Job 19
1 Bvt Iob answered, and said,
But 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 have ye reviled me; Without shame do ye stun me!
4 And though I had in deede erred, mine errour remaineth with me.
And be it, indeed, that I have erred, My error abideth with myself.
5 But in deede if ye will aduance your selues against me, and rebuke me for my reproche,
Since, indeed, ye 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 then that it is God who hath brought me low; He hath 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 complain of wrong, but receive no answer; I cry aloud, but obtain no justice.
8 Hee hath hedged vp my way that I cannot passe, and he hath set darkenesse in my paths.
He hath fenced up my way, so that I cannot pass, And 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 hath destroyed me on every side, and I am gone! He hath torn up my hope like a tree.
11 And he hath kindled his wrath against me, and counteth mee as one of his enemies.
He kindleth his anger against me, And counteth me as his enemy.
12 His armies came together, and made their way vpon me, and camped about my tabernacle.
His troops advance together against me; They throw up for themselves a way to me, And encamp around my dwelling.
13 He hath remooued my brethre farre from me, and also mine acquaintance were strangers vnto me.
My brethren he hath put far from me, And my acquaintance are wholly estranged from me.
14 My neighbours haue forsaken me, and my familiars haue forgotten me.
My kinsfolk have forsaken me, And my bosom 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 foreigners of my house, yea, my own maid-servants, regard me as a stranger; I am an alien in their eyes.
16 I called my seruant, but he would not answere, though I prayed him with my mouth.
I call my servant, and he maketh no answer; With my own mouth do I entreat him.
17 My breath was strange vnto my wife, though I prayed her for the childrens sake of mine owne body.
My breath is become strange to my wife, And my prayers also to my own mother's sons.
18 The wicked also despised mee, and when I rose, they spake against me.
Even young children despise me; When I rise up, they speak against me.
19 All my secret friends abhorred me, and they whome I loued, are turned against me.
All my bosom 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 flesh and my skin, And I have scarcely 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, O ye my friends! have pity upon me; For the hand of God hath smitten me!
22 Why do ye persecute me, as God? and are not satisfied with my flesh?
Why do ye persecute me like 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 marked down in a scroll!
24 And grauen with an yron pen in lead, or in stone for euer!
That with an iron pen, and with lead, They were engraven upon the rock for ever!
25 For I am sure, that my Redeemer liueth, and he shall stand the last on the earth.
Yet I know that my Vindicator liveth, And will hereafter stand up on the earth;
26 And though after my skin wormes destroy this bodie, yet shall I see God in my flesh.
And though with my skin this body be wasted away, Yet without 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.
Yea, I shall see him my friend; My eyes shall behold him, and not another: For this, my soul panteth within me.
28 But yee sayde, Why is hee persecuted? And there was a deepe matter in me.
Since ye say, “How may we persecute him, And find grounds of accusation against him?”
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 malice is a crime for the sword; That ye may know that judgment cometh.
