Job 16:4

Job Decries His Comforters · Job 16:1–22
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Translations

Modern
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.
Traditional
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.
Literal
I also could speak as you, if your soul were in place of my soul; I could join together words against you, and shake at you with my head.
Latin
Poteram et ego similia vestri loqui, atque utinam esset anima vestra pro anima mea: consolarer et ego vos sermonibus, et moverem caput meum super vos;

Original

Hebrew
English
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.

Notes

Job might have wanted to shake his head in to make fun or in horror (2 Kings 19:21; Psalms 22:7; 109:25; Isaiah 37:22; Jeremiah 18:16; Lamentations 2:15; Matthew 27:39).

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