Job 19
1 Bvt Iob answered, and said,
Then answered Job, and said,
2 Howe long will yee vexe my soule, and torment me with wordes?
How long will ye grieve 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 when ye show yourselves as strangers to me.
4 And though I had in deede erred, mine errour remaineth with me.
Yea, if it be indeed that I have erred, let my error remain with myself.
5 But in deede if ye will aduance your selues against me, and rebuke me for my reproche,
But if indeed ye wish to magnify yourselves above me, and to prove against me my disgrace:
6 Know nowe, that God hath ouerthrowen me, and hath compassed me with his net.
Then know for certain that God hath bent me down, and hath laid his net all around me.
7 Beholde, I crie out of violence, but I haue none answere: I crie, but there is no iudgement.
Behold, I cry out concerning the violence [done me], but I am not answered: I entreat aloud, but there is no justice.
8 Hee hath hedged vp my way that I cannot passe, and he hath set darkenesse in my paths.
My road hath he fenced up, so that I cannot pass out; and on my paths he placeth darkness.
9 Hee hath spoyled mee of mine honour, and taken the crowne away from mine head.
My glory hath he stripped from me, and removed the crown of my head.
10 He hath destroyed mee on euery side and I am gone: and he hath remoued mine hope like a tree.
He hath pulled me down on every side, and I am going hence; and he hath rooted up like a tree my hope.
11 And he hath kindled his wrath against me, and counteth mee as one of his enemies.
He hath also kindled against me his wrath, and he counteth me with himself as one of his adversaries.
12 His armies came together, and made their way vpon me, and camped about my tabernacle.
Altogether come on his troops, and make level against me their way, and encamp round about my tent.
13 He hath remooued my brethre farre from me, and also mine acquaintance were strangers vnto me.
My brothers hath he removed far from me, and my acquaintance are entirely estranged from me.
14 My neighbours haue forsaken me, and my familiars haue forgotten me.
My near of kin have withdrawn, and those befriended by me have forgotten me.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.
Ye that sojourn in my house, and my maid-servants, regard me as a stranger: an alien am I become in their eyes.
16 I called my seruant, but he would not answere, though I prayed him with my mouth.
I call for my servant, but he will not answer, though I were to 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 become nauseous to my wife, and my caressing, to the children of my own body.
18 The wicked also despised mee, and when I rose, they spake against me.
Yea, children even despise me: I rise up, but they speak against me.
19 All my secret friends abhorred me, and they whome I loued, are turned against me.
All that have had my confidence abominate me; and those whom I have 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.
To my skin and to my flesh my bones do cleave, and I must sustain myself with the gums of my teeth.
21 Haue pitie vpon me: haue pitie vpon me, (O yee my friendes) for the hande of God hath touched me.
Spare me, spare me, O 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 will ye persecute me as God [hath done], and will never be satisfied with my flesh?
23 Oh that my wordes were nowe written! oh that they were written euen in a booke,
Oh who would but grant, that my words might be written down! oh who would grant that they were entered in a book!
24 And grauen with an yron pen in lead, or in stone for euer!
That they were hewn with an iron pen and [blackened with] lead for eternity in the hard rock!
25 For I am sure, that my Redeemer liueth, and he shall stand the last on the earth.
And well I know that my redeemer liveth, and that he will remain as the last after the creatures of the dust [are passed away];
26 And though after my skin wormes destroy this bodie, yet shall I see God in my flesh.
And after my skin is cut to pieces will this be: and then freed from my body shall I behold 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 myself behold to my happiness, and whom my eyes will see, and not as a stranger, [when even] my reins are consumed within my bosom.
28 But yee sayde, Why is hee persecuted? And there was a deepe matter in me.
But if ye should say, How will we pursue him? seeing 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.
Then have dread for yourselves of the sword; for the wrath [which ye excite] is an iniquity that bringeth the sword; in order that ye may know there is one that judgeth [in the world].
