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19:1 Then Job answered and said,
19:1 Then Job answered and said:
19:2 How long will ye vex my soul, and break me in pieces with words?
19:2 "How long will you torment my soul, And break me in pieces with words?
19:3 These ten times have ye reproached me: ye are not ashamed [that] ye make yourselves strange to me.
19:3 These ten times you have reproached me; You are not ashamed that you have wronged me.
19:4 And be it indeed [that] I have erred, mine error remaineth with myself.
19:4 And if indeed I have erred, My error remains with me.
19:5 If indeed ye will magnify [yourselves] against me, and plead against me my reproach:
19:5 If indeed you exalt yourselves against me, And plead my disgrace against me,
19:6 Know now that God hath overthrown me, and hath compassed me with his net.
19:6 Know then that God has wronged me, And has surrounded me with His net.
19:7 Behold, I cry out of wrong, but I am not heard: I cry aloud, but [there is] no judgment.
19:7 "If I cry out concerning wrong, I am not heard. If I cry aloud, there is no justice.
19:8 He hath fenced up my way that I cannot pass, and he hath set darkness in my paths.
19:8 He has fenced up my way, so that I cannot pass; And He has set darkness in my paths.
19:9 He hath stripped me of my glory, and taken the crown [from] my head.
19:9 He has stripped me of my glory, And taken the crown from my head.
19:10 He hath destroyed me on every side, and I am gone: and mine hope hath he removed like a tree.
19:10 He breaks me down on every side, And I am gone; My hope He has uprooted like a tree.
19:11 He hath also kindled his wrath against me, and he counteth me unto him as [one of] his enemies.
19:11 He has also kindled His wrath against me, And He counts me as one of His enemies.
19:12 His troops come together, and raise up their way against me, and encamp round about my tabernacle.
19:12 His troops come together And build up their road against me; They encamp all around my tent.
19:13 He hath put my brethren far from me, and mine acquaintance are verily estranged from me.
19:13 "He has removed my brothers far from me, And my acquaintances are completely estranged from me.
19:14 My kinsfolk have failed, and my familiar friends have forgotten me.
19:14 My relatives have failed, And my close friends have forgotten me.
19:15 They that dwell in mine house, and my maids, count me for a stranger: I am an alien in their sight.
19:15 Those who dwell in my house, and my maidservants, Count me as a stranger; I am an alien in their sight.
19:16 I called my servant, and he gave [me] no answer; I intreated him with my mouth.
19:16 I call my servant, but he gives no answer; I beg him with my mouth.
19:17 My breath is strange to my wife, though I intreated for the children's [sake] of mine own body.
19:17 My breath is offensive to my wife, And I am repulsive to the children of my own body.
19:18 Yea, young children despised me; I arose, and they spake against me.
19:18 Even young children despise me; I arise, and they speak against me.
19:19 All my inward friends abhorred me: and they whom I loved are turned against me.
19:19 All my close friends abhor me, And those whom I love have turned against me.
19:20 My bone cleaveth to my skin and to my flesh, and I am escaped with the skin of my teeth.
19:20 My bone clings to my skin and to my flesh, And I have escaped by the skin of my teeth.
19:21 Have pity upon me, have pity upon me, O ye my friends; for the hand of God hath touched me.
19:21 "Have pity on me, have pity on me, O you my friends, For the hand of God has struck me!
19:22 Why do ye persecute me as God, and are not satisfied with my flesh?
19:22 Why do you persecute me as God does, And are not satisfied with my flesh?
19:23 Oh that my words were now written! oh that they were printed in a book!
19:23 "Oh, that my words were written! Oh, that they were inscribed in a book!
19:24 That they were graven with an iron pen and lead in the rock for ever!
19:24 That they were engraved on a rock With an iron pen and lead, forever!
19:25 For I know [that] my redeemer liveth, and [that] he shall stand at the latter [day] upon the earth:
19:25 For I know that my Redeemer lives, And He shall stand at last on the earth;
19:26 And [though] after my skin [worms] destroy this [body], yet in my flesh shall I see God:
19:26 And after my skin is destroyed, this I know, That in my flesh I shall see God,
19:27 Whom I shall see for myself, and mine eyes shall behold, and not another; [though] my reins be consumed within me.
19:27 Whom I shall see for myself, And my eyes shall behold, and not another. How my heart yearns within me!
19:28 But ye should say, Why persecute we him, seeing the root of the matter is found in me?
19:28 If you should say, 'How shall we persecute him?'--Since the root of the matter is found in me,
19:29 Be ye afraid of the sword: for wrath [bringeth] the punishments of the sword, that ye may know [there is] a judgment.
19:29 Be afraid of the sword for yourselves; For wrath brings the punishment of the sword, That you may know there is a judgment."
