Parallel Bible results for "job 16:12-22"

Job 16:12-22

12 I was contentedly minding my business when God beat me up. He grabbed me by the neck and threw me around. He set me up as his target,

12 All was well with me, but he shattered me; he seized me by the neck and crushed me. He has made me his target;

13 then rounded up archers to shoot at me. Merciless, they shot me full of arrows; bitter bile poured from my gut to the ground.

13 his archers surround me. Without pity, he pierces my kidneys and spills my gall on the ground.

14 He burst in on me, onslaught after onslaught, charging me like a mad bull.

14 Again and again he bursts upon me; he rushes at me like a warrior.

15 "I sewed myself a shroud and wore it like a shirt; I lay face down in the dirt.

15 “I have sewed sackcloth over my skin and buried my brow in the dust.

16 Now my face is blotched red from weeping; look at the dark shadows under my eyes,

16 My face is red with weeping, dark shadows ring my eyes;

17 Even though I've never hurt a soul and my prayers are sincere! The One Who Represents Mortals Before God

17 yet my hands have been free of violence and my prayer is pure.

18 "O Earth, don't cover up the wrong done to me! Don't muffle my cry!

18 “Earth, do not cover my blood; may my cry never be laid to rest!

19 There must be Someone in heaven who knows the truth about me, in highest heaven, some Attorney who can clear my name -

19 Even now my witness is in heaven; my advocate is on high.

20 My Champion, my Friend, while I'm weeping my eyes out before God.

20 My intercessor is my friend as my eyes pour out tears to God;

21 I appeal to the One who represents mortals before God as a neighbor stands up for a neighbor.

21 on behalf of a man he pleads with God as one pleads for a friend.

22 "Only a few years are left before I set out on the road of no return.

22 “Only a few years will pass before I take the path of no return.