my life; I will leave my complaint upon myself; I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.

  • Job 33:32
    68%

    32If you have anything to say, answer me; speak, for I desire to justify you.

  • Jer 8:18
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    18When I would comfort myself against sorrow, my heart is faint within me.

  • Job 32:20
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    20I will speak, that I may be refreshed; I will open my lips and answer.

  • Ps 55:12
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    12For it was not an enemy that reproached me; then I could have borne it. Neither was it one who hated me that exalted himself against me; then I would have hidden from him,

  • Job 12:3
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    3But I have understanding as well as you; I am not inferior to you: indeed, who does not know such things as these?

  • Ps 39:2
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    2I was silent and still, I held my peace even from good; and my sorrow was stirred.

  • Job 32:14
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    14Now he has not directed his words against me, nor will I answer him with your speeches.

  • Job 40:4
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    4Behold, I am vile; what shall I answer you? I will lay my hand upon my mouth.

  • Job 9:19
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    19If I speak of strength, lo, He is mighty: and if of judgment, who shall set a time for me to plead?

  • Job 31:36
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    36Surely I would take it upon my shoulder, and bind it as a crown to me.

  • Isa 38:15
    67%

    15What shall I say? He has spoken to me, and He Himself has done it: I shall go softly all my years in the bitterness of my soul.

  • Job 26:4
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    4To whom have you uttered words? And whose spirit came from you?

  • Job 17:6
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    6He has made me also a byword of the people; and in the past I was like a tambourine.

  • Job 16:15
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    15I have sewn sackcloth upon my skin and defiled my horn in the dust.

  • Job 13:22
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    22Then call, and I will answer, or let me speak, and you answer me.

  • Job 13:5
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    5Oh that you would altogether hold your peace, and it should be your wisdom.

  • Job 9:35
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    35Then I would speak and not fear Him; but it is not so with me.

  • Job 42:4
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    4Listen, I beseech You, and I will speak: I will question You, and You declare to me.