4I also could speak like you, if you were in my place; I could make fine speeches against you and shake my head at you.


In Context

1 Then Job replied:

2 "I have heard many things like these; miserable comforters are you all!

3 Will your long-winded speeches never end? What ails you that you keep on arguing?

4 I also could speak like you, if you were in my place; I could make fine speeches against you and shake my head at you.

5 But my mouth would encourage you; comfort from my lips would bring you relief.

6 "Yet if I speak, my pain is not relieved; and if I refrain, it does not go away.

Job 16:4 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

16:4I 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.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

16:4I also could speak like you: and would God your soul were for my soul. I would comfort you also with words, and would wag my head over you.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

16:4I 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.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

16:4I 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;

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

16:4I also could speak as ye do; if your soul were in my soul's stead, I could join words together against you, and shake mine head at you.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

16:4I also could speak as ye do: if your soul were in my soul's stead, I could heap up words against you, and shake my head at you.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

16:4I 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,

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

16:4I 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.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

16:4I also could speak as you do: if your soul were in my soul's stead, I could heap up words against you, and shake my head at you.