Job 19
1 Then Job answered and said:
Then Job answered, and said:
2 How long will ye vex my soul, and crush me with words?
How long do you afflict my soul, and break me in pieces with words?
3 These ten times have ye reproached me; ye are not ashamed that ye deal harshly with me.
Behold, these ten times you confound me, and are not ashamed to oppress me.
4 And be it indeed that I have erred, mine error remaineth with myself.
For if I have been ignorant, my ignorance shall be with me.
5 If indeed ye will magnify yourselves against me, and plead against me my reproach;
But you have set yourselves up against me, and reprove me with my reproaches.
6 Know now that God hath subverted my cause, and hath compassed me with His net.
At least now understand, that God hath not afflicted me with an equal judgment, and compassed me with his scourges.
7 Behold, I cry out: 'Violence!' but I am not heard; I cry aloud, but there is no justice.
Behold I cry suffering violence, and no one will hear: I shall cry aloud, and there is none to judge.
8 He hath fenced up my way that I cannot pass, and hath set darkness in my paths.
He hath hedged in my path round about, and I cannot pass, and in my way he hath set darkness.
9 He hath stripped me of my glory, and taken the crown from my head.
He hath stripped me of my glory, and hath 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 hath destroyed me on every side, and I am lost, and he hath taken away my hope, as from a tree that is plucked up.
11 He hath also kindled His wrath against me, and He counteth me unto Him as one of His adversaries.
His wrath is kindled against me, and he hath counted me as his enemy.
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 have made themselves a way by me, and have besieged my tabernacle round about.
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 my acquaintance like strangers have departed from me.
14 My kinsfolk have failed, and my familiar friends have forgotten me.
My kinsmen have forsaken me, and they that knew me, 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.
They that dwelt in my house, and my maidservants have counted me a stranger, and I have been like an alien in their eyes.
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 gave me no answer, I entreated him with my own mouth.
17 My breath is abhorred of my wife, and I am loathsome to the children of my tribe.
My wife hath abhorred my breath, and I entreated the children of my womb.
18 Even urchins despised me; if I arise, they speak against me.
Even fools despise me; and when I gone from them, they spoke against me.
19 All my intimate friends abhor me; and they whom I loved are turned against me.
They that were sometime my counsellors, have abhorred me: and he whom I love most is turned against me.
20 My bone cleaveth to my skin and to my flesh, and I am escaped with the skin of my teeth.
The flesh being consumed. My bone hath cleaved to my skin, and nothing but lips are left about 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 on me, have pity on me, at least you my friends, because the hand of the Lord hath touched me.
22 Why do ye persecute me as God, and are not satisfied with my flesh?
Why do you persecute me as God, and glut yourselves with my flesh?
23 Oh that my words were now written! Oh that they were inscribed in a book!
Who will grant me that my words may be written? Who will grant me that they may be marked down in a book?
24 That with an iron pen and lead they were graven in the rock for ever!
With an iron pen and in a plate of lead, or else be graven with an instrument in flint stone.
25 But as for me, I know that my Redeemer liveth, and that He will witness at the last upon the dust;
For I know that my Redeemer liveth, and in the last day I shall rise out of the earth.
26 And when after my skin this is destroyed, then without my flesh shall I see God;
And I shall be clothed again with my skin, and in my flesh I will see my 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 myself shall see, and my eyes shall behold, and not another: this my hope is laid up in my bosom.
28 If ye say: 'How we will persecute him!' seeing that the root of the matter is found in me;
Why then do you say now: Let us persecute him, and let us find occasion of word against him?
29 Be ye afraid of the sword; for wrath bringeth the punishments of the sword, that ye may know there is a judgment.
Flee then from the face of the sword, for the sword is the revenger of iniquities: and know ye that there is judgment.
