Job 16:4

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

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.

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  • Ps 22:7 : 7 All who see me taunt me; they mock me and shake their heads.
  • Ps 109:25 : 25 I am disdained by them. When they see me, they shake their heads.
  • Lam 2:15 : 15 ס(Samek) All who passed by on the road clapped their hands to mock you. They sneered and shook their heads at Daughter Jerusalem.“Ha! Is this the city they called‘The perfection of beauty, the source of joy of the whole earth!’?”
  • Jer 18:16 : 16 So their land will become an object of horror. People will forever hiss out their scorn over it. All who pass that way will be filled with horror and will shake their heads in derision.
  • 2 Kgs 19:21 : 21 This is what the LORD says about him:“The virgin daughter Zion despises you, she makes fun of you; Daughter Jerusalem shakes her head after you.
  • Job 6:2-5 : 2 “Oh, if only my grief could be weighed, and my misfortune laid on the scales too! 3 But because it is heavier than the sand of the sea, that is why my words have been wild. 4 For the arrows of the Almighty are within me; my spirit drinks their poison; God’s sudden terrors are arrayed against me. 5 Complaints Reflect Suffering“Does the wild donkey bray when it is near grass? Or does the ox bellow over its fodder?
  • Job 6:14 : 14 Disappointing Friends“To the one in despair, kindness should come from his friend even if he forsakes the fear of the Almighty.
  • Job 11:2 : 2 “Should not this abundance of words be answered, or should this talkative man be vindicated?
  • Job 35:16 : 16 So Job opens his mouth to no purpose; without knowledge he multiplies words.”
  • Prov 10:19 : 19 When words abound, transgression is inevitable, but the one who restrains his words is wise.
  • Eccl 10:14 : 14 yet a fool keeps on babbling. No one knows what will happen; who can tell him what will happen in the future?
  • Ps 44:14 : 14 You made us an object of ridicule among the nations; foreigners treat us with contempt.
  • Zeph 2:15 : 15 This is how the once-proud city will end up– the city that was so secure. She thought to herself,“I am unique! No one can compare to me!” What a heap of ruins she has become, a place where wild animals live! Everyone who passes by her taunts her and shakes his fist.
  • Matt 7:12 : 12 In everything, treat others as you would want them to treat you, for this fulfills the law and the prophets.
  • Matt 27:39-40 : 39 Those who passed by defamed him, shaking their heads 40 and saying,“You who can destroy the temple and rebuild it in three days, save yourself! If you are God’s Son, come down from the cross!”
  • Rom 12:15 : 15 Rejoice with those who rejoice, weep with those who weep.
  • 1 Cor 12:26 : 26 If one member suffers, everyone suffers with it. If a member is honored, all rejoice with it.

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