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Job 19
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Job Responds to Bildad

19 In response, Job said:

2 “How long do you intend to keep torturing me
    and trying to break me by what you’re saying?
3 Ten times you’ve tried to humiliate me!
    You’re not ashamed to wrong me!
4 Even if it’s true that I’ve erred,
    my error only affects me.
5 If you really intend to vaunt yourselves over me,
    and make my problems the basis of your case against me,
6 then at least you must know that God has accused me of wrong,
    and trapped me with his net.”

Job Accuses God of Being Angry

7 “Although I cried out ‘Violence!’
    I received no answer;
I cried for help,
    but there was no justice.
8 He blocked my path,
    so I cannot pass;
        and he turned out the lights on my pathways.

9 “He has stripped me of my honor;
    he has stolen the crown off my head!
10 He is breaking me down on every side,
    and now it’s too late for me;[a]
        he has uprooted my hopes like a tree.
11 His anger burns against me;
    he regards me as his adversary.
12 His troops march[b] in a column[c] against me,
    erecting their siege ramps against me;
        they surround my tent.”

Job’s Family and Friends Abandoned Him

13 “My brothers are alienated from me;
    my acquaintances are estranged;
14 my relatives have failed me;
    and my friends[d] have abandoned me.
15 Those who live in my house—
    and my maidservants, too!—
treat me like a stranger;
    they think I’m a foreigner.

16 “I call to my servant,
    but he doesn’t respond,
        even though I beg to him earnestly.[e]
17 My wife says my breath stinks;
    even my children say I smell bad!
18 Even little children hate me;
    when I get up, they mock me.
19 My closest friends[f] detest me;
    even the ones I love have turned against me.
20 I’m a pile of skin and bones;
    I have barely escaped by the skin of my teeth.”

Job Pleads with His Friends

21 “Be gracious to me, be gracious to me, my friends,
    because God’s hand has struck me.
22 Why are you chasing me, as God has been doing?
    Aren’t you satisfied that I’m sick?[g]
23 If only my words were written down;
    if only they were inscribed in a book
24 using an iron stylus with lead for ink!
    Then they’d be engraved in rock forever.

25 “As for me, I know that my Vindicator[h] is alive;
    And he, the Last One,[i] will take his stand on the soil.[j]
26 Even after my skin has been destroyed,
    clothed in my flesh I will see God,
27 whom I will see for myself.
My own eyes will look at him—
    there won’t be anyone else for me!—
        He is the culmination of my innermost desire.”

Job Reminds His Friends of Judgment

28 “When you’re thinking about asking yourselves,
    ‘How will we pursue him,
        since the root of the problem is with him?’[k]
29 Make sure that you remain wary of God’s sword,
    for God’s wrath brings with it the sword of punishment,
        by which you’ll know there’s a judgment.”

Footnotes

  1. Job 19:10 Lit. and I’m gone
  2. Job 19:12 Or proceed
  3. Job 19:12 Or together
  4. Job 19:14 Lit. and those who know me
  5. Job 19:16 Lit. him with my mouth
  6. Job 19:19 Or circle of familiar friends
  7. Job 19:22 Lit. satisfied with my flesh
  8. Job 19:25 Or Redeemer
  9. Job 19:25 Lit. And the Last
  10. Job 19:25 Or dust
  11. Job 19:28 Lit me
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Job 19
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Job

19 Then Job replied:

2 “How long will you torment(A) me
    and crush(B) me with words?
3 Ten times(C) now you have reproached(D) me;
    shamelessly you attack me.
4 If it is true that I have gone astray,
    my error(E) remains my concern alone.
5 If indeed you would exalt yourselves above me(F)
    and use my humiliation against me,
6 then know that God has wronged me(G)
    and drawn his net(H) around me.(I)

7 “Though I cry, ‘Violence!’ I get no response;(J)
    though I call for help,(K) there is no justice.(L)
8 He has blocked my way so I cannot pass;(M)
    he has shrouded my paths in darkness.(N)
9 He has stripped(O) me of my honor(P)
    and removed the crown from my head.(Q)
10 He tears me down(R) on every side till I am gone;
    he uproots my hope(S) like a tree.(T)
11 His anger(U) burns against me;
    he counts me among his enemies.(V)
12 His troops advance in force;(W)
    they build a siege ramp(X) against me
    and encamp around my tent.(Y)

13 “He has alienated my family(Z) from me;
    my acquaintances are completely estranged from me.(AA)
14 My relatives have gone away;
    my closest friends(AB) have forgotten me.
15 My guests(AC) and my female servants(AD) count me a foreigner;
    they look on me as on a stranger.
16 I summon my servant, but he does not answer,
    though I beg him with my own mouth.
17 My breath is offensive to my wife;
    I am loathsome(AE) to my own family.
18 Even the little boys(AF) scorn me;
    when I appear, they ridicule me.(AG)
19 All my intimate friends(AH) detest me;(AI)
    those I love have turned against me.(AJ)
20 I am nothing but skin and bones;(AK)
    I have escaped only by the skin of my teeth.[a]

21 “Have pity on me, my friends,(AL) have pity,
    for the hand of God has struck(AM) me.
22 Why do you pursue(AN) me as God does?(AO)
    Will you never get enough of my flesh?(AP)

23 “Oh, that my words were recorded,
    that they were written on a scroll,(AQ)
24 that they were inscribed with an iron tool(AR) on[b] lead,
    or engraved in rock forever!(AS)
25 I know that my redeemer[c](AT) lives,(AU)
    and that in the end he will stand on the earth.[d]
26 And after my skin has been destroyed,
    yet[e] in[f] my flesh I will see God;(AV)
27 I myself will see him
    with my own eyes(AW)—I, and not another.
    How my heart yearns(AX) within me!

28 “If you say, ‘How we will hound(AY) him,
    since the root of the trouble lies in him,[g]’
29 you should fear the sword yourselves;
    for wrath will bring punishment by the sword,(AZ)
    and then you will know that there is judgment.[h]”(BA)

Footnotes

  1. Job 19:20 Or only by my gums
  2. Job 19:24 Or and
  3. Job 19:25 Or vindicator
  4. Job 19:25 Or on my grave
  5. Job 19:26 Or And after I awake, / though this body has been destroyed, / then
  6. Job 19:26 Or destroyed, / apart from
  7. Job 19:28 Many Hebrew manuscripts, Septuagint and Vulgate; most Hebrew manuscripts me
  8. Job 19:29 Or sword, / that you may come to know the Almighty
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