Job 16:4

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.

King James Version
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Other Translations for Job 16:4

BSB
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.
AKJV
I also could speak as you do: if your soul were in my soul's stead, I could heap up words against you, and shake my head at you.
CPDV
I, too, can speak like you; and I also wish that your soul favored my soul. I would also comfort you with speeches and would wag my head over you.
ERV
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 mine head at you.
NHEB
I also could speak as you do. If your soul were in my soul's place, I could join words together against you, and shake my head at you,
SMT
Also I will speak as you: if it is your soul instead of my soul, I will join together with words against you, and shake my head against you upon it.

Commentary for Job 16:4

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Overview of Job 16:4
Summary
Job could mock them if situations reversed
Event
Job explains hypothetical scorn
Estimated Time Period
c. 2000 BC
Category
Teaching