Job 19

1 And Job answereth and saith: —

And Job answers and says:

2 Till when do ye afflict my soul, And bruise me with words?

“Until when do you afflict my soul, And bruise me with words?

3 These ten times ye put me to shame, ye blush not. Ye make yourselves strange to me —

These ten times you put me to shame, you do not blush. You make yourselves strange to me—

4 And also — truly, I have erred, With me doth my error remain.

And also—truly, I have erred, My error remains with me.

5 If, truly, over me ye magnify yourselves, And decide against me my reproach;

If, truly, you magnify yourselves over me, And decide my reproach against me;

6 Know now, that God turned me upside down, And His net against me hath set round,

Know now, that God turned me upside down, And has set around His net against me,

7 Lo, I cry out — violence, and am not answered, I cry aloud, and there is no judgment.

Behold, I cry out—violence, and am not answered, I cry aloud, and there is no judgment.

8 My way He hedged up, and I pass not over, And on my paths darkness He placeth.

He hedged up my way, and I do not pass over, And He places darkness on my paths.

9 Mine honour from off me He hath stripped, And He turneth the crown from my head.

He has stripped my honor from off me, And He turns the crown from my head.

10 He breaketh me down round about, and I go, And removeth like a tree my hope.

He breaks me down all around, and I go, And removes my hope like a tree.

11 And He kindleth against me His anger, And reckoneth me to Him as His adversaries.

And He kindles His anger against me, And reckons me to Him as His adversaries.

12 Come in do His troops together, And they raise up against me their way, And encamp round about my tent.

His troops come in together, And they raise up their way against me, And encamp around my tent.

13 My brethren from me He hath put far off, And mine acquaintances surely Have been estranged from me.

He has put my brothers far off from me, And my acquaintances have surely been estranged from me.

14 Ceased have my neighbours And my familiar friends have forgotten me,

My neighbors have ceased And my familiar friends have forgotten me,

15 Sojourners of my house and my maids, For a stranger reckon me: An alien I have been in their eyes.

Sojourners of my house and my maids, Reckon me for a stranger; I have been an alien in their eyes.

16 To my servant I have called, And he doth not answer, With my mouth I make supplication to him.

I have called to my servant, And he does not answer, With my mouth I make supplication to him.

17 My spirit is strange to my wife, And my favours to the sons of my [mother's] womb.

My spirit is strange to my wife, And my favors to the sons of my [mother’s] womb.

18 Also sucklings have despised me, I rise, and they speak against me.

Also sucklings have despised me, I rise, and they speak against me.

19 Abominate me do all the men of my counsel, And those I have loved, Have been turned against me.

All the men of my counsel detest me, And those I have loved, Have been turned against me.

20 To my skin and to my flesh Cleaved hath my bone, And I deliver myself with the skin of my teeth.

To my skin and to my flesh My bone has cleaved, And I deliver myself with the skin of my teeth.

21 Pity me, pity me, ye my friends, For the hand of God hath stricken against me.

Pity me, pity me, you my friends, For the hand of God has struck against me.

22 Why do you pursue me as God? And with my flesh are not satisfied?

Why do you pursue me as God? And are not satisfied with my flesh?

23 Who doth grant now, That my words may be written? Who doth grant that in a book they may be graven?

Who grants now, that my words may be written? Who grants that they may be inscribed in a scroll?

24 With a pen of iron and lead — For ever in a rock they may be hewn.

With a pen of iron and lead—They may be hewn in a rock forever.

25 That — I have known my Redeemer, The Living and the Last, For the dust he doth rise.

That—I have known my Redeemer, The Living and the Last, For He raises the dust.

26 And after my skin hath compassed this [body], Then from my flesh I see God:

And after my skin has surrounded this [body], Then from my flesh I see God—

27 Whom I — I see on my side, And mine eyes have beheld, and not a stranger, Consumed have been my reins in my bosom.

Whom I see on my side, And my eyes have beheld, and not a stranger, My reins have been consumed in my bosom.

28 But ye say, 'Why do we pursue after him?' And the root of the matter hath been found in me.

But you say, Why do we pursue after him? And the root of the matter has been found in me.

29 Be ye afraid because of the sword, For furious [are] the punishments of the sword, That ye may know that [there is] a judgment.

Be afraid because of the sword, For the punishments of the sword [are] furious, That you may know that [there is] a judgment.”