19:1 Then Job answered and said:
19:2 How long will ye vex my soul, and break me in pieces with words?
19:2 "How long will you torment my soul, And break me in pieces with words?
19:3 These ten times have ye reproached me: ye are not ashamed [that] ye make yourselves strange to me.
19:3 These ten times you have reproached me; You are not ashamed that you have wronged me.
19:4 And be it indeed [that] I have erred, mine error remaineth with myself.
19:4 And if indeed I have erred, My error remains with me.
19:5 If indeed ye will magnify [yourselves] against me, and plead against me my reproach:
19:5 If indeed you exalt yourselves against me, And plead my disgrace against me,
19:6 Know now that God hath overthrown me, and hath compassed me with his net.
19:6 Know then that God has wronged me, And has surrounded me with His net.
19:7 Behold, I cry out of wrong, but I am not heard: I cry aloud, but [there is] no judgment.
19:7 "If I cry out concerning wrong, I am not heard. If I cry aloud, there is no justice.
19:8 He hath fenced up my way that I cannot pass, and he hath set darkness in my paths.
19:8 He has fenced up my way, so that I cannot pass; And He has set darkness in my paths.
19:9 He hath stripped me of my glory, and taken the crown [from] my head.
19:9 He has stripped me of my glory, And taken the crown from my head.
19:10 He hath destroyed me on every side, and I am gone: and mine hope hath he removed like a tree.
19:10 He breaks me down on every side, And I am gone; My hope He has uprooted like a tree.
19:11 He hath also kindled his wrath against me, and he counteth me unto him as [one of] his enemies.
19:11 He has also kindled His wrath against me, And He counts me as one of His enemies.
19:12 His troops come together, and raise up their way against me, and encamp round about my tabernacle.
19:12 His troops come together And build up their road against me; They encamp all around my tent.
19:13 He hath put my brethren far from me, and mine acquaintance are verily estranged from me.
19:13 "He has removed my brothers far from me, And my acquaintances are completely estranged from me.
19:14 My kinsfolk have failed, and my familiar friends have forgotten me.
19:14 My relatives have failed, And my close friends have forgotten me.
19:15 They that dwell in mine house, and my maids, count me for a stranger: I am an alien in their sight.
19:15 Those who dwell in my house, and my maidservants, Count me as a stranger; I am an alien in their sight.
19:16 I called my servant, and he gave [me] no answer; I intreated him with my mouth.
19:16 I call my servant, but he gives no answer; I beg him with my mouth.
19:17 My breath is strange to my wife, though I intreated for the children's [sake] of mine own body.
19:17 My breath is offensive to my wife, And I am repulsive to the children of my own body.
19:18 Yea, young children despised me; I arose, and they spake against me.
19:18 Even young children despise me; I arise, and they speak against me.
19:19 All my inward friends abhorred me: and they whom I loved are turned against me.
19:19 All my close friends abhor me, And those whom I love have turned against me.
19:20 My bone cleaveth to my skin and to my flesh, and I am escaped with the skin of my teeth.
19:20 My bone clings to my skin and to my flesh, And I have escaped by the skin of my teeth.
19:21 Have pity upon me, have pity upon me, O ye my friends; for the hand of God hath touched me.
19:21 "Have pity on me, have pity on me, O you my friends, For the hand of God has struck me!
19:22 Why do ye persecute me as God, and are not satisfied with my flesh?
19:22 Why do you persecute me as God does, And are not satisfied with my flesh?
19:23 Oh that my words were now written! oh that they were printed in a book!
19:23 "Oh, that my words were written! Oh, that they were inscribed in a book!
19:24 That they were graven with an iron pen and lead in the rock for ever!
19:24 That they were engraved on a rock With an iron pen and lead, forever!
19:25 For I know [that] my redeemer liveth, and [that] he shall stand at the latter [day] upon the earth:
19:25 For I know that my Redeemer lives, And He shall stand at last on the earth;
19:26 And [though] after my skin [worms] destroy this [body], yet in my flesh shall I see God:
19:26 And after my skin is destroyed, this I know, That in my flesh I shall see God,
19:27 Whom I shall see for myself, and mine eyes shall behold, and not another; [though] my reins be consumed within me.
19:27 Whom I shall see for myself, And my eyes shall behold, and not another. How my heart yearns within me!
19:28 But ye should say, Why persecute we him, seeing the root of the matter is found in me?
19:28 If you should say, 'How shall we persecute him?'--Since the root of the matter is found in me,
19:29 Be ye afraid of the sword: for wrath [bringeth] the punishments of the sword, that ye may know [there is] a judgment.
19:29 Be afraid of the sword for yourselves; For wrath brings the punishment of the sword, That you may know there is a judgment."