Job 16:2–3
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“I’ve had all I can take of your talk.
What a bunch of miserable comforters!
Is there no end to your windbag speeches?
What’s your problem that you go on and on like this?
Copyright 2005 Eugene H. Peterson.
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ESVEnglish Standard Version
“I have heard many such things;
miserable comforters are you all.
Shall windy words have an end?
Or what provokes you that you answer?
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NIVNew International Version (2011)
“I have heard many things like these;
you are miserable comforters, all of you!
Will your long-winded speeches never end?
What ails you that you keep on arguing?
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CSBChristian Standard Bible
I have heard many things like these.
You are all miserable comforters.
Is there no end to your empty words?
What provokes you that you continue testifying?
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NLTNew Living Translation
“I have heard all this before.
What miserable comforters you are!
Won’t you ever stop blowing hot air?
What makes you keep on talking?
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LEBThe Lexham English Bible
“I have heard many things like these;
all of you are miserable comforters.
Is there a limit to windy words?
What provokes you that you answer?
Copyright 2012 Lexham Press
KJV 1900King James Version
I have heard many such things:
Miserable comforters are ye all.
Shall vain words have an end?
Or what emboldeneth thee that thou answerest?
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