Job 19
1 Bvt Iob answered, and said,
Then Job answered, and said,
2 Howe long will yee vexe my soule, and torment me with wordes?
How long will ye vex my soul, and break me in pieces with words?
3 Ye haue now ten times reproched me, and are not ashamed: ye are impudent toward mee.
These ten times ye have reproached me. Ye are not ashamed that ye deal hardly with me.
4 And though I had in deede erred, mine errour remaineth with me.
And be it indeed that I have erred, my error remains with myself.
5 But in deede if ye will aduance your selues against me, and rebuke me for my reproche,
If indeed ye will magnify yourselves against me, and plead against me my reproach,
6 Know nowe, that God hath ouerthrowen me, and hath compassed me with his net.
know now that God has subverted me, and has encompassed me with his net.
7 Beholde, I crie out of violence, but I haue none answere: I crie, but there is no iudgement.
Behold, I cry out of wrong, but I am not heard. I cry for help, but there is no justice.
8 Hee hath hedged vp my way that I cannot passe, and he hath set darkenesse in my paths.
He has walled up my way that I cannot pass, and has set darkness in my paths.
9 Hee hath spoyled mee of mine honour, and taken the crowne away from mine head.
He has stripped me of my glory, and taken the crown from my head.
10 He hath destroyed mee on euery side and I am gone: and he hath remoued mine hope like a tree.
He has broken me down on every side, and I am gone. And he has plucked up my hope like a tree.
11 And he hath kindled his wrath against me, and counteth mee as one of his enemies.
He has also kindled his wrath against me. And he considers me to him as his adversaries.
12 His armies came together, and made their way vpon me, and camped about my tabernacle.
His troops come on together, and cast up their way against me, and encamp round about my tent.
13 He hath remooued my brethre farre from me, and also mine acquaintance were strangers vnto me.
He has put my brothers far from me, and my acquaintances are wholly estranged from me.
14 My neighbours haue forsaken me, and my familiars haue forgotten me.
My kinsfolk have failed, and my familiar friends have forgotten me.
15 They that dwel in mine house, and my maydes tooke me for a stranger: for I was a stranger in their sight.
Those who dwell in my house, and my maids, reckon me for a stranger; I am an alien in their sight.
16 I called my seruant, but he would not answere, though I prayed him with my mouth.
I call to my servant, and he gives me no answer. I entreat him with my mouth.
17 My breath was strange vnto my wife, though I prayed her for the childrens sake of mine owne body.
My breath is strange to my wife, and my supplication to the sons of my own mother.
18 The wicked also despised mee, and when I rose, they spake against me.
Even young children despise me. If I arise, they speak against me.
19 All my secret friends abhorred me, and they whome I loued, are turned against me.
All my familiar friends abhor me, and those whom I loved are turned against me.
20 My bone cleaueth to my skinne and to my flesh, and I haue escaped with the skinne of my teeth.
My bone cleaves to my skin and to my flesh, and I have escaped with the skin of my teeth.
21 Haue pitie vpon me: haue pitie vpon me, (O yee my friendes) for the hande of God hath touched me.
Have pity upon me, have pity upon me, O ye my friends, for the hand of God has touched me.
22 Why do ye persecute me, as God? and are not satisfied with my flesh?
Why do ye persecute me as God, and are not satisfied with my flesh?
23 Oh that my wordes were nowe written! oh that they were written euen in a booke,
O that my words were now written! O that they were inscribed in a book,
24 And grauen with an yron pen in lead, or in stone for euer!
that they were engraved in the rock forever with an iron pen and lead!
25 For I am sure, that my Redeemer liueth, and he shall stand the last on the earth.
But as for me I know that my Redeemer lives, and at last he will stand up upon the earth.
26 And though after my skin wormes destroy this bodie, yet shall I see God in my flesh.
And after my skin, this body, is destroyed, then outside my flesh I shall see God,
27 Whome I my selfe shall see, and mine eyes shall beholde, and none other for me, though my reynes are consumed within me.
whom I, even I, shall see on my side, and my eyes shall behold, and not as a stranger. My heart is consumed within me.
28 But yee sayde, Why is hee persecuted? And there was a deepe matter in me.
If ye say, How we will persecute him! And that the root of the matter is found in me,
29 Be ye afraide of the sworde: for the sworde will be auenged of wickednesse, that yee may knowe that there is a iudgement.
be ye afraid of the sword. For wrath brings the punishments of the sword, that ye may know there is a judgment.
