Job 16:14-22

King James Version

¹⁴He breaketh me with breach upon breach, he runneth upon me like a giant.

¹⁵I have sewed sackcloth upon my skin, and defiled my horn in the dust.

¹⁶My face is foul with weeping, and on my eyelids is the shadow of death;

¹⁷Not for any injustice in mine hands: also my prayer is pure.

¹⁸O earth, cover not thou my blood, and let my cry have no place.

¹⁹Also now, behold, my witness is in heaven, and my record is on high.

²⁰My friends scorn me: but mine eye poureth out tears unto God.

²¹O that one might plead for a man with God, as a man pleadeth for his neighbour!

²²When a few years are come, then I shall go the way whence I shall not return.

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Job 16:14-22

New International Version

¹⁴Again and again^(A) he bursts upon me;
he rushes at me like a warrior.^(B)

¹⁵“I have sewed sackcloth^(C) over my skin
    and buried my brow in the dust.^(D)
¹⁶My face is red with weeping,^(E)
    dark shadows ring my eyes;^(F)
¹⁷yet my hands have been free of violence^(G)
    and my prayer is pure.^(H)

¹⁸“Earth, do not cover my blood;^(I)
    may my cry^(J) never be laid to rest!^(K)
¹⁹Even now my witness^(L) is in heaven;^(M)
    my advocate is on high.^(N)
²⁰My intercessor^(O) is my friend^[a]^(P)
    as my eyes pour out^(Q) tears^(R) to God;
²¹on behalf of a man he pleads^(S) with God
    as one pleads for a friend.