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you have devastated my entire household.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/job/16.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />“O God, you have ground me down and devastated my family.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/job/16.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />Surely now God has worn me out; he has made desolate all my company.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/job/16.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />Surely He has now exhausted me; You have devastated all my family.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/job/16.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />But now he hath made me weary: thou hast made desolate all my company.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/job/16.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />But now He has worn me out; You have made desolate all my company.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/job/16.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />“But now He has exhausted me; You have laid waste all my group <i>of loved ones.</i><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/job/16.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220But now He has exhausted me; You have laid waste all my company.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/job/16.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“But now He has exhausted me; Thou hast laid waste all my company.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/job/16.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />But now He has exhausted me; You have made desolate all my company.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/job/16.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />“But now God has exhausted me. You [O Lord] have destroyed all my family <i>and</i> my household.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/job/16.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Surely he has now exhausted me. You have devastated my entire family.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/job/16.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Surely He has now exhausted me. You have devastated my entire family. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/job/16.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />But now he hath made me weary: Thou hast made desolate all my company.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/job/16.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />God has worn me down and destroyed my family; <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/job/16.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />But now he hath made me weary: thou hast made desolate all my company.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/job/16.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />"But now, God has worn me out. You, [God,] have destroyed everyone who supports me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/job/16.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />You have worn me out, God; you have let my family be killed. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/job/16.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />"God has certainly worn me out; you devastated my entire world. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/job/16.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />Surely He has now exhausted me; You have devastated all my family.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/job/16.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />Surely now he has worn me out, you have devastated my entire household. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/job/16.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />But now he has worn me out. You have laid waste all my company.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/job/16.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />But now he hath made me weary: thou hast made desolate all my company.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/job/16.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />But now, God, you have surely worn me out. You have made all my company desolate. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/job/16.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />Only, now, it has wearied me; You have desolated all my company,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/job/16.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> Only, now, it hath wearied me; Thou hast desolated all my company,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/job/16.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />But now he made me weary: thou hast made desolate all mine assembly.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/job/16.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />But now my sorrow hath oppressed me, and all my limbs are brought to nothing. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/job/16.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br /><V 16:8>But now my grief has crushed me, and all my limbs have been reduced to nothing.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/job/16.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />But now he has exhausted me; you have stunned all my companions. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/job/16.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />Surely now God has worn me out; he has made desolate all my company.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/job/16.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />But now he has troubled me, and yet has preserved all of my testimony.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/job/16.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />Because now he troubles me and he keeps all my testimony<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/job/16.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />But now He hath made me weary; Thou hast made desolate all my company.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/job/16.