Job 16 Comparison: Douay-Rheims vs King James Version
Job 16
1Then Job answered, and said:
2I have often heard such things as these: you are all troublesome comforters.
3Shall windy words have no end? or is it any trouble to thee to speak?
4I also could speak like you: and would God your soul were for my soul.
5I would comfort you also with words, and would wag my head over you.
6I would strengthen you with my mouth, and would move my lips, as sparing you.
7But what shall I do? If I speak, my pain will not rest: and if I hold my peace, it will not depart from me.
8But now my sorrow hath oppressed me, and all my limbs are brought to nothing.
9My wrinkles bear witness against me, and a false speaker riseth up against my face, contradicting me.
10He hath gathered together his fury against me, and threatening me he hath gnashed with his teeth upon me: my enemy hath beheld me with terrible eyes.
11They have opened their mouths upon me, and reproaching me they have struck me on the cheek, they are filled with my pains.
12God hath shut me up with the unjust man, and hath delivered me into the hands of the wicked.
13I that was formerly so wealthy, am all on a sudden broken to pieces: he hath taken me by my neck, he hath broken me, and hath set me up to be his mark.
14He hath compassed me round about with his lances, he hath wounded my loins, he hath not spared, and hath poured out my bowels on the earth,
15He hath torn me with wound upon wound, he hath rushed in upon me like a giant.
16I have sowed sackcloth upon my skin, and have covered my flesh with ashes.
17My face is swollen with weeping, and my eyelids are dim.
18These things have I suffered without the iniquity of my hand, when I offered pure prayers to God.
19O earth, cover not thou my blood, neither let my cry find a hiding place in thee.
20For behold my witness is in heaven, and he that knoweth my conscience is on high.
21My friends are full of words: my eye poureth out tears to God.
22And O that a man might so be judged with God, as the son of man is judged with his companion!
23For behold short years pass away, and I am walking in a path by which I shall not return.
Job 16
1Then Job answered and said,
2I have heard many such things: miserable comforters are ye all.
3Shall vain words have an end? or what emboldeneth thee that thou answerest?
4I 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.
5But I would strengthen you with my mouth, and the moving of my lips should asswage your grief.
6Though I speak, my grief is not asswaged: and though I forbear, what am I eased?
7But now he hath made me weary: thou hast made desolate all my company.
8And thou hast filled me with wrinkles, which is a witness against me: and my leanness rising up in me beareth witness to my face.
9He teareth me in his wrath, who hateth me: he gnasheth upon me with his teeth; mine enemy sharpeneth his eyes upon me.
10They have gaped upon me with their mouth; they have smitten me upon the cheek reproachfully; they have gathered themselves together against me.
11God hath delivered me to the ungodly, and turned me over into the hands of the wicked.
12I was at ease, but he hath broken me asunder: he hath also taken me by my neck, and shaken me to pieces, and set me up for his mark.
13His archers compass me round about, he cleaveth my reins asunder, and doth not spare; he poureth out my gall upon the ground.
14He breaketh me with breach upon breach, he runneth upon me like a giant.
15I have sewed sackcloth upon my skin, and defiled my horn in the dust.
16My face is foul with weeping, and on my eyelids is the shadow of death;
17Not for any injustice in mine hands: also my prayer is pure.
18O earth, cover not thou my blood, and let my cry have no place.
19Also now, behold, my witness is in heaven, and my record is on high.
20My friends scorn me: but mine eye poureth out tears unto God.
21O that one might plead for a man with God, as a man pleadeth for his neighbour!
22When a few years are come, then I shall go the way whence I shall not return.
Understanding Douay-Rheims vs King James Version in Job 16
Douay-Rheims (DRC)
Traditional Catholic English translation from the Latin Vulgate. Includes deuterocanonical books used in Catholic tradition. Best for readers who want a classic, historically influential Catholic Bible.
King James Version (KJV)
The classic 1611 English translation known for its majestic prose and literary influence. Ideal for traditional study and memorization thanks to its formal style. A foundational English Bible used for centuries.
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Key Comparison: Job 16:16
"I have sowed sackcloth upon my skin, and have covered my flesh with ashes."
"My face is foul with weeping, and on my eyelids is the shadow of death;"
