Job 19:16
I called my servant, and he gave me no answer; I intreated him with my mouth.In other versions
I call unto my servant, and he giveth me no answer, `Though' I entreat him with my mouth.
ASV
At my cry my servant gives me no answer, and I have to make a prayer to him.
BBE
I called my servant, and he answered not; I entreated him with my mouth.
DBY
I call to my servant, and he gives me no answer; I beg him with my mouth.
WEB
To my servant I have called, And he doth not answer, With my mouth I make supplication to him.
YLT
I called my servant, and he gave me no answer; I implored him with my mouth.
ENG
I called my servant, and he gave me no answer; I entreated him with my mouth.
WBT
I call for my servant, but he does not answer, though I implore him with my own mouth.
BSB
In context
14My kinsfolk have failed, and my familiar friends have forgotten me.
15They that dwell in mine house, and my maids, count me for a stranger: I am an alien in their sight.
16I called my servant, and he gave me no answer; I intreated him with my mouth.
17My breath is strange to my wife, though I intreated for the children's sake of mine own body.
18Yea, young children despised me; I arose, and they spake against me.