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />But now he has made me weary, and a worn-out fool; and thou hast laid hold of me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/job/16-7.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/XAwuD5NuZq0?start=2498" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/job/16.htm">Job Decries his Comforters</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">6</span>Even if I speak, my pain is not relieved, and if I hold back, how will it go away? <span class="reftext">7</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/389.htm" title="389: ’aḵ- (Adv) -- Surely, howbeit. Akin to 'aken; a particle of affirmation, surely; hence only.">Surely</a> <a href="/hebrew/6258.htm" title="6258: ‘at·tāh (Adv) -- Now. From eth; at this time, whether adverb, conjunction or expletive.">He has now</a> <a href="/hebrew/3811.htm" title="3811: hel·’ā·nî (V-Hifil-Perf-3ms:: 1cs) -- To be weary or impatient. A primitive root; to tire; to be disgusted.">exhausted me;</a> <a href="/hebrew/8074.htm" title="8074: hă·šim·mō·w·ṯā (V-Hifil-Perf-2ms) -- To be desolated or appalled. A primitive root; to stun, i.e. Devastate or stupefy.">You have devastated</a> <a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: kāl- (N-msc) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every.">all</a> <a href="/hebrew/5712.htm" title="5712: ‘ă·ḏā·ṯî (N-fsc:: 1cs) -- Congregation. Feminine of ed in the original sense of fixture; a stated assemblage.">my family.</a> </span><span class="reftext">8</span>You have bound me, and it has become a witness; my frailty rises up and testifies against me.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/88-3.htm">Psalm 88:3-5</a></span><br />For my soul is full of troubles, and my life draws near to Sheol. / I am counted among those descending to the Pit. I am like a man without strength. / I am forsaken among the dead, like the slain who lie in the grave, whom You remember no more, who are cut off from Your care.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/lamentations/3-1.htm">Lamentations 3:1-6</a></span><br />I am the man who has seen affliction under the rod of God’s wrath. / He has driven me away and made me walk in darkness instead of light. / Indeed, He keeps turning His hand against me all day long. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/53-3.htm">Isaiah 53:3-4</a></span><br />He was despised and rejected by men, a man of sorrows, acquainted with grief. Like one from whom men hide their faces, He was despised, and we esteemed Him not. / Surely He took up our infirmities and carried our sorrows; yet we considered Him stricken, struck down by God, and afflicted.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/22-14.htm">Psalm 22:14-15</a></span><br />I am poured out like water, and all my bones are disjointed. My heart is like wax; it melts away within me. / My strength is dried up like a potsherd, and my tongue sticks to the roof of my mouth. You lay me in the dust of death.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/31-9.htm">Psalm 31:9-10</a></span><br />Be merciful to me, O LORD, for I am in distress; my eyes fail from sorrow, my soul and body as well. / For my life is consumed with grief and my years with groaning; my iniquity has drained my strength, and my bones are wasting away.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_corinthians/1-8.htm">2 Corinthians 1:8-9</a></span><br />We do not want you to be unaware, brothers, of the hardships we encountered in the province of Asia. We were under a burden far beyond our ability to endure, so that we despaired even of life. / Indeed, we felt we were under the sentence of death, in order that we would not trust in ourselves, but in God, who raises the dead.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/38-6.htm">Psalm 38:6-8</a></span><br />I am bent and brought low; all day long I go about mourning. / For my loins are full of burning pain, and no soundness remains in my body. / I am numb and badly crushed; I groan in anguish of heart.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_corinthians/4-8.htm">2 Corinthians 4:8-10</a></span><br />We are hard pressed on all sides, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair; / persecuted, but not forsaken; struck down, but not destroyed. / We always carry around in our body the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be revealed in our body.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/102-3.htm">Psalm 102:3-5</a></span><br />For my days vanish like smoke, and my bones burn like glowing embers. / My heart is afflicted, and withered like grass; I even forget to eat my bread. / Through my loud groaning my skin hangs on my bones.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/26-38.htm">Matthew 26:38</a></span><br />Then He said to them, “My soul is consumed with sorrow to the point of death. Stay here and keep watch with Me.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/6-6.htm">Psalm 6:6-7</a></span><br />I am weary from groaning; all night I flood my bed with weeping and drench my couch with tears. / My eyes fail from grief; they grow dim because of all my foes.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_corinthians/12-9.htm">2 Corinthians 12:9-10</a></span><br />But He said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for My power is perfected in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly in my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest on me. / That is why, for the sake of Christ, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/42-9.htm">Psalm 42:9-10</a></span><br />I say to God my Rock, “Why have You forgotten me? Why must I walk in sorrow because of the enemy’s oppression?” / Like the crushing of my bones, my enemies taunt me, while they say to me all day long, “Where is your God?”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/8-36.htm">Romans 8:36</a></span><br />As it is written: “For Your sake we face death all day long; we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/69-20.htm">Psalm 69:20</a></span><br />Insults have broken my heart, and I am in despair. I looked for sympathy, but there was none, for comforters, but I found no one.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">But now he has made me weary: you have made desolate all my company.