Job 16:4-6

Christian Standard Bible

⁴If you were in my place I could also talk like you.
I could string words together against you
and shake my head at you.
⁵Instead, I would encourage you with my mouth,
and the consolation from my lips would bring relief.^(A)

⁶If I speak, my suffering is not relieved,
and if I hold back, does any of it leave me?

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