Apologetics Bible

Job 16:1

Hebrew

וַיַּעַן אִיּוֹב וַיֹּאמַֽר׃

vaya'an-'iyvov-vayo'mar

KJV: Then Job answered and said,

AKJV: Then Job answered and said,

ASV: Then Job answered and said,

YLT: And Job answereth and saith: --

Exposition: Job 16:1 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Then Job answered and said,'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Job 16:2

Hebrew

שָׁמַעְתִּי כְאֵלֶּה רַבּוֹת מְנַחֲמֵי עָמָל כֻּלְּכֶֽם׃

shama'etiy-khe'eleh-ravvot-menachamey-'amal-khulekhem

KJV: I have heard many such things: miserable comforters are ye all.

AKJV: I have heard many such things: miserable comforters are you all.

ASV: I have heard many such things:

YLT: I have heard many such things, Miserable comforters are ye all.

Exposition: Job 16:2 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'I have heard many such things: miserable comforters are ye all.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Job 16:3

Hebrew

הֲקֵץ לְדִבְרֵי־רוּחַ אוֹ מַה־יַּמְרִֽיצְךָ כִּי תַעֲנֶֽה׃

haqetz-lediverey-rvcha-'vo-mah-yameriytzekha-khiy-ta'aneh

KJV: Shall vain words have an end? or what emboldeneth thee that thou answerest?

AKJV: Shall vain words have an end? or what emboldens you that you answer?

ASV: Shall vain words have an end?

YLT: Is there an end to words of wind? Or what doth embolden thee that thou answerest?

Exposition: Job 16:3 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Shall vain words have an end? or what emboldeneth thee that thou answerest?'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Job 16:4

Hebrew

גַּם ׀ אָנֹכִי כָּכֶם אֲדַבֵּרָה לוּ־יֵשׁ נַפְשְׁכֶם תַּחַת נַפְשִׁי אַחְבִּירָה עֲלֵיכֶם בְּמִלִּים וְאָנִיעָה עֲלֵיכֶם בְּמוֹ רֹאשִֽׁי׃

gam- -'anokhiy-khakhem-'adaverah-lv-yesh-nafeshekhem-tachat-nafeshiy-'acheviyrah-'aleykhem-vemiliym-ve'aniy'ah-'aleykhem-vemvo-ro'shiy

KJV: 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.

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.

ASV: I also could speak as ye do;

YLT: I also, like you, might speak, If your soul were in my soul's stead. I might join against you with words, And nod at you with my head.

Exposition: Job 16:4 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: '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.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Job 16:5

Hebrew

אֲאַמִּצְכֶם בְּמוֹ־פִי וְנִיד שְׂפָתַי יַחְשֹֽׂךְ׃

'a'amitzekhem-vemvo-fiy-veniyd-shefatay-yacheshokhe

KJV: But I would strengthen you with my mouth, and the moving of my lips should asswage your grief.

AKJV: But I would strengthen you with my mouth, and the moving of my lips should assuage your grief.

ASV: But I would strengthen you with my mouth,

YLT: I might harden you with my mouth, And the moving of my lips might be sparing.

Exposition: Job 16:5 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'But I would strengthen you with my mouth, and the moving of my lips should asswage your grief.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Job 16:6

Hebrew

אִֽם־אֲדַבְּרָה לֹא־יֵחָשֵׂךְ כְּאֵבִי וְאַחְדְּלָה מַה־מִנִּי יַהֲלֹֽךְ׃

'im-'adaverah-lo'-yechashekhe-khe'eviy-ve'achedelah-mah-miniy-yahalokhe

KJV: Though I speak, my grief is not asswaged: and though I forbear, what am I eased?

AKJV: Though I speak, my grief is not assuaged: and though I forbear, what am I eased?

ASV: Though I speak, my grief is not assuaged;

YLT: If I speak, my pain is not restrained, And I cease--what goeth from me?