</p><p class="hdg">he hath</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/job/3-17.htm">Job 3:17</a></b></br> There the wicked cease <i>from</i> troubling; and there the weary be at rest.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/job/7-3.htm">Job 7:3,16</a></b></br> So am I made to possess months of vanity, and wearisome nights are appointed to me… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/job/10-1.htm">Job 10:1</a></b></br> My soul is weary of my life; I will leave my complaint upon myself; I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.</p><p class="hdg">hast made</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/job/1-15.htm">Job 1:15-19</a></b></br> And the Sabeans fell <i>upon them</i>, and took them away; yea, they have slain the servants with the edge of the sword; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/job/29-5.htm">Job 29:5</a></b></br> When the Almighty <i>was</i> yet with me, <i>when</i> my children <i>were</i> about me;</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/job/15-34.htm">Company</a> <a href="/job/15-34.htm">Desolate</a> <a href="/luke/11-17.htm">Desolated</a> <a href="/2_kings/19-17.htm">Devastated</a> <a href="/ezra/8-34.htm">Entire</a> <a href="/1_kings/17-16.htm">Exhausted</a> <a href="/job/15-34.htm">Family</a> <a href="/job/15-24.htm">Fear</a> <a href="/2_kings/5-27.htm">Grip</a> <a href="/job/1-10.htm">Household</a> <a href="/job/15-20.htm">Laid</a> <a href="/job/15-24.htm">Overcome</a> <a href="/job/15-16.htm">Surely</a> <a href="/job/16-2.htm">Trouble</a> <a href="/job/14-11.htm">Waste</a> <a href="/job/3-17.htm">Wearied</a> <a href="/job/7-20.htm">Weariness</a> <a href="/job/10-1.htm">Weary</a> <a href="/job/14-19.htm">Worn</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/job/30-29.htm">Company</a> <a href="/job/30-3.htm">Desolate</a> <a href="/psalms/69-25.htm">Desolated</a> <a href="/psalms/78-45.htm">Devastated</a> <a href="/isaiah/29-11.htm">Entire</a> <a href="/isaiah/35-3.htm">Exhausted</a> <a href="/job/18-19.htm">Family</a> <a href="/job/18-20.htm">Fear</a> <a href="/job/18-9.htm">Grip</a> <a href="/job/21-21.htm">Household</a> <a href="/job/16-12.htm">Laid</a> <a href="/job/18-11.htm">Overcome</a> <a href="/job/17-2.htm">Surely</a> <a href="/job/18-12.htm">Trouble</a> <a href="/job/20-7.htm">Waste</a> <a href="/psalms/6-6.htm">Wearied</a> <a href="/psalms/6-6.htm">Weariness</a> <a href="/job/22-7.htm">Weary</a> <a href="/psalms/6-6.htm">Worn</a><div class="vheading2">Job 16</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/job/16-1.htm">Job reproves his friends for unmercifulness</a></span><br><span class="reftext">17. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/job/16-17.htm">He maintains his innocence</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/job/16.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/job/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/job/16.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>Surely He has now exhausted me;</b><br>This phrase reflects Job's deep sense of weariness and despair. In the context of the Book of Job, Job is responding to the intense suffering he has endured, which includes the loss of his wealth, health, and children. The use of "He" refers to God, whom Job perceives as the source of his trials. This reflects the ancient Near Eastern belief in divine sovereignty over all aspects of life, including suffering. Job's exhaustion is both physical and emotional, highlighting the human condition of reaching the limits of endurance. This sentiment is echoed in other parts of Scripture, such as in <a href="/psalms/6-6.htm">Psalm 6:6</a>, where the psalmist expresses a similar sense of being worn out by grief.<p><b>You have devastated all my family.</b><br>Here, Job laments the complete destruction of his family, which is a central theme in his suffering. Historically, family was the cornerstone of social and economic life in the ancient Near East, and the loss of family members was not only a personal tragedy but also a social and economic catastrophe. Job's statement underscores the totality of his loss, as he had lost all his children in a single calamity (<a href="/job/1-18.htm">Job 1:18-19</a>). This devastation is a poignant reminder of the fragility of human life and the suddenness with which disaster can strike. Theologically, this phrase can be seen as a foreshadowing of the suffering of Jesus Christ, who also experienced abandonment and loss, fulfilling the role of the suffering servant as prophesied in <a href="/isaiah/53.htm">Isaiah 53</a>.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/j/job.htm">Job</a></b><br>The central figure in the Book of Job, a man of great faith and integrity who undergoes severe trials and suffering.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/g/god.htm">God</a></b><br>The Almighty, whom Job addresses in his lament, expressing his feelings of being overwhelmed and devastated.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/j/job's_family.htm">Job's Family</a></b><br>Refers to Job's children and household, who have been tragically lost, contributing to Job's deep sense of loss and exhaustion.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/j/job's_friends.htm">Job's Friends</a></b><br>Although not directly mentioned in this verse, they are present in the account, offering misguided counsel and adding to Job's distress.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_land_of_uz.htm">The Land of Uz</a></b><br>The setting of Job's account, a place of ancient wisdom and prosperity, now a backdrop to Job's suffering.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/u/understanding_suffering.htm">Understanding Suffering</a></b><br>Suffering is a part of the human experience, and even the righteous, like Job, are not exempt from it.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/e/expressing_lament.htm">Expressing Lament</a></b><br>It is biblical to express our pain and confusion to God. Job's honest lament is a model for bringing our deepest hurts to the Lord.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_community.htm">The Role of Community</a></b><br>Job's friends, though misguided, remind us of the importance of community. We should strive to offer support and empathy rather than judgment.