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Job 16:4

I could also speak like you if you were in my place; I could heap up words against you and shake my head at you.

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ASV

I also could speak as ye do; If your soul were in my soul’s stead, I could join words together against you, And shake my head at you.

KJV

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.

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Original language & word study

16 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
גַּ֤ם׀gamalsoH1571 →
אָנֹכִי֮'a.no.KhiIH595 →
כָּכֶ֪םka.Khemlike you
אֲדַ֫בֵּ֥רָה'a.Da.Be.rahI will speakH1696 →
ל֤וּ־Lu-ifH3863 →
יֵ֪שׁyeshthereH3426 →
נַפְשְׁכֶ֡םnaf.she.Khem[were] self yourH5315 →
תַּ֤חַתTa.chatin place ofH8478 →
נַפְשִׁ֗יnaf.Shiself myH5315 →
אַחְבִּ֣ירָה'ach.Bi.rahI will make joinH2266 →
עֲלֵיכֶ֣ם'a.lei.Khemon youH5921 →
בְּמִלִּ֑יםbe.mi.Lim<in> wordsH4405 →
וְאָנִ֥יעָהve.'a.Ni.'ahand I will shakeH5128 →
עֲ֝לֵיכֶ֗ם'a.lei.Khemon youH5921 →
בְּמ֣וֹbe.MowithH1119 →
רֹאשִֽׁי׃ro.Shihead myH7218 →

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Psalms 22:7All who see me mock me; they sneer and shake their heads:Psalms 109:25I am an object of scorn to my accusers; when they see me, they shake their heads.Lamentations 2:15All who pass by clap their hands at you in scorn. They hiss and shake their heads at the Daughter of Jerusalem: “Is this the city that was called the perfection of beauty, the joy of all the earth?”Job 16:20My friends are my scoffers as my eyes pour out tears to God.Ecclesiastes 4:1Again I looked, and I considered all the oppression taking place under the sun. I saw the tears of the oppressed, and they had no comforter; the power lay in the hands of their oppressors, and there was no comforter.Isaiah 37:22this is the word that the LORD has spoken against him: ‘The Virgin Daughter of Zion despises you and mocks you; the Daughter of Jerusalem shakes her head behind you.2 Kings 19:21This is the word that the LORD has spoken against him: ‘The Virgin Daughter of Zion despises you and mocks you; the Daughter of Jerusalem shakes her head behind you.Jeremiah 18:16They have made their land a desolation, a perpetual object of scorn; all who pass by will be appalled and shake their heads.Psalms 123:4We have endured much scorn from the arrogant, much contempt from the proud.1 Corinthians 12:26If one part suffers, every part suffers with it; if one part is honored, every part rejoices with it.Job 6:14A despairing man should have the kindness of his friend, even if he forsakes the fear of the Almighty.Job 11:2“Should this stream of words go unanswered and such a speaker be vindicated?Romans 12:15Rejoice with those who rejoice; weep with those who weep.Job 35:16So Job opens his mouth in vain and multiplies words without knowledge.”Proverbs 10:19When words are many, sin is unavoidable, but he who restrains his lips is wise.Matthew 7:12In everything, then, do to others as you would have them do to you. For this is the essence of the Law and the Prophets.Zephaniah 2:15This carefree city that dwells securely, that thinks to herself: “I am it, and there is none besides me,” what a ruin she has become, a resting place for beasts. Everyone who passes by her hisses and shakes his fist.Ecclesiastes 10:14Yet the fool multiplies words. No one knows what is coming, and who can tell him what will come after him?

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Job Hears of His Misfortunes — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
Job Hears of His Misfortunes — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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