Exposition: Job 16:6 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Though I speak, my grief is not asswaged: and though I forbear, what am I eased?'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Job 16:7

Hebrew

אַךְ־עַתָּה הֶלְאָנִי הֲשִׁמּוֹתָ כָּל־עֲדָתִֽי׃

'akhe-'atah-hele'aniy-hashimvota-khal-'adatiy

KJV: But now he hath made me weary: thou hast made desolate all my company.

AKJV: But now he has made me weary: you have made desolate all my company.

ASV: But now he hath made me weary:

YLT: Only, now, it hath wearied me; Thou hast desolated all my company,

Exposition: Job 16:7 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'But now he hath made me weary: thou hast made desolate all my company.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Job 16:8

Hebrew

וַֽתִּקְמְטֵנִי לְעֵד הָיָה וַיָּקָם בִּי כַחֲשִׁי בְּפָנַי יַעֲנֶֽה׃

vatiqemeteniy-le'ed-hayah-vayaqam-viy-khachashiy-vefanay-ya'aneh

KJV: And thou hast filled me with wrinkles, which is a witness against me: and my leanness rising up in me beareth witness to my face.

AKJV: And you have filled me with wrinkles, which is a witness against me: and my leanness rising up in me bears witness to my face.

ASV: And thou hast laid fast hold on me, which is a witness against me:

YLT: And Thou dost loathe me, For a witness it hath been, And rise up against me doth my failure, In my face it testifieth.

Exposition: Job 16:8 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And thou hast filled me with wrinkles, which is a witness against me: and my leanness rising up in me beareth witness to my face.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Job 16:9

Hebrew

אַפּוֹ טָרַף ׀ וַֽיִּשְׂטְמֵנִי חָרַק עָלַי בְּשִׁנָּיו צָרִי ׀ יִלְטוֹשׁ עֵינָיו לִֽי׃

'afvo-taraf- -vayishetemeniy-charaq-'alay-veshinayv-tzariy- -yiletvosh-'eynayv-liy

KJV: He teareth me in his wrath, who hateth me: he gnasheth upon me with his teeth; mine enemy sharpeneth his eyes upon me.

AKJV: He tears me in his wrath, who hates me: he gnashes on me with his teeth; my enemy sharpens his eyes on me.

ASV: He hath torn me in his wrath, and persecuted me;

YLT: His anger hath torn, and he hateth me, He hath gnashed at me with his teeth, My adversary sharpeneth his eyes for me.

Exposition: Job 16:9 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'He teareth me in his wrath, who hateth me: he gnasheth upon me with his teeth; mine enemy sharpeneth his eyes upon me.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Job 16:10

Hebrew

פָּעֲרוּ עָלַי ׀ בְּפִיהֶם בְּחֶרְפָּה הִכּוּ לְחָיָי יַחַד עָלַי יִתְמַלָּאֽוּן׃

fa'arv-'alay- -vefiyhem-vecherefah-hikhv-lechayay-yachad-'alay-yitemala'vn

KJV: They have gaped upon me with their mouth; they have smitten me upon the cheek reproachfully; they have gathered themselves together against me.

AKJV: They have gaped on me with their mouth; they have smitten me on the cheek reproachfully; they have gathered themselves together against me.

ASV: They have gaped upon me with their mouth;

YLT: They have gaped on me with their mouth, In reproach they have smitten my cheeks, Together against me they set themselves.

Exposition: Job 16:10 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'They have gaped upon me with their mouth; they have smitten me upon the cheek reproachfully; they have gathered themselves together against me.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Job 16:11

Hebrew

יַסְגִּירֵנִי אֵל אֶל עֲוִיל וְעַל־יְדֵי רְשָׁעִים יִרְטֵֽנִי׃

yasegiyreniy-'el-'el-'aviyl-ve'al-yedey-resha'iym-yireteniy

KJV: God hath delivered me to the ungodly, and turned me over into the hands of the wicked.

AKJV: God has delivered me to the ungodly, and turned me over into the hands of the wicked.