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_sovereignty.htm">God's Sovereignty</a></b><br>Even in devastation, God remains sovereign. Our understanding is limited, but we can trust in His ultimate plan and purpose.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/h/hope_in_restoration.htm">Hope in Restoration</a></b><br>While Job feels exhausted and devastated, the broader account of Scripture assures us of God's ability to restore and redeem.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_job_16.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Job 16</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_does_job_16_7-8_align_with_a_just_god.htm">In Job 16:7–8, how can Job’s physical suffering be reconciled with a compassionate God who supposedly protects the righteous? </a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_do_new_believers_start_spiritually.htm">Why were babies killed in the biblical flood?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/job_1_16-19__natural_or_symbolic.htm">Job 1:16-19 - Are there natural or scientific explanations for the rapid succession of disasters that befell Job, or is this account purely symbolic?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/does_job_7_20_conflict_with_nt's_grace.htm">Does Job 7:20's portrayal of God as a watcher or observer of human sin conflict with the New Testament depiction of a forgiving, grace-filled God?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/job/16.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(7) <span class= "bld">But now he hath made me weary.</span>--He turns again, in his passionate plaint, to God, whom he alternately speaks of in the third person and addresses in the second. "Thou hast made desolate all my company," by destroying all his children and alienating the hearts or his friends.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/job/16.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 7.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">But now</span>. These words mark a transition. Job turns from complaints against his "comforters" to an enumeration of his own sufferings. <span class="cmt_word">He hath made me weary</span>. God has afflicted him with an intolerable sense of weariness. He is tired of life; tired of disputing with his friends; tired even of pouring out his lamentations and complaints and expostulations to God. His one desire is rest. So I have seen in the <span class="accented">piombi</span> of Venice, where political prisoners were tortured by cold and heat, and hunger and thirst, for long weeks or months, and brought to despair, such scratchlags as the following: "Luigi A. implora pace, Giuseppe B. implore eterna quiete." Job has entreated for this boon of rest repeatedly (<a href="/job/3-13.htm">Job 3:13</a>; <a href="/job/6-9.htm">Job 6:9</a>; <a href="/job/7-15.htm">Job 7:15</a>; <a href="/job/10-18.htm">Job 10:18</a>, etc.). <span class="cmt_word">Thou hast made desolate all my company</span>. The loss of his children has desolated his household; his other afflictions have alienated his friends. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/job/16-7.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">Surely</span><br /><span class="heb">אַךְ־</span> <span class="translit">(’aḵ-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adverb<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_389.htm">Strong's 389: </a> </span><span class="str2">A particle of affirmation, surely</span><br /><br /><span class="word">He has now</span><br /><span class="heb">עַתָּ֥ה</span> <span class="translit">(‘at·tāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adverb<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6258.htm">Strong's 6258: </a> </span><span class="str2">At this time</span><br /><br /><span class="word">exhausted me;</span><br /><span class="heb">הֶלְאָ֑נִי</span> <span class="translit">(hel·’ā·nî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person masculine singular | first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3811.htm">Strong's 3811: </a> </span><span class="str2">To tire, to be, disgusted</span><br /><br /><span class="word">You have devastated</span><br /><span class="heb">הֲ֝שִׁמּ֗וֹתָ</span> <span class="translit">(hă·šim·mō·w·ṯā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Hifil - Perfect - second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8074.htm">Strong's 8074: </a> </span><span class="str2">To stun, devastate, stupefy</span><br /><br /><span class="word">all</span><br /><span class="heb">כָּל־</span> <span class="translit">(kāl-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3605.htm">Strong's 3605: </a> </span><span class="str2">The whole, all, any, every</span><br /><br /><span class="word">my family.</span><br /><span class="heb">עֲדָתִֽי׃</span> <span class="translit">(‘ă·ḏā·ṯî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5712.htm">Strong's 5712: </a> </span><span class="str2">A stated assemblage</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/job/16-7.htm">Job 16:7 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/job/16-7.htm">Job 16:7 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/job/16-7.htm">Job 16:7 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/job/16-7.htm">Job 16:7 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/job/16-7.htm">Job 16:7 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/job/16-7.htm">Job 16:7 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/job/16-7.htm">Job 16:7 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/job/16-7.htm">Job 16:7 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/job/16-7.htm">Job 16:7 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/job/16-7.htm">Job 16:7 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/job/16-7.htm">OT Poetry: Job 16:7 But now God you have surely worn (Jb) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/job/16-6.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Job 16:6"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Job 16:6" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/job/16-8.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Job 16:8"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Job 16:8" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>