1 And Job אִיּ֗וֹב 'i.Yov H347 answered and said H559 , 2 How long will ye vex my soul H5315 , and crush וּֽתְדַכְּאוּנַ֥נִי u.te.da.ke.'u.Na.ni H1792 me 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 to stupefy me . 4 And be it [ 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 prove H3198 against me my reproach H2781 , 6 Know דְּֽעוּ־ de.'u- H3045 now that God אֱל֣וֹהַּ 'e.Lo.ah H433 hath overthrown me , and hath surrounded me with his net H4686 . 7 Behold , I cry אֶצְעַ֣ק 'etz.'Ak H6817 out of wrong , and I am not heard; I cry H6817 aloud , but there is no judgment H4941 . 8 He hath hedged up my way אָרְחִ֣י 'a.re.Chi H734 that I cannot pass אֶעֱב֑וֹר 'e.'e.Vor H5674 , and he 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 breaketh 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 torn H5422 up as a tree כָּ֝עֵ֗ץ ka.'Etz H6086 . 11 And he hath kindled his anger אַפּ֑וֹ 'a.Po H639 against me , and hath counted me unto him as one of his enemies. 12 His troops גְדוּדָ֗יו ge.du.Dav H1416 have come יָ֘בֹ֤אוּ ya.Vo.'u H935 together יַ֤חַד׀ Ya.chad H3162 and cast up their way דַּרְכָּ֑ם dar.Kam H1870 against me , and have encamped 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 quite estranged from me . 14 My kinsfolk have failed , and my known H3045 friends have forgotten שְׁכֵחֽוּנִי׃ she.khe.Chu.ni H7911 me . 15 The sojourners in my house בֵיתִ֣י vei.Ti H1004 and my maids count me as a stranger ; I am H1961 an alien H5237 in their sight . 16 I called קָ֭רָאתִי Ka.ra.ti H7121 my servant לְעַבְדִּ֣י le.'av.Di H5650 , and he answered יַעֲנֶ֑ה ya.'a.Neh H6030 not ; I entreated 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 entreaties to the children of my [mother's] womb בִטְנִֽי׃ vit.Ni H990 . 18 Even young עֲ֭וִילִים 'A.vi.lim H5759 children despise me ; I rise H6965 up , and they speak H1696 against me . 19 All my intimate 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 bones עַצְמִ֑י 'atz.Mi H6106 cleave 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 , 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 style 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 And [ as for ] me , I know יָ֭דַעְתִּי Ya.da'.ti H3045 that my Redeemer H1350 liveth, and the Last וְ֝אַחֲר֗וֹן ve.'a.cha.Ron H314 , he shall stand יָקֽוּם׃ ya.Kum H6965 upon the earth H6083 ; 26 And [if] after my skin ע֭וֹרִֽי o.ri H5785 this shall be destroyed, yet from out of 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 shall see רָא֣וּ ra.'U H7200 for myself , and mine eyes וְעֵינַ֣י ve.'ei.Nai H5869 shall behold , and not another : — my reins are consumed within me . 28 If ye say תֹ֭אמְרוּ To.me.ru H559 , How H4100 shall we persecute him ? when the root וְשֹׁ֥רֶשׁ ve.Sho.resh H8328 of the matter דָּ֝בָ֗ר da.Var H1697 is found H4672 in me , 29 Be ye yourselves afraid גּ֤וּרוּ Gu.ru H1481 of the sword חֶ֗רֶב Che.rev H2719 ! for the sword חָ֑רֶב Cha.rev H2719 is fury against misdeeds, that ye may know תֵּדְע֣וּן te.de.'Un H3045 there is a judgment שַׁדּֽוּן׃ ס sha.din H1779 . ← Job 18 Job 20 → Darby Bible — 1889 — Public Domain
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