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| 1[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 1Then Job spoke again: |
| 2[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 2“If my misery could be weighed and my troubles be put on the scales, |
| 3[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 3they would outweigh all the sands of the sea. That is why I spoke impulsively. |
| 4[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 4For the Almighty has struck me down with his arrows. Their poison infects my spirit. God’s terrors are lined up against me. |
| 5[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 5Don’t I have a right to complain? Don’t wild donkeys bray when they find no grass, and oxen bellow when they have no food? |
| 6[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 6Don’t people complain about unsalted food? Does anyone want the tasteless white of an egg? |
| 7[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 7My appetite disappears when I look at it; I gag at the thought of eating it! |
| 8[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 8“Oh, that I might have my request, that God would grant my desire. |
| 9[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 9I wish he would crush me. I wish he would reach out his hand and kill me. |
| 10[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 10At least I can take comfort in this: Despite the pain, I have not denied the words of the Holy One. |
| 11[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 11But I don’t have the strength to endure. I have nothing to live for. |
| 12[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 12Do I have the strength of a stone? Is my body made of bronze? |
| 13[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 13No, I am utterly helpless, without any chance of success. |
| 14[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 14“One should be kind to a fainting friend, but you accuse me without any fear of the Almighty. |
| 15[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 15My brothers, you have proved as unreliable as a seasonal brook that overflows its banks in the spring |
| 16[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 16when it is swollen with ice and melting snow. |
| 17[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 17But when the hot weather arrives, the water disappears. The brook vanishes in the heat. |
| 18[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 18The caravans turn aside to be refreshed, but there is nothing to drink, so they die. |
| 19[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 19The caravans from Tema search for this water; the travelers from Sheba hope to find it. |
| 20[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 20They count on it but are disappointed. When they arrive, their hopes are dashed. |
| 21[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 21You, too, have given no help. You have seen my calamity, and you are afraid. |
| 22[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 22But why? Have I ever asked you for a gift? Have I begged for anything of yours for myself? |
| 23[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 23Have I asked you to rescue me from my enemies, or to save me from ruthless people? |
| 24[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 24Teach me, and I will keep quiet. Show me what I have done wrong. |
| 25[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 25Honest words can be painful, but what do your criticisms amount to? |
| 26[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 26Do you think your words are convincing when you disregard my cry of desperation? |
| 27[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 27You would even send an orphan into slavery or sell a friend. |
| 28[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 28Look at me! Would I lie to your face? |
| 29[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 29Stop assuming my guilt, for I have done no wrong. |
| 30[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 30Do you think I am lying? Don’t I know the difference between right and wrong? |
| [an error occurred while processing this directive] | Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., Carol Stream, Illinois 60188. All rights reserved. |
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