ASV: God delivereth me to the ungodly,

YLT: God shutteth me up unto the perverse, And to the hands of the wicked turneth me over.

Exposition: Job 16:11 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'God hath delivered me to the ungodly, and turned me over into the hands of the wicked.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Job 16:12

Hebrew

שָׁלֵו הָיִיתִי ׀ וַֽיְפַרְפְּרֵנִי וְאָחַז בְּעָרְפִּי וַֽיְפַצְפְּצֵנִי וַיְקִימֵנִי לוֹ לְמַטָּרָֽה׃

shalev-hayiytiy- -vayefarefereniy-ve'achaz-ve'arefiy-vayefatzefetzeniy-vayeqiymeniy-lvo-lematarah

KJV: I 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.

AKJV: I was at ease, but he has broken me asunder: he has also taken me by my neck, and shaken me to pieces, and set me up for his mark.

ASV: I was at ease, and he brake me asunder;

YLT: At ease I have been, and he breaketh me, And he hath laid hold on my neck, And he breaketh me in pieces, And he raiseth me to him for a mark.

Exposition: Job 16:12 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'I 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.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Job 16:13

Hebrew

יָסֹבּוּ עָלַי ׀ רַבָּיו יְפַלַּח כִּלְיוֹתַי וְלֹא יַחְמוֹל יִשְׁפֹּךְ לָאָרֶץ מְרֵרָֽתִי׃

yasovv-'alay- -ravayv-yefalach-khileyvotay-velo'-yachemvol-yishefokhe-la'aretz-mereratiy

KJV: His archers compass me round about, he cleaveth my reins asunder, and doth not spare; he poureth out my gall upon the ground.

AKJV: His archers compass me round about, he splits my reins asunder, and does not spare; he pours out my gall on the ground.

ASV: His archers compass me round about;

YLT: Go round against me do his archers. He splitteth my reins, and spareth not, He poureth out to the earth my gall.

Exposition: Job 16:13 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'His archers compass me round about, he cleaveth my reins asunder, and doth not spare; he poureth out my gall upon the ground.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Job 16:14

Hebrew

יִפְרְצֵנִי פֶרֶץ עַל־פְּנֵי־פָרֶץ יָרֻץ עָלַי כְּגִבּֽוֹר׃

yiferetzeniy-feretz-'al-feney-faretz-yarutz-'alay-khegivvor

KJV: He breaketh me with breach upon breach, he runneth upon me like a giant.

AKJV: He breaks me with breach on breach, he runs on me like a giant.

ASV: He breaketh me with breach upon breach;

YLT: He breaketh me--breach upon breach, He runneth upon me as a mighty one.

Exposition: Job 16:14 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'He breaketh me with breach upon breach, he runneth upon me like a giant.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Job 16:15

Hebrew

שַׂק תָּפַרְתִּי עֲלֵי גִלְדִּי וְעֹלַלְתִּי בֶעָפָר קַרְנִֽי׃

shaq-tafaretiy-'aley-gilediy-ve'olaletiy-ve'afar-qareniy

KJV: I have sewed sackcloth upon my skin, and defiled my horn in the dust.

AKJV: I have sewed sackcloth on my skin, and defiled my horn in the dust.

ASV: I have sewed sackcloth upon my skin,

YLT: Sackcloth I have sewed on my skin, And have rolled in the dust my horn.

Exposition: Job 16:15 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'I have sewed sackcloth upon my skin, and defiled my horn in the dust.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Job 16:16

Hebrew

פָּנַי חמרמרה חֳמַרְמְרוּ מִנִּי־בֶכִי וְעַל עַפְעַפַּי צַלְמָֽוֶת׃

fanay-chmrmrh-chomaremerv-miniy-vekhiy-ve'al-'afe'afay-tzalemavet

KJV: My face is foul with weeping, and on my eyelids is the shadow of death;

AKJV: My face is foul with weeping, and on my eyelids is the shadow of death;

ASV: My face is red with weeping,

YLT: My face is foul with weeping, And on mine eyelids is death-shade.

Exposition: Job 16:16 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'My face is foul with weeping, and on my eyelids is the shadow of death;'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Job 16:17

Hebrew

עַל לֹא־חָמָס בְּכַפָּי וּֽתְפִלָּתִי זַכָּֽה׃

'al-lo'-chamas-vekhafay-vtefilatiy-zakhah

KJV: Not for any injustice in mine hands: also my prayer is pure.

AKJV: Not for any injustice in my hands: also my prayer is pure.

ASV: Although there is no violence in my hands,

YLT: Not for violence in my hands, And my prayer is pure.

Exposition: Job 16:17 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Not for any injustice in mine hands: also my prayer is pure.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Job 16:18

Hebrew

אֶרֶץ אַל־תְּכַסִּי דָמִי וְֽאַל־יְהִי מָקוֹם לְזַעֲקָתִֽי׃

'eretz-'al-tekhasiy-damiy-ve'al-yehiy-maqvom-leza'aqatiy

KJV: O earth, cover not thou my blood, and let my cry have no place.

AKJV: O earth, cover not you my blood, and let my cry have no place.

ASV: O earth, cover not thou my blood,

YLT: O earth, do not thou cover my blood! And let there not be a place for my cry.

Exposition: Job 16:18 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'O earth, cover not thou my blood, and let my cry have no place.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Job 16:19

Hebrew

גַּם־עַתָּה הִנֵּה־בַשָּׁמַיִם עֵדִי וְשָׂהֲדִי בַּמְּרוֹמִֽים׃

gam-'atah-hineh-vashamayim-'ediy-veshahadiy-vamervomiym

KJV: Also now, behold, my witness is in heaven, and my record is on high.

AKJV: Also now, behold, my witness is in heaven, and my record is on high.

ASV: Even now, behold, my witness is in heaven,

YLT: Also, now, lo, in the heavens is my witness, And my testifier in the high places.

Exposition: Job 16:19 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Also now, behold, my witness is in heaven, and my record is on high.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Job 16:20

Hebrew

מְלִיצַי רֵעָי אֶל־אֱלוֹהַ דָּלְפָה עֵינִֽי׃

meliytzay-re'ay-'el-'elvoha-dalefah-'eyniy

KJV: My friends scorn me: but mine eye poureth out tears unto God.

AKJV: My friends scorn me: but my eye pours out tears to God.

ASV: My friends scoff at me:

YLT: My interpreter is my friend, Unto God hath mine eye dropped:

Exposition: Job 16:20 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'My friends scorn me: but mine eye poureth out tears unto God.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Job 16:21

Hebrew

וְיוֹכַח לְגֶבֶר עִם־אֱלוֹהַּ וּֽבֶן־אָדָם לְרֵעֵֽהוּ׃

veyvokhach-legever-'im-'elvoha-vven-'adam-lere'ehv

KJV: O that one might plead for a man with God, as a man pleadeth for his neighbour!

AKJV: O that one might plead for a man with God, as a man pleads for his neighbor!

ASV: That he would maintain the right of a man with God,

YLT: And he reasoneth for a man with God, And a son of man for his friend.

Exposition: Job 16:21 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'O that one might plead for a man with God, as a man pleadeth for his neighbour!'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Job 16:22

Hebrew

כִּֽי־שְׁנוֹת מִסְפָּר יֶאֱתָיוּ וְאֹרַח לֹא־אָשׁוּב אֶהֱלֹֽךְ׃

khiy-shenvot-misefar-ye'etayv-ve'orach-lo'-'ashvv-'ehelokhe

KJV: When a few years are come, then I shall go the way whence I shall not return.

AKJV: When a few years are come, then I shall go the way from where I shall not return.

ASV: For when a few years are come,

YLT: When a few years do come, Then a path I return not do I go.

Exposition: Job 16:22 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'When a few years are come, then I shall go the way whence I shall not return.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.