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| Verse | |
| 1. Then Job answered and said | |
| 2. How long will you torment my soul, And break me in pieces with words? | |
| 3. These ten times you have reproached me; You are not ashamed that you have wronged me. | |
| 4. And if indeed I have erred, My error remains with me. | |
| 5. If indeed you exalt yourselves against me, And plead my disgrace against me, | |
| 6. Know then that God has wronged me, And has surrounded me with His net. | |
| 7. If I cry out concerning wrong, I am not heard. If I cry aloud, there is no justice. | |
| 8. He has fenced up my way, so that I cannot pass; And He has set darkness in my paths. | |
| 9. He has stripped me of my glory, And taken the crown from my head. | |
| 10. He breaks me down on every side, And I am gone; My hope He has uprooted like a tree. | |
| 11. He has also kindled His wrath against me, And He counts me as one of His enemies. | |
| 12. His troops come together And build up their road against me; They encamp all around my tent. | |
| 13. He has removed my brothers far from me, And my acquaintances are completely estranged from me. | |
| 14. My relatives have failed, And my close friends have forgotten me. | |
| 15. Those who dwell in my house, and my maidservants, Count me as a stranger; I am an alien in their sight. | |
| 16. I call my servant, but he gives no answer; I beg him with my mouth. | |
| 17. My breath is offensive to my wife, And I am repulsive to the children of my own body. | |
| 18. Even young children despise me; I arise, and they speak against me. | |
| 19. All my close friends abhor me, And those whom I love have turned against me. | |
| 20. My bone clings to my skin and to my flesh, And I have escaped by the skin of my teeth. | |
| 21. Have pity on me, have pity on me, O you my friends, For the hand of God has struck me! | |
| 22. Why do you persecute me as God does, And are not satisfied with my flesh? | |
| 23. Oh, that my words were written! Oh, that they were inscribed in a book! | |
| 24. That they were engraved on a rock With an iron pen and lead, forever! | |
| 25. For I know that my Redeemer lives, And He shall stand at last on the earth; Images | |
| 26. And after my skin is destroyed, this I know, That in my flesh I shall see God, | |
| 27. Whom I shall see for myself, And my eyes shall behold, and not another. How my heart yearns within me! | |
| 28. If you should say, 'How shall we persecute him?'-- Since the root of the matter is found in me, | |
| 29. Be afraid of the sword for yourselves; For wrath brings the punishment of the sword, That you may know there is a judgment." |
| Verse | |
| 1. Then Job answered and said | |
| 2. How long will you torment my soul, And break me in pieces with words? | |
| 3. These ten times you have reproached me; You are not ashamed that you have wronged me. | |
| 4. And if indeed I have erred, My error remains with me. | |
| 5. If indeed you exalt yourselves against me, And plead my disgrace against me, | |
| 6. Know then that God has wronged me, And has surrounded me with His net. | |
| 7. If I cry out concerning wrong, I am not heard. If I cry aloud, there is no justice. | |
| 8. He has fenced up my way, so that I cannot pass; And He has set darkness in my paths. | |
| 9. He has stripped me of my glory, And taken the crown from my head. | |
| 10. He breaks me down on every side, And I am gone; My hope He has uprooted like a tree. | |
| 11. He has also kindled His wrath against me, And He counts me as one of His enemies. | |
| 12. His troops come together And build up their road against me; They encamp all around my tent. | |
| 13. He has removed my brothers far from me, And my acquaintances are completely estranged from me. | |
| 14. My relatives have failed, And my close friends have forgotten me. | |
| 15. Those who dwell in my house, and my maidservants, Count me as a stranger; I am an alien in their sight. | |
| 16. I call my servant, but he gives no answer; I beg him with my mouth. | |
| 17. My breath is offensive to my wife, And I am repulsive to the children of my own body. | |
| 18. Even young children despise me; I arise, and they speak against me. | |
| 19. All my close friends abhor me, And those whom I love have turned against me. | |
| 20. My bone clings to my skin and to my flesh, And I have escaped by the skin of my teeth. | |
| 21. Have pity on me, have pity on me, O you my friends, For the hand of God has struck me! | |
| 22. Why do you persecute me as God does, And are not satisfied with my flesh? | |
| 23. Oh, that my words were written! Oh, that they were inscribed in a book! | |
| 24. That they were engraved on a rock With an iron pen and lead, forever! | |
| 25. For I know that my Redeemer lives, And He shall stand at last on the earth; Images | |
| 26. And after my skin is destroyed, this I know, That in my flesh I shall see God, | |
| 27. Whom I shall see for myself, And my eyes shall behold, and not another. How my heart yearns within me! | |
| 28. If you should say, 'How shall we persecute him?'-- Since the root of the matter is found in me, | |
| 29. Be afraid of the sword for yourselves; For wrath brings the punishment of the sword, That you may know there is a judgment." |