Job 16:1 - 16:6

Then Job answered and said, 2

“I have heard many such things;

Troublesome comforters are you all.

Is there no end to windy words?

Or what pains you that you answer?

I too could speak like you,

If your soul were in the place of my soul.

I could compose words against you

And shake my head at you.

I could encourage you with my mouth,

And the solace of my lips could lessen your pain.

“If I speak, my pain is not lessened,

And if I cease, what will go forth from me?