Job 19
1 Bvt Iob answered, and said,
And 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 crush me with words?
3 Ye haue now ten times reproched me, and are not ashamed: ye are impudent toward mee.
These ten times have ye reproached me; ye are not ashamed to stupefy me.
4 And though I had in deede erred, mine errour remaineth with me.
And be it [that] I have erred, mine error remaineth 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 prove against me my reproach,
6 Know nowe, that God hath ouerthrowen me, and hath compassed me with his net.
Know now that God hath overthrown me, and hath surrounded 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, and I am not heard; I cry aloud, but there is no judgment.
8 Hee hath hedged vp my way that I cannot passe, and he hath set darkenesse in my paths.
He hath hedged up my way that I cannot pass, and he hath set darkness in my paths.
9 Hee hath spoyled mee of mine honour, and taken the crowne away from mine head.
He hath 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 breaketh me down on every side, and I am gone; and my hope hath he torn up as a tree.
11 And he hath kindled his wrath against me, and counteth mee as one of his enemies.
And he hath kindled his anger against me, and hath counted me unto him as one of his enemies.
12 His armies came together, and made their way vpon me, and camped about my tabernacle.
His troops have come together and cast up their way against me, and have encamped round about my tent.
13 He hath remooued my brethre farre from me, and also mine acquaintance were strangers vnto me.
He hath put my brethren far from me, and mine acquaintance are quite estranged from me.
14 My neighbours haue forsaken me, and my familiars haue forgotten me.
My kinsfolk have failed, and my known 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.
The sojourners in my house and my maids count me as 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 called my servant, and he answered not; I entreated 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 entreaties to the children of my [mother's] womb.
18 The wicked also despised mee, and when I rose, they spake against me.
Even young children despise me; I rise up, and they speak against me.
19 All my secret friends abhorred me, and they whome I loued, are turned against me.
All my intimate friends abhor me, and they 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 bones cleave to my skin and to my flesh, and I am 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, ye my friends; for the hand of God hath 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,
Oh would that my words were written! oh that they were inscribed in a book!
24 And grauen with an yron pen in lead, or in stone for euer!
That with an iron style and lead they were graven in the rock for ever!
25 For I am sure, that my Redeemer liueth, and he shall stand the last on the earth.
And [as for] me, I know that my Redeemer liveth, and the Last, he shall stand upon the earth;
26 And though after my skin wormes destroy this bodie, yet shall I see God in my flesh.
And [if] after my skin this shall be destroyed, yet from out of my flesh shall I 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 shall see for myself, and mine eyes shall behold, and not another: — my reins are consumed within me.
28 But yee sayde, Why is hee persecuted? And there was a deepe matter in me.
If ye say, How shall we persecute him? when 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 yourselves afraid of the sword! for the sword is fury against misdeeds, that ye may know there is a judgment.
