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“But if I speak, my pain isn’t assuaged;
    if I refrain from speaking, what do I have to lose?”

Job Claims of God’s Mistreatment

“God[a] has certainly worn me out;
    you devastated my entire world.[b]
You’ve arrested me, making me testify against myself!
    My leanness rises up to attack me, accusing[c] me to my face.

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Footnotes

  1. Job 16:7 Lit. He
  2. Job 16:7 Lit. community
  3. Job 16:8 Lit. testifying

“Yet if I speak, my pain is not relieved;
    and if I refrain, it does not go away.(A)
Surely, God, you have worn me out;(B)
    you have devastated my entire household.(C)
You have shriveled me up—and it has become a witness;
    my gauntness(D) rises up and testifies against me.(E)

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