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 have ye 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, 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 plead against me my reproach:
6 Know nowe, that God hath ouerthrowen me, and hath compassed me with his net.
Know now that God hath subverted me [in my cause], and hath compassed 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 judgment.
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 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 broken me down on every side, and I am gone: and mine hope hath he plucked up like a tree.
11 And he hath kindled his wrath against me, and counteth mee as one of his enemies.
He hath also kindled his wrath against me, and he counteth me unto him as [one of] 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 hath put my brethren far from me, and mine acquaintance 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.
They that dwell in mine house, and my maids, count 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 unto my servant, and he giveth me no answer, [though] 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 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; 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 inward 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 bone cleaveth 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, 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 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 that my words were now 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 pen 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.
But I know that my redeemer liveth, and that he shall stand up at the last 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 hath been thus destroyed, yet from 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 we will persecute him! seeing 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 [bringeth] the punishments of the sword, that ye may know there is a judgment.
