Job 19
1 Then Job answered and said,
Then Job answered, and said,
2 How long will ye vex my soul, And break me in pieces with words?
How long will ye vex my soul, and break me in pieces with words?
3 These ten times have ye reproached me: Ye are not ashamed that ye deal hardly with me.
These ten times ye have reproached me. Ye are not ashamed that ye deal hardly with me.
4 And be it indeed that I have erred, Mine error remaineth with myself.
And be it indeed that I have erred, my error remains 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 plead against me my reproach,
6 Know now that God hath subverted me [in my cause], And hath compassed me with his net.
know now that God has subverted me, and has encompassed me with his net.
7 Behold, I cry out of wrong, but I am not heard: I cry for help, but there is no justice.
Behold, I cry out of wrong, but I am not heard. I cry for help, but there is no justice.
8 He hath walled up my way that I cannot pass, And hath set darkness in my paths.
He has walled up my way that I cannot pass, and has set darkness in my paths.
9 He hath stripped me of my glory, And taken the crown from my head.
He has 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 has broken me down on every side, and I am gone. And he has plucked up my hope like a tree.
11 He hath also kindled his wrath against me, And he counteth me unto him as [one of] his adversaries.
He has also kindled his wrath against me. And he considers me to him as his adversaries.
12 His troops come on together, And cast up their way against me, And encamp round about my tent.
His troops come on together, and cast up their way against me, and encamp round about my tent.
13 He hath put my brethren far from me, And mine acquaintance are wholly estranged from me.
He has put my brothers far from me, and my acquaintances are wholly estranged from me.
14 My kinsfolk have failed, And my familiar friends have forgotten me.
My kinsfolk have failed, and my familiar friends have forgotten me.
15 They that dwell in my house, and my maids, count me for a stranger: I am an alien in their sight.
Those who dwell in my house, and my maids, reckon me for 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 call to my servant, and he gives me no answer. I entreat him with my mouth.
17 My breath is strange to my wife, And my supplication to the children of mine own mother.
My breath is strange to my wife, and my supplication to the sons of my own mother.
18 Even young children despise me; If I arise, they speak against me.
Even young children despise me. If I arise, they speak against me.
19 All my familiar friends abhor me, And they whom I loved are turned against me.
All my familiar friends abhor me, and those 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 bone cleaves to my skin and to my flesh, and I have 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, O ye my friends, for the hand of God has 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!
O that my words were now written! O that they were inscribed in a book,
24 That with an iron pen and lead They were graven in the rock for ever!
that they were engraved in the rock forever with an iron pen and lead!
25 But as for me I know that my Redeemer liveth, And at last he will stand up upon the earth:
But as for me I know that my Redeemer lives, and at last he will stand up upon the earth.
26 And after my skin, [even] this [body], is destroyed, Then without my flesh shall I see God;
And after my skin, this body, is destroyed, then outside my flesh I shall see God,
27 Whom I, even I, shall see, on my side, And mine eyes shall behold, and not as a stranger. My heart is consumed within me.
whom I, even I, shall see on my side, and my eyes shall behold, and not as a stranger. My heart is consumed within me.
28 If ye say, How we will persecute him! And that the root of the matter is found in me;
If ye say, How we will persecute him! And that 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 afraid of the sword. For wrath brings the punishments of the sword, that ye may know there is a judgment.
