Job 16:4

NETBible

I also could speak 1  like you, if 2  you were in my place; I could pile up 3  words against you and I could shake my head at you. 4 

NIV ©

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.

NASB ©

"I too could speak like you, If I were in your place. I could compose words against you And shake my head at you.

NLT ©

I could say the same things if you were in my place. I could spout off my criticisms against you and shake my head at you.

MSG ©

If you were in my shoes, I could talk just like you. I could put together a terrific harangue and really let you have it.

BBE ©

It would not be hard for me to say such things if your souls were in my soul’s place; joining words together against you, and shaking my head at you:

NRSV ©

I also could talk as you do, if you were in my place; I could join words together against you, and shake my head at you.

NKJV ©

I also could speak as you do , If your soul were in my soul’s place. I could heap up words against you, And shake my head at you;

KJV
I also could speak
<01696> (8762)
as ye [do]: if
<03863>
your soul
<05315>
were
<03426>
in my soul's
<05315>
stead, I could heap up
<02266> (8686)
words
<04405>
against you, and shake
<05128> (8686)
mine head
<07218>
at
<01119>
you.
NASB ©
"I too
<1571>
could speak
<1696>
like you, If
<3863>
I were in your place
<8478>
. I could compose
<2266>
words
<4405>
against
<5921>
you And shake
<5128>
my head
<7218>
at you.
LXXM
kagw {CONJ} kay
<2596> 
PREP
umav
<4771> 
P-AP
lalhsw
<2980> 
V-AAS-1S
ei
<1487> 
CONJ
upekeito {V-IMI-3S} ge
<1065> 
PRT
h
<3588> 
T-NSF
quch
<5590> 
N-NSF
umwn
<4771> 
P-GP
anti
<473> 
PREP
thv
<3588> 
T-GSF
emhv
<1699> 
A-GSF
eit
<1534> 
ADV
enaloumai {V-FAI-1S} umin
<4771> 
P-DP
rhmasin
<4487> 
N-DPN
kinhsw
<2795> 
V-FAI-1S
de
<1161> 
PRT
kay
<2596> 
PREP
umwn
<4771> 
P-GP
kefalhn
<2776> 
N-ASF
NET [draft] ITL
I
<0595>
also
<01571>
could speak
<01696>
like you, if
<03863>
you were
<03426>
in my place
<08478>
; I could pile up
<02266>
words
<04405>
against
<05921>
you and I could shake
<05128>
my head
<07218>
at
<01119>
you.
HEBREW
ysar
<07218>
wmb
<01119>
Mkyle
<05921>
heynaw
<05128>
Mylmb
<04405>
Mkyle
<05921>
hrybxa
<02266>
yspn
<05315>
txt
<08478>
Mkspn
<05315>
sy
<03426>
wl
<03863>
hrbda
<01696>
Mkk
<0>
ykna
<0595>
Mg (16:4)
<01571>
NETBible

I also could speak 1  like you, if 2  you were in my place; I could pile up 3  words against you and I could shake my head at you. 4 

NET Notes

1 tn For the use of the cohortative in the apodosis of conditional sentences, see GKC 322 §109.f.

2 tn The conjunction לוּ (lu) is used to introduce the optative, a condition that is incapable of fulfillment (see GKC 494-95 §159.l).

3 tn 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,” JBL 75 [1956]: 328-31; see also O. Loretz, “HBR in Job 16:4,” CBQ 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).

4 sn The action is a sign of mockery (see Ps 22:7[8]; Isa 37:22; Matt 27:39).