1 Then Job אִיּ֗וֹב 'i.Yov H347 answered and said H559 , 2 How long will ye vex my soul H5315 , And break me in pieces with words בְמִלִּֽים׃ ve.mi.Lim H4405 ? 3 These ten עֶ֣שֶׂר 'E.ser H6235 times H6471 have ye reproached me : Ye are not ashamed תֵ֝בֹ֗שׁוּ te.Vo.shu H954 that ye deal hardly with me . 4 And be it indeed H637 that I have erred שָׁגִ֑יתִי sha.Gi.ti H7686 , Mine error remaineth with myself. 5 If indeed ye will magnify תַּגְדִּ֑ילוּ tag.Di.lu H1431 yourselves against me , And plead against me my reproach H2781 ; 6 Know דְּֽעוּ־ de.'u- H3045 now that God אֱל֣וֹהַּ 'e.Lo.ah H433 hath subverted me in my cause, And hath compassed me with his net H4686 . 7 Behold , I cry אֶצְעַ֣ק 'etz.'Ak H6817 out of wrong , but I am not heard: I cry H6817 for help אֲ֝שַׁוַּ֗ע 'a.sha.Va' H7768 , but there is no justice מִשְׁפָּֽט׃ mish.Pat H4941 . 8 He hath walled גָ֭דַר Ga.dar H1443 up my way אָרְחִ֣י 'a.re.Chi H734 that I cannot pass אֶעֱב֑וֹר 'e.'e.Vor H5674 , And hath set H7760 darkness חֹ֣שֶׁךְ Cho.shekh H2822 in my paths H734 . 9 He hath stripped H6584 me of my glory H3519 , And taken the crown עֲטֶ֣רֶת 'a.Te.ret H5850 from my head רֹאשִֽׁי׃ ro.Shi H7218 . 10 He hath broken H5422 me down יִתְּצֵ֣נִי yi.te.Tze.ni H5422 on every side , and I am gone; And my hope תִּקְוָתִֽי׃ tik.va.Ti H8615 hath he plucked up like a tree כָּ֝עֵ֗ץ ka.'Etz H6086 . 11 He hath also kindled his wrath against me , And he counteth me unto him as one of his adversaries. 12 His troops גְדוּדָ֗יו ge.du.Dav H1416 come יָ֘בֹ֤אוּ ya.Vo.'u H935 on together יַ֤חַד׀ Ya.chad H3162 , And cast up their way דַּרְכָּ֑ם dar.Kam H1870 against me , And encamp וַיַּחֲנ֖וּ vai.ya.cha.Nu H2583 round H5439 about my tent לְאָהֳלִֽי׃ le.'o.ho.Li H168 . 13 He hath put הִרְחִ֑יק hir.Chik H7368 my brethren far H7368 from me , And mine acquaintance are wholly estranged from me . 14 My kinsfolk have failed , And my familiar friends have forgotten שְׁכֵחֽוּנִי׃ she.khe.Chu.ni H7911 me . 15 They that dwell in my house בֵיתִ֣י vei.Ti H1004 , and my maids , count me for a stranger : I am H1961 an alien H5237 in their sight . 16 I call קָ֭רָאתִי Ka.ra.ti H7121 unto my servant לְעַבְדִּ֣י le.'av.Di H5650 , and he giveth me no answer יַעֲנֶ֑ה ya.'a.Neh H6030 , Though I entreat him with my mouth פִ֝֗י Fi H6310 . 17 My breath ר֭וּחִֽי Ru.chi H7307 is strange H2114 to my wife לְאִשְׁתִּ֑י le.'ish.Ti H802 , And my supplication to the children of mine own mother. 18 Even young עֲ֭וִילִים 'A.vi.lim H5759 children despise me ; If I arise אָ֝ק֗וּמָה 'a.Ku.mah H6965 , they speak H1696 against me . 19 All my familiar friends H157 abhor תִּֽ֭עֲבוּנִי Ti.'a.vu.ni H8581 me , And they whom I loved אָ֝הַ֗בְתִּי 'a.Hav.ti H157 are turned נֶהְפְּכוּ־ neh.pe.khu- H2015 against me . 20 My bone עַצְמִ֑י 'atz.Mi H6106 cleaveth to my skin בְּעוֹרִ֣י be.'o.Ri H5785 and to my flesh וּ֭בִבְשָׂרִי U.viv.sa.ri H1320 , And I am escaped H4422 with the skin בְּע֣וֹר be.'or H5785 of my teeth שִׁנָּֽי׃ shi.Nai H8127 . 21 Have pity upon me , have pity upon me , O ye my friends רֵעָ֑י re.'Ai H7453 ; For the hand יַד־ yad- H3027 of God אֱ֝ל֗וֹהַּ 'e.Lo.ah H433 hath touched נָ֣גְעָה Na.ge.'ah H5060 me . 22 Why לָ֭מָּה La.mah H4100 do ye persecute me as God אֵ֑ל 'El H410 , And are not satisfied H7646 with my flesh וּ֝מִבְּשָׂרִ֗י u.mi.be.sa.Ri H1320 ? 24 That with an iron בַּרְזֶ֥ל bar.Zel H1270 pen and lead וְעֹפָ֑רֶת ve.'o.Fa.ret H5777 They were graven in the rock בַּצּ֥וּר ba.Tzur H6697 for ever לָ֝עַ֗ד la.'Ad H5703 ! 25 But as for me I know יָ֭דַעְתִּי Ya.da'.ti H3045 that my Redeemer H1350 liveth, And at last וְ֝אַחֲר֗וֹן ve.'a.cha.Ron H314 he will stand יָקֽוּם׃ ya.Kum H6965 up upon the earth H6083 : 26 And after my skin ע֭וֹרִֽי o.ri H5785 , even this body H1320 , is destroyed, Then without my flesh וּ֝מִבְּשָׂרִ֗י u.mi.be.sa.Ri H1320 shall I see אֶֽחֱזֶ֥ה 'e.che.Zeh H2372 God אֱלֽוֹהַּ׃ 'e.Lo.ah H433 ; 27 Whom I , even I , shall see רָא֣וּ ra.'U H7200 , on my side, And mine eyes וְעֵינַ֣י ve.'ei.Nai H5869 shall behold , and not as a stranger. My heart is consumed within me . 28 If ye say תֹ֭אמְרוּ To.me.ru H559 , How H4100 we will persecute him ! And that the root וְשֹׁ֥רֶשׁ ve.Sho.resh H8328 of the matter דָּ֝בָ֗ר da.Var H1697 is found H4672 in me ; 29 Be ye afraid גּ֤וּרוּ Gu.ru H1481 of the sword חֶ֗רֶב Che.rev H2719 : For wrath H2534 bringeth the punishments of the sword חָ֑רֶב Cha.rev H2719 , That ye may know תֵּדְע֣וּן te.de.'Un H3045 there is a judgment שַׁדּֽוּן׃ ס sha.din H1779 . ← Job 18 Job 20 → American Standard Version — 1901 — Public Domain
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