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 all of you vex my soul, and break me in pieces with words?

3 These ten times have ye reproached me: ye are not ashamed [that] ye make yourselves strange to me.

These ten times have all of you reproached me: all of you are not ashamed that all of you make yourselves strange to me.

4 And be it indeed [that] I have erred, my error remaineth with myself.

And be it indeed that I have erred, mine error remains with myself.

5 If indeed ye will magnify [yourselves] against me, and plead against me my reproach:

If indeed all of you will magnify yourselves against me, and plead against me my reproach:

6 Know now that God hath overthrown me, and hath encompassed me with his net.

Know now that God has overthrown me, and has compassed me with his net.

7 Behold, I cry out of wrong, but I am not heard: I cry aloud, but [there is] no judgment.

Behold, I cry out of wrong, but I am not heard: I cry aloud, but there is no judgment.

8 He hath fenced up my way that I cannot pass, and he hath set darkness in my paths.

He has fenced up my way that I cannot pass, and he 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 destroyed me on every side, and I am gone: and my hope hath he removed like a tree.

He has destroyed me on every side, and I am gone: and mine hope has he removed like a tree.

11 He hath also kindled his wrath against me, and he counteth me to him as [one of] his enemies.

He has also kindled his wrath against me, and he counts me unto him as one of his enemies.

12 His troops come together, and raise up their way against me, and encamp around my tabernacle.

His troops come together, and raise up their way against me, and camp round about my tabernacle.

13 He hath put my brethren far from me, and my acquaintance are verily estranged from me.

He has put my brethren far from me, and mine acquaintance are verily cut off from me.

14 My kinsmen 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.

They that dwell in mine house, and my maids, count me for a stranger: I am an foreigner in their sight.

16 I called my servant, and he gave [me] no answer; I entreated him with my mouth.

I called my servant, and he gave me no answer; I implored him with my mouth.

17 My breath is strange to my wife, though I entreated for the children's [sake] of my own body.

My breath is strange to my wife, though I implored for the children's sake of mine own body.

18 Yes, young children despised me; I arose, and they spoke against me.

Yea, young children despised me; I arose, and they spoke against me.

19 All my intimate friends abhorred me: and they whom I loved are turned against me.

All my inward friends abhorred me: and they whom I loved are turned against me.

20 My bone cleaveth to my skin and to my flesh, and I have escaped with the skin of my teeth.

My bone cleaves 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, O all of you 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 all of you persecute me as God, and are not satisfied with my flesh?

23 Oh that my words were now written! oh that they were printed in a book!

Oh that my words were now written! oh that they were printed in a book!

24 That they were graven with an iron pen in lead, in the rock for ever!

That they were graven with an iron pen and lead in the rock for ever!

25 For I know [that] my redeemer liveth, and [that] he will stand at the latter [day] upon the earth:

For I know that my redeemer lives, and that he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth:

26 And [though] after my skin [worms] destroy this [body], yet in my flesh shall I see God:

And though after my skin worms destroy this body, yet in my flesh shall I see God:

27 Whom I shall see for myself, and my eyes shall behold, and not another; [though] my reins be consumed within me.

Whom I shall see for myself, and mine eyes shall behold, and not another; though my reins be consumed within me.

28 But ye would say, Why persecute we him, seeing the root of the matter is found in me?

But all of you should say, Why persecute we him, seeing 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 all of you afraid of the sword: for wrath brings the punishments of the sword, that all of you may know there is a judgment.