Old Testament · VERSE 5

Job 16:5

King James Version

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

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THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE

Job 16:5 in context

Job 16:3

Shall vain words have an end? or what emboldeneth thee that thou answerest?

Job 16:4

I 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.

Job 16:5SELECTED VERSE

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

Job 16:6

Though I speak, my grief is not asswaged: and though I forbear, what am I eased?

Job 16:7

But now he hath made me weary: thou hast made desolate all my company.

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