Job 16 in the King James Version (KJV) is a chapter where Job responds to his friends' accusations and expresses his despair and longing for a mediator between him and God. Job feels that his friends' attempts to console him have only intensified his suffering. He laments his physical and emotional anguish, comparing himself to a target that God relentlessly attacks. He longs for someone to plead his case and vindicate him before God.