Job 19
1 Then Job answered and said:
And Job answered and said,
2 How long will ye vex my soul, and crush me with words?
How long will ye vex my soul, and crush me with words?
3 These ten times have ye reproached me; ye are not ashamed that ye deal harshly with me.
These ten times have ye reproached me; ye are not ashamed to stupefy me.
4 And be it indeed that I have erred, mine error remaineth with myself.
And be it [that] I have erred, mine error remaineth with myself.
5 If indeed ye will magnify yourselves against me, and plead against me my reproach;
If indeed ye will magnify yourselves against me, and prove against me my reproach,
6 Know now that God hath subverted my cause, and hath compassed me with His net.
Know now that God hath overthrown me, and hath surrounded me with his net.
7 Behold, I cry out: 'Violence!' but I am not heard; I cry aloud, but there is no justice.
Behold, I cry out of wrong, and I am not heard; I cry aloud, but there is no judgment.
8 He hath fenced up my way that I cannot pass, and hath set darkness in my paths.
He hath hedged up my way that I cannot pass, and he hath set darkness in my paths.
9 He hath stripped me of my glory, and taken the crown from my head.
He hath stripped me of my glory, and taken the crown from my head.
10 He hath broken me down on every side, and I am gone; and my hope hath He plucked up 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 He hath also kindled His wrath against me, and He counteth me unto Him as one of His adversaries.
And he hath kindled his anger against me, and hath counted me unto him as one of his enemies.
12 His troops come on together, and cast up their way against me, and encamp round about my tent.
His troops have come together and cast up their way against me, and have encamped round about my tent.
13 He hath put my brethren far from me, and mine acquaintance are wholly estranged from me.
He hath put my brethren far from me, and mine acquaintance are quite estranged from me.
14 My kinsfolk have failed, and my familiar friends have forgotten me.
My kinsfolk have failed, and my known friends have forgotten me.
15 They that dwell in my house, and my maids, count me for a stranger; I am become an alien 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 call unto my servant, and he giveth me no answer, though I entreat him with my mouth.
I called my servant, and he answered not; I entreated him with my mouth.
17 My breath is abhorred of my wife, and I am loathsome to the children of my tribe.
My breath is strange to my wife, and my entreaties to the children of my [mother's] womb.
18 Even urchins despised me; if I arise, they speak against me.
Even young children despise me; I rise up, and they speak against me.
19 All my intimate friends abhor me; and they whom I loved are turned against me.
All my intimate friends abhor me, and they whom I loved are turned against me.
20 My bone cleaveth to my skin and to my flesh, and I am escaped with the skin of my teeth.
My bones cleave to my skin and to my flesh, and I am escaped with the skin of my teeth.
21 Have pity upon me, have pity upon me, O ye my friends; for the hand 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 words were now written! Oh that they were inscribed in a book!
Oh would that my words were written! oh that they were inscribed in a book!
24 That with an iron pen and lead they were graven in the rock for ever!
That with an iron style and lead they were graven in the rock for ever!
25 But as for me, I know that my Redeemer liveth, and that He will witness at the last upon the dust;
And [as for] me, I know that my Redeemer liveth, and the Last, he shall stand upon the earth;
26 And when after my skin this is destroyed, then without my flesh shall I see God;
And [if] after my skin this shall be destroyed, yet from out of my flesh shall I see God;
27 Whom I, even I, shall see for myself, and mine eyes shall behold, and not another's. My reins 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 If ye say: 'How we will persecute him!' seeing that the root of the matter is found in me;
If ye say, How shall we persecute him? when the root of the matter is found in me,
29 Be ye afraid of the sword; for wrath bringeth the punishments of the sword, that ye may know there is a judgment.
Be ye yourselves afraid of the sword! for the sword is fury against misdeeds, that ye may know there is a judgment.
