Job 19 Parallel Bible Translations

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1 Iob aunswered, and saide: Then Job answered and said: Then Job replied:
2 How long wyll ye vexe my soule, and trouble me with wordes? “How long will you torment me and break me in pieces with words? “How long will you torment me and crush me with words?
3 Lo, ten times haue ye reproched me, and are not ashamed, but haue laughed me to scorne. These ten times you have cast reproach upon me; are you not ashamed to wrong me? Ten times now you have reproached me; shamelessly you attack me.
4 Be it that I haue erred in deede, myne errour then remaineth with my selfe. And even if it be true that I have erred, my error remains with myself. If it is true that I have gone astray, my error remains my concern alone.
5 But if ye wyll aduaunce your selues against me, and rebuke me for the shame that is come vpon me: If indeed you magnify yourselves against me and make my disgrace an argument against me, If indeed you would exalt yourselves above me and use my humiliation against me,
6 Know this then, that it is God which hath ouerthrowe me, and hath compassed me with his net. know then that God has put me in the wrong and closed his net about me. then know that God has wronged me and drawn his net around me.
7 If I complaine of the violence that is done vnto me, I cannot be heard: and if I crye, there is no sentence geuen with me. Behold, I cry out, ‘Violence!’ but I am not answered; I call for help, but there is no justice. “Though I cry, ‘Violence!’ I get no response; though I call for help, there is no justice.
8 He hath hedged vp my way that I can not passe, and he hath set darkenesse in my pathes. He has walled up my way, so that I cannot pass, and he has set darkness upon my paths. He has blocked my way so I cannot pass; he has shrouded my paths in darkness.
9 He hath spoyled me of myne honour, and taken the crowne away from my head. He has stripped from me my glory and taken the crown from my head. He has stripped me of my honor and removed the crown from my head.
10 He hath destroyed me on euery side and I am gone: my hope hath he taken away as a tree pluckt vp by the roote. He breaks me down on every side, and I am gone, and my hope has he pulled up like a tree. He tears me down on every side till I am gone; he uproots my hope like a tree.
11 His wrath is kindled against me, he taketh me as though I were his enemie. He has kindled his wrath against me and counts me as his adversary. His anger burns against me; he counts me among his enemies.
12 His men of warre come together, which made their way ouer me, and besieged my dwelling rounde about. His troops come on together; they have cast up their siege ramp against me and encamp around my tent. His troops advance in force; they build a siege ramp against me and encamp around my tent.
13 He hath put my brethren farre away from me, and myne acquaintaunce are also become straungers vnto me. “He has put my brothers far from me, and those who knew me are wholly estranged from me. “He has alienated my family from me; my acquaintances are completely estranged from me.
14 Myne owne kinsefolkes haue forsaken me, and my best acquainted haue forgotten me. My relatives have failed me, my close friends have forgotten me. My relatives have gone away; my closest friends have forgotten me.
15 The seruauntes and maydens of myne owne house toke me for a straunger, and I am become as an aliaunt in their sight. The guests in my house and my maidservants count me as a stranger; I have become a foreigner in their eyes. My guests and my female servants count me a foreigner; they look on me as on a stranger.
16 I called my seruaunt, and he gaue me no aunswere: no though I prayed him with my mouth. I call to my servant, but he gives me no answer; I must plead with him with my mouth for mercy. I summon my servant, but he does not answer, though I beg him with my own mouth.
17 Myne owne wyfe might not abyde my breath, though I prayed her for the children sake of myne owne body. My breath is strange to my wife, and I am a stench to the children of my own mother. My breath is offensive to my wife; I am loathsome to my own family.
18 Yea, the young men despised me, and when I rose they spake euill vpon me. Even young children despise me; when I rise they talk against me. Even the little boys scorn me; when I appear, they ridicule me.
19 All my most familiers abhorred me: and they whom I loued best, are turned against me. All my intimate friends abhor me, and those whom I loved have turned against me. All my intimate friends detest me; those I love have turned against me.
20 My bone cleaueth to my skinne and to my fleshe, onely there is left me the skinne about my teeth. My bones stick to my skin and to my flesh, and I have escaped by the skin of my teeth. I am nothing but skin and bones; I have escaped only by the skin of my teeth.
21 Haue pitie vpon me, haue pitie vpon me, O ye my friendes, for the hande of God hath touched me. Have mercy on me, have mercy on me, O you my friends, for the hand of God has touched me! “Have pity on me, my friends, have pity, for the hand of God has struck me.
22 Why do ye persecute me as God doth and are not satisfied with my fleshe? Why do you, like God, pursue me? Why are you not satisfied with my flesh? Why do you pursue me as God does? Will you never get enough of my flesh?
23 O that my wordes were now written, O that they were put in a booke, “Oh that my words were written! Oh that they were inscribed in a book! “Oh, that my words were recorded, that they were written on a scroll,
24 And grauen with an iron penne in leade, or in stone, to continue. Oh that with an iron pen and lead they were engraved in the rock forever! that they were inscribed with an iron tool on lead, or engraved in rock forever!
25 For I am sure that my redeemer saueth, and he shall rayse vp at the latter day them that lye in the dust. For I know that my Redeemer lives, and at the last he will stand upon the earth. I know that my redeemer lives, and that in the end he will stand on the earth.
26 And though after my skinne the wormes destroy this body, yet shall I see God in my fleshe: And after my skin has been thus destroyed, yet in my flesh I shall see God, And after my skin has been destroyed, yet in my flesh I will see God;
27 Whom I my selfe shall see, and myne eyes shall beholde, and none other for me, though my raines are consumed within me. whom I shall see for myself, and my eyes shall behold, and not another. My heart faints within me! I myself will see him with my own eyes—I, and not another. How my heart yearns within me!
28 But ye saide, why is he persecuted? and there was a deepe matter in me. If you say, ‘How we will pursue him!’ and, ‘The root of the matter is found in him,’ “If you say, ‘How we will hound him, since the root of the trouble lies in him,’
29 But beware of the sworde: for the sword wylbe auenged of wickednesse, and be sure that there is a iudgement. be afraid of the sword, for wrath brings the punishment of the sword, that you may know there is a judgment.” you 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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