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Job 16: My Witness Is in Heaven

Job calls his friends miserable comforters. He says that if they were in his place, he would strengthen them with his mouth and relieve them with his lips. He describes how worn out and broken he feels. Yet he says, Even now, behold, my witness is in heaven. He who vouches for me is on high. His eyes pour out tears to God, and he longs for someone to maintain his right with God.

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  1. 1 Then Job answered,This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
  2. 2 “I have heard many such things. You are all miserable comforters!This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
  3. 3 Shall vain words have an end? Or what provokes you that you answer?This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
  4. 4 I also could speak as you do. If your soul were in my soul’s place, I could join words together against you, and shake my head at you,This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
  5. 5 but I would strengthen you with my mouth. The solace of my lips would relieve you.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
  6. 6 “Though I speak, my grief is not subsided. Though I forbear, what am I eased?This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
  7. 7 But now, God, you have surely worn me out. You have made all my company desolate.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
  8. 8 You have shriveled me up. This is a witness against me. My leanness rises up against me. It testifies to my face.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
  9. 9 He has torn me in his wrath and persecuted me. He has gnashed on me with his teeth. My adversary sharpens his eyes on me.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
  10. 10 They have gaped on me with their mouth. They have struck me on the cheek reproachfully. They gather themselves together against me.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
  11. 11 God delivers me to the ungodly, and casts me into the hands of the wicked.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
  12. 12 I was at ease, and he broke me apart. Yes, he has taken me by the neck, and dashed me to pieces. He has also set me up for his target.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
  13. 13 His archers surround me. He splits my kidneys apart, and does not spare. He pours out my bile on the ground.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
  14. 14 He breaks me with breach on breach. He runs at me like a giant.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
  15. 15 I have sewed sackcloth on my skin, and have thrust my horn in the dust.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
  16. 16 My face is red with weeping. Deep darkness is on my eyelids,This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
  17. 17 although there is no violence in my hands, and my prayer is pure.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
  18. 18 “Earth, don’t cover my blood. Let my cry have no place to rest.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
  19. 19 Even now, behold, my witness is in heaven. He who vouches for me is on high.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
  20. 20 My friends scoff at me. My eyes pour out tears to God,This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
  21. 21 that he would maintain the right of a man with God, of a son of man with his neighbor!This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
  22. 22 For when a few years have come, I will go the way of no return.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.

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My Witness Is in Heaven

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Color the clouds in heaven! Job knew someone in heaven was on his side.

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Bible Verse

“Even now, behold, my witness is in heaven. He who vouches for me is on high.”

Job 16:19 (WEB)

Prayer

Thank You, God, for making me!

Take It Home

Read the verse aloud. Say: Job knew someone in heaven was on his side. In the New Testament, Jesus is in heaven, and He prays for us.

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