Job 19
1 Then Job answered and said,
Bvt Iob answered, and said,
2 How long will ye vex my soul and break me in pieces with words?
Howe long will yee vexe my soule, and torment me with wordes?
3 These ten times have ye reproached me: ye are not ashamed that ye deal hardly with me.
Ye haue now ten times reproched me, and are not ashamed: ye are impudent toward mee.
4 And be it indeed that I have erred, mine error remaineth with myself.
And though I had in deede erred, mine errour remaineth with me.
5 If indeed ye will magnify yourselves against me, and plead against me my reproach:
But in deede if ye will aduance your selues against me, and rebuke me for my reproche,
6 Know now that God hath subverted me [in my cause], and hath compassed me with his net.
Know nowe, that God hath ouerthrowen me, and hath compassed me with his net.
7 Behold, I cry out of wrong, but I am not heard: I cry for help, but there is no judgment.
Beholde, I crie out of violence, but I haue none answere: I crie, but there is no iudgement.
8 He hath fenced up my way that I cannot pass, and hath set darkness in my paths.
Hee hath hedged vp my way that I cannot passe, and he hath set darkenesse in my paths.
9 He hath stripped me of my glory, and taken the crown from my head.
Hee hath spoyled mee of mine honour, and taken the crowne away from mine head.
10 He hath broken me down on every side, and I am gone: and mine hope hath he plucked up like a tree.
He hath destroyed mee on euery side and I am gone: and he hath remoued mine hope like 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 wrath against me, and counteth mee 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 armies came together, and made their way vpon me, and camped about my tabernacle.
13 He hath put my brethren far from me, and mine acquaintance are wholly estranged from me.
He hath remooued my brethre farre from me, and also mine acquaintance were strangers vnto me.
14 My kinsfolk have failed, and my familiar friends have forgotten me.
My neighbours haue forsaken me, and my familiars haue forgotten me.
15 They that dwell in mine house, and my maids, count me for a stranger: I am an alien in their sight.
They that dwel in mine house, and my maydes tooke me for a stranger: for I was a stranger 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 seruant, but he would not answere, though I prayed him with my mouth.
17 My breath is strange to my wife, and my supplication to the children of my [mother’s] womb.
My breath was strange vnto my wife, though I prayed her for the childrens sake of mine owne body.
18 Even young children despise me; if I arise, they speak against me.
The wicked also despised mee, and when I rose, they spake against me.
19 All my inward friends abhor me: and they whom I loved are turned against me.
All my secret friends abhorred me, and they whome I loued, 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 bone cleaueth to my skinne and to my flesh, and I haue escaped with the skinne of my teeth.
21 Have pity upon me, have pity upon me, O ye my friends; for the hand of God hath touched me.
Haue pitie vpon me: haue pitie vpon me, (O yee my friendes) for the hande 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 that my wordes were nowe written! oh that they were written euen in a booke,
24 That with an iron pen and lead they were graven in the rock for ever!
And grauen with an yron pen in lead, or in stone for euer!
25 But I know that my redeemer liveth, and that he shall stand up at the last upon the earth:
For I am sure, that my Redeemer liueth, and he shall stand the last on the earth.
26 And after my skin hath been thus destroyed, yet from my flesh shall I see God:
And though after my skin wormes destroy this bodie, yet shall I see God in my flesh.
27 Whom I shall see for myself, and mine eyes shall behold, and not another. My reins are consumed within me.
Whome I my selfe shall see, and mine eyes shall beholde, and none other for me, though my reynes are consumed within me.
28 If ye say, How we will persecute him! seeing that the root of the matter is found in me;
But yee sayde, Why is hee persecuted? And there was a deepe matter 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 afraide of the sworde: for the sworde will be auenged of wickednesse, that yee may knowe that there is a iudgement.
