Job 16:4
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16:4I also could speak7 like you,
if8 you were in my place;
I could pile up9 words against you
and I could shake my head at you.10
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- 7 For the use of the cohortative in the apodosis of conditional sentences, see §109.f.
- 8 The conjunction לוּ (lu) is used to introduce the optative, a condition that is incapable of fulfillment (see §159.l).
- 9 This verb אַחְבִּירָה (’akhbirah) is usually connected to חָבַר (khavar, “to bind”). There are several suggestions for this word. J. J. Finkelstein proposed a second root, a homonym, meaning “to make a sound,” and so here “to harangue” (“Hebrew habar and Semitic HBR,” 75 [1956]: 328–31; see also O. Loretz, “HBR in Job 16:4,” 23 [1961]: 293–94, who renders it “I could make noisy speeches”). Other suggestions have been for new meanings based on cognate studies, such as “to make beautiful” (i.e., make polished speeches).
- 10 The action is a sign of mockery (see Ps 22:7[8]; Isa 37:22; Matt 27:39).
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ESVEnglish Standard Version
I also could speak as you do,
if you were in my place;
I could join words together against you
and shake my head at you.
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NIVNew International Version (2011)
I also could speak like you,
if you were in my place;
I could make fine speeches against you
and shake my head at you.
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CSBChristian Standard Bible
If you were in my place I could also talk like you.
I could string words together against you
and shake my head at you.
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NLTNew Living Translation
I could say the same things if you were in my place.
I could spout off criticism and shake my head at you.
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LEBThe Lexham English Bible
I myself also could talk as you,
if you were in my place;
I could join against you with words,
and I could shake at you with my head.
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KJV 1900King James Version
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.
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