5I might harden you with my mouth, And the moving of my lips might be sparing.


In Context

2 I have heard many such things, Miserable comforters are ye all.

3 Is there an end to words of wind? Or what doth embolden thee that thou answerest?

4 I 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.

5 I might harden you with my mouth, And the moving of my lips might be sparing.

6 If I speak, my pain is not restrained, And I cease — what goeth from me?

7 Only, now, it hath wearied me; Thou hast desolated all my company,

Job 16:5 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

16:5[But] I would strengthen you with my mouth, and the moving of my lips should asswage [your grief. ]

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

16:5But my mouth would encourage you; comfort from my lips would bring you relief.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

16:5I would strengthen you with my mouth, and would move my lips, as sparing you.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

16:5But I would strengthen you with my mouth, And the solace of my lips would assuage your grief .

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

16:5But I would encourage you with my mouth, and the solace of my lips should assuage your pain.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

16:5But I would strengthen you with my mouth, and the solace of my lips should assuage your grief.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

16:5But I would strengthen you with my mouth and the moving of my lips should assuage your grief.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

16:5but I would strengthen you with my mouth. The solace of my lips would relieve you.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

16:5But I would strengthen you with my mouth, and the moving of my lips should assuage your grief.