Job 16:4
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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.I could also speak like you if you were in my place; I could heap up words against you and shake my head at you.
In other translations
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.I could also speak like you if you were in my place; I could heap up words against you and shake my head at you.
Hebrew words
גַּם׀gamalsoH1571אָנֹכִי'anokhiIH595כָּכֶםkakhemlike youאֲדַבֵּרָה'adaberahI will speakH1696לוּ־lu-ifH3863יֵשׁyeshthereH3426נַפְשְׁכֶםnafshekhem[were] self yourH5315תַּחַתtachatin place ofH8478נַפְשִׁיnafshiself myH5315אַחְבִּירָה'achbirahI will make joinH2266עֲלֵיכֶם'aleikhemon youH5921בְּמִלִּיםbemilim<in> wordsH4405וְאָנִיעָהve'ani'ahand I will shakeH5128עֲלֵיכֶם'aleikhemon youH5921בְּמוֹbemowithH1119רֹאשִׁי׃roshihead myH7218
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- Lamentations 2:15All that pass by clap their hands at thee; they hiss and wag their head at the daughter of Jerusalem, saying, Is this the city that men call The perfection of beauty, The joy of the whole earth?All who pass by clap their hands at you in scorn. They hiss and shake their heads at the Daughter of Jerusalem: “Is this the city that was called the perfection of beauty, the joy of all the earth?”
- Jeremiah 18:16To make their land desolate, and a perpetual hissing; every one that passeth thereby shall be astonished, and wag his head.They have made their land a desolation, a perpetual object of scorn; all who pass by will be appalled and shake their heads.
- 2 Kings 19:21This is the word that the Lord hath spoken concerning him; The virgin the daughter of Zion hath despised thee, and laughed thee to scorn; the daughter of Jerusalem hath shaken her head at thee.This is the word that the LORD has spoken against him: ‘The Virgin Daughter of Zion despises you and mocks you; the Daughter of Jerusalem shakes her head behind you.
- Job 11:2Should not the multitude of words be answered? and should a man full of talk be justified?“Should this stream of words go unanswered and such a speaker be vindicated?
- Matthew 7:12Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them: for this is the law and the prophets.In everything, then, do to others as you would have them do to you. For this is the essence of the Law and the Prophets.
- Matthew 27:39-4039 And they that passed by reviled him, wagging their heads, 40 And saying, Thou that destroyest the temple, and buildest it in three days, save thyself. If thou be the Son of God, come down from the cross.39 And those who passed by heaped abuse on Him, shaking their heads 40 and saying, “You who are going to destroy the temple and rebuild it in three days, save Yourself! If You are the Son of God, come down from the cross!”
- Zephaniah 2:15This is the rejoicing city that dwelt carelessly, that said in her heart, I am, and there is none beside me: how is she become a desolation, a place for beasts to lie down in! every one that passeth by her shall hiss, and wag his hand.This carefree city that dwells securely, that thinks to herself: “I am it, and there is none besides me,” what a ruin she has become, a resting place for beasts. Everyone who passes by her hisses and shakes his fist.
- Ecclesiastes 10:14A fool also is full of words: a man cannot tell what shall be; and what shall be after him, who can tell him?Yet the fool multiplies words. No one knows what is coming, and who can tell him what will come after him?
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