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Job 19

Common English Bible CEB

1 Then Job responded:

2 How long will you harass me and crush me with words?

3 These ten times you've humiliated me; shamelessly you insult me.

4 Have I really gone astray? If so, my error remains hidden inside me.

5 If you look down on me and use my disgrace to criticize me,

6 know then that God has wronged me and enclosed his net over me.

7 If I cry "Violence!" I'm not answered; I shout—but there is no justice.

8 He walled up my path so I can't pass and put darkness on my trail,

9 stripped my honor from me, removed the crown from my head,

10 tore me down completely so that I'll die, and uprooted my hope like a tree.

11 His anger burns against me; he considers me his enemy.

12 His troops come as one and construct their siege ramp against me; they camp around my tent.

13 He has distanced my family from me; my acquaintances are also alienated from me. those who know me have forgotten me. I'm a foreigner in their sight.

14 My visitors have ceased;

15 My guests and female servants think me a stranger;

16 I call my servant, and he doesn't answer; I myself must beg him.

17 My breath stinks to my wife; I am odious to my children.

18 Even the young despise me; I get up, and they rail against me.

19 All my closest friends despise me; the ones I have loved turn against me.

20 My bones cling to my skin and flesh; I have escaped by the skin of my teeth.

21 Pity me. Pity me. You're my friends. God's hand has truly struck me.

22 Why do you pursue me like God does, always hungry for my flesh?

23 Oh, that my words were written down, inscribed on a scroll

24 with an iron instrument and lead, forever engraved on stone.

25 But I know that my redeemer is alive and afterward he'll rise upon the dust.

26 After my skin has been torn apart this way— then from my flesh I'll see God,

27 whom I'll see myself— my eyes see, and not a stranger's. I am utterly dejected.

28 You say, "How will we pursue him so that the root of the matter can be found in him?"

29 You ought to fear the sword yourselves, for wrath brings punishment by the sword. You should know that there is judgment.

New King James Version NKJV

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;

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."