Job 19

Berean Standard Bible

Job: My Redeemer Lives

2“How longH5704 H575 will you tormentH3013 meH5315and crush meH1792 with your wordsH4405?3TenH6235 timesH6471 nowH2088 you have reproached meH3637;you shamelesslyH3808 H954 mistreatH1970 me.4Even ifH637 I have truly gone astrayH551 H7686,my errorH4879 concerns meH3885 aloneH854.5IfH518 indeedH551 you would exaltH1431 yourselves above meH5921and use my disgraceH2781 H3198 against meH5921,6thenH645 understandH3045 thatH3588 it is GodH433 who has wronged meH5791and drawn His netH4685 aroundH5362 meH5921.

7ThoughH2005 I cry outH6817, ‘ViolenceH2555!’ I get noH3808 responseH6030;though I call for helpH7768, there is noH369 justiceH4941.8He has blockedH1443 my wayH734 so I cannotH3808 passH5674;He has veiledH5921 H7760 my pathsH5410 with darknessH2822.9He has stripped meH6584 of my honorH3519 H5921and removedH5493 the crownH5850 from my headH7218.10He tears me downH5422 on every sideH5439 until I am goneH1980;He uprootsH5265 my hopeH8615 like a treeH6086.11His angerH639 burnsH2734 against meH5921,and He counts meH2803 among His enemiesH6862.12His troopsH1416 advanceH935 togetherH3162;they constructH5549 a rampH1870 against meH5921and encampH2583 aroundH5439 my tentH168.

13He has removedH7368 my brothersH251 from meH5921;my acquaintancesH3045 H389 have abandonedH2114 meH4480.14My kinsmenH7138 have failed meH2308,and my friendsH3045 have forgotten meH7911.15My guestsH1004 and maidservantsH519 count meH2803 as a strangerH2114;I amH1961 a foreignerH5237 in their sightH5869.16I callH7121 for my servantH5650, but he does notH3808 answerH6030,though I imploreH2603 him withH1119 my own mouthH6310.17My breathH7307 is repulsiveH2114 to my wifeH802,and I am loathsomeH2603 to my own familyH1121 H990.18EvenH1571 little boysH5759 scornH3988 me;when I appearH6965, they derideH1696 me.19AllH3605 my best friendsH4962 H5475 despise meH8581,and thoseH2088 I loveH157 have turnedH2015 against me.20My skinH5785 and fleshH1320 clingH1692 to my bonesH6106;I have escapedH4422 by the skinH5785 of my teethH8127.

21Have pity on meH2603, my friendsH7453, have pityH2603 H859,forH3588 the handH3027 of GodH433 has struckH5060 me.22WhyH4100 do you persecute meH7291 asH3644 God doesH410?Will you neverH3808 get enoughH7646 of my fleshH1320?

23I wishH4310 H5414 H645 that my wordsH4405 H4310 H5414 were recordedH3789and inscribedH2710 in a bookH5612,24by an ironH1270 stylusH5842 on leadH5777,or chiseledH2672 in stoneH6697 foreverH5703.25But IH589 knowH3045 that my RedeemerH1350 1 livesH2416,and in the endH314 He will standH6965 uponH5921 the earthH6083.226Even afterH310 my skinH5785 has been destroyedH5362 H2063,yet in my fleshH1320 3 I will seeH2372 GodH433.27IH589 will seeH2372 HimH834 for myself;my eyesH5869 will behold HimH7200, and notH3808 as a strangerH2114.How my heartH3629 yearnsH3615 4 within meH2436!

28IfH3588 you sayH559, ‘Let us persecuteH7291 him,since the rootH8328 of the matterH1697 liesH4672 with him,5’29then you should fearH1481 H6440 the swordH2719 yourselves,becauseH3588 wrathH2534 brings punishmentH5771 by the swordH2719,so thatH4616 you may knowH3045 there is a judgmentH1779.”

1. Job 19:25 Or Vindicator ↩
2. Job 19:25 Or on my grave ↩
3. Job 19:26 Or without my flesh ↩
4. Job 19:27 Hebrew my kidneys yearn ↩
5. Job 19:28 Many Hebrew manuscripts, LXX, and Vulgate; most Hebrew manuscripts with me ↩