Job 16:7 Cross References - NSB

⁷ »He has exhausted me. You have lain waste all my company.

¹⁵ »Suddenly the Sabeans attacked and stole them all. They killed every one of your servants except me. I am the only one who escaped to tell you.« ¹⁶ Before he finished speaking, another servant came and said: »Lightning struck the sheep and the shepherds and killed them all. I am the only one who escaped to tell you.« ¹⁷ Before he finished speaking, another servant came and said: »Three bands of Chaldean raiders attacked us. They took away the camels and killed all your servants except me. I am the only one who escaped to tell you.« ¹⁸ No sooner had he finished speaking, then another servant came and said: »Your children were having a feast at the home of your oldest son, ¹⁹ when a storm swept in from the desert. It blew the house down and killed them all. I am the only one who escaped to tell you.«

¹⁷ »There the wicked cease from turmoil, and there the weary are at rest.

³ »I am allotted months of futility, long and weary nights of misery.

¹⁶ »I hate my life. I do not want to go on living. Oh, leave me alone for these few remaining days.

¹ »I loathe my very life. I will therefore give free rein to my complaint and speak out in my bitterness.

⁵ The Almighty was still with me, and my children were all around me. ⁶ »My steps were washed with milk and the rock poured out streams of oil for me! ⁷ »When I went out to the gate of the city, when I took my seat in the square, ⁸ the young men saw me and withdrew, and the aged rose up and stood. ⁹ »The nobles refrained from talking, and laid their hands on their mouths. ¹⁰ »The voices of princes were hushed. Their tongues stuck to the roof of their mouths. ¹¹ »When the ear heard, it commended me, and when the eye saw, it approved. ¹² »This is because I delivered the poor who cried, and the orphan who had no helper. ¹³ »The blessing of the wretched came upon me. I caused the widow’s heart to sing for joy. ¹⁴ »I put on righteousness and it clothed me. My justice was like a robe and a turban. ¹⁵ »I was eyes to the blind, and feet to the lame. ¹⁶ »I was a father to the needy! I championed the cause of the stranger. ¹⁷ »I broke the fangs of the unrighteous. I made them drop their prey from their teeth. ¹⁸ »Then I thought: I shall die in my nest (house), and I shall multiply my days like the grains of sand. ¹⁹ »My roots spread out to the waters, with the dew all night on my branches. ²⁰ »My glory was fresh within me, and my bow ever new in my hand. ²¹ »They listened to me, and waited! They kept quiet to hear my counsel. ²² »After I spoke they did not speak again, and my word dropped upon them like dew. ²³ »They waited for me as for the rain. They opened their mouths as for the spring rain. ²⁴ »I smiled on them when they had no confidence. They did not extinguish the light of my countenance. ²⁵ »I chose their way, and sat as chief. I lived like a king among his troops, like one who comforts mourners.

⁶ I am worn out from groaning. All night long I flood my bed with weeping and drench my couch with tears. ⁷ My eyes grow weak with sorrow. I am weak because of all my foes.

¹¹ My son, do not despise Jehovah’s discipline or be weary of his correction. ¹² For whom Jehovah loves He reproves, just like a father corrects the son he loves dearly. (Hebrews 12:6)

⁴ The Lord Jehovah will teach me what to say, so I will know how to encourage tired people. Morning after morning he will wake me to listen like a student.

¹³ »I also struck you with a grievous wound. I made you desolate because of your sins.