Job 19 Parallel Bible Translations

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1 And Job answered and said: Then Job answered and said: Then Job replied:
2 “Until when will you⁺ afflict my soul, and crush me with words? “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 These ten times you⁺ have reproached me; are you⁺ not ashamed that you⁺ have done wrong to me? 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 And if I have truly gone astray, my straying lodges with me. 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 If you⁺ would truly magnify yourselves over me and plead my reproach against 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 then know that God has wronged me and has thrown His net over me. 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 Behold, I cry out, ‘Violence!’ And I am not answered. I cry for help, and there is no justice. 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 My way He has walled off, and I cannot pass over; and upon my paths He has set darkness. 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 My honor He has stripped from me, and He has turned aside the crown 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 tears me down round about and I depart, and He pulls out my hope like a tree. 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 And He has kindled against me His anger, and He reckons me for Himself among His adversaries. 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 troops come as one, and they build up their ramp against me, and they encamp all around my tent. 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 My brothers He has put far from me, and my acquaintances surely are estranged from 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 Those near to me have ceased, and those known to me have 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 Those who sojourn in my house, and my maidservants, they reckon me as a stranger; I have become a foreigner in their eyes. 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 call to my servant, and he does not answer; with my mouth I seek favor from him. 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 My breath is strange to my wife, and I am loathsome to the sons of my womb. 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 Even little boys despise me; I arise, and they speak against 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 the men of my counsel abhor me; and those I love have 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 clings to my skin and to my flesh, and I have escaped by the skin of 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 Pity me, pity me, you⁺ my friