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Job 16:5
but I would strengthen you with my mouth. The solace of my lips would relieve you.
Job 16:5 · World English Bible
Job 16:5 in other translations
But I would strengthen you with my mouth, and the moving of my lips should asswage your grief.
But I would encourage you with my mouth, and the consolation of my lips would bring relief.
but I would strengthen you with my mouth. The solace of my lips would relieve you.
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In context
2 “I have heard many such things. You are all miserable comforters!
3 Shall vain words have an end? Or what provokes you that you answer?
4 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,
5 but I would strengthen you with my mouth. The solace of my lips would relieve you.
6 “Though I speak, my grief is not subsided. Though I forbear, what am I eased?
7 But now, God, you have surely worn me out. You have made all my company desolate.
8 You have shriveled me up. This is a witness against me. My leanness rises up against me. It testifies to my face.
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