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Job 16:5

I could strengthen you with my mouth,

and the solace of my lips would assuage your pain.

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Job 16:5 — The New International Version (NIV)

But my mouth would encourage you;

comfort from my lips would bring you relief.

Job 16:5 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

But I would strengthen you with my mouth,

And the moving of my lips should asswage your grief.

Job 16:5 — New Living Translation (NLT)

But if it were me, I would encourage you.

I would try to take away your grief.

Job 16:5 — The New King James Version (NKJV)

But I would strengthen you with my mouth,

And the comfort of my lips would relieve your grief.

Job 16:5 — New Century Version (NCV)

But, instead, I would encourage you,

and my words would bring you relief.

Job 16:5 — American Standard Version (ASV)

But I would strengthen you with my mouth,

And the solace of my lips would assuage your grief.

Job 16:5 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

But I would encourage you with my mouth, and the solace of my lips should assuage your pain.

Job 16:5 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

I could encourage you with my mouth, 

and my quivering lips could ease ⸤your pain⸥. 

Job 16:5 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

Instead, I would encourage you with my mouth,

and the consolation from my lips would bring relief.

Job 16:5 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

I could encourage you with my mouth,

and the solace of my lips would assuage your pain.

Job 16:5 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

I could encourage you with my mouth,

and the solace of my lips would ease the pain.

Job 16:5 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

But what I might say would give you hope.

My words of comfort would help you.

Job 16:5 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)

“I could strengthen you with my mouth,

And the solace of my lips could lessen your pain.


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