| New American Standard Bible 1995 | New International Version |
| 1Then Job responded, | 1Then Job replied: |
| 2"How long will you torment me And crush me with words? | 2"How long will you torment me and crush me with words? |
| 3"These ten times you have insulted me; You are not ashamed to wrong me. | 3Ten times now you have reproached me; shamelessly you attack me. |
| 4"Even if I have truly erred, My error lodges with me. | 4If it is true that I have gone astray, my error remains my concern alone. |
| 5"If indeed you vaunt yourselves against me And prove my disgrace to me, | 5If indeed you would exalt yourselves above me and use my humiliation against me, |
| 6Know then that God has wronged me And has closed His net around me. | 6then know that God has wronged me and drawn his net around me. |
| 7"Behold, I cry, 'Violence!' but I get no answer; I shout for help, but there is no justice. | 7"Though I cry, 'Violence!' I get no response; though I call for help, there is no justice. |
| 8"He has walled up my way so that I cannot pass, And He has put darkness on my paths. | 8He has blocked my way so I cannot pass; he has shrouded my paths in darkness. |
| 9"He has stripped my honor from me And removed the crown from my head. | 9He has stripped me of my honor and removed the crown from my head. |
| 10"He breaks me down on every side, and I am gone; And He has uprooted my hope like a tree. | 10He tears me down on every side till I am gone; he uproots my hope like a tree. |
| 11"He has also kindled His anger against me And considered me as His enemy. | 11His anger burns against me; he counts me among his enemies. |
| 12"His troops come together, And build up their way against me And camp around my tent. | 12His troops advance in force; they build a siege ramp against me and encamp around my tent. |
| 13"He has removed my brothers far from me, And my acquaintances are completely estranged from me. | 13"He has alienated my family from me; my acquaintances are completely estranged from me. |
| 14"My relatives have failed, And my intimate friends have forgotten me. | 14My relatives have gone away; my closest friends have forgotten me. |
| 15"Those who live in my house and my maids consider me a stranger. I am a foreigner in their sight. | 15My guests and my female servants count me a foreigner; they look on me as on a stranger. |
| 16"I call to my servant, but he does not answer; I have to implore him with my mouth. | 16I summon my servant, but he does not answer, though I beg him with my own mouth. |
| 17"My breath is offensive to my wife, And I am loathsome to my own brothers. | 17My breath is offensive to my wife; I am loathsome to my own family. |
| 18"Even young children despise me; I rise up and they speak against me. | 18Even the little boys scorn me; when I appear, they ridicule me. |
| 19"All my associates abhor me, And those I love have turned against me. | 19All my intimate friends detest me; those I love have turned against me. |
| 20"My bone clings to my skin and my flesh, And I have escaped only by the skin of my teeth. | 20I am nothing but skin and bones; I have escaped only by the skin of my teeth. |
| 21"Pity me, pity me, O you my friends, For the hand of God has struck me. | 21"Have pity on me, my friends, have pity, for the hand of God has struck me. |
| 22"Why do you persecute me as God does, And are not satisfied with my flesh? | 22Why do you pursue me as God does? Will you never get enough of my flesh? |
| 23"Oh that my words were written! Oh that they were inscribed in a book! | 23"Oh, that my words were recorded, that they were written on a scroll, |
| 24"That with an iron stylus and lead They were engraved in the rock forever! | 24that they were inscribed with an iron tool on lead, or engraved in rock forever! |
| 25"As for me, I know that my Redeemer lives, And at the last He will take His stand on the earth. | 25I know that my redeemer lives, and that in the end he will stand on the earth. |
| 26"Even after my skin is destroyed, Yet from my flesh I shall see God; | 26And after my skin has been destroyed, yet in my flesh I will see God; |
| 27Whom I myself shall behold, And whom my eyes will see and not another. My heart faints within me! | 27I myself will see him with my own eyes--I, and not another. How my heart yearns within me! |
| 28"If you say, 'How shall we persecute him?' And 'What pretext for a case against him can we find?' | 28"If you say, 'How we will hound him, since the root of the trouble lies in him,' |
| 29"Then be afraid of the sword for yourselves, For wrath brings the punishment of the sword, So that you may know there is judgment." | 29you should fear the sword yourselves; for wrath will bring punishment by the sword, and then you will know that there is judgment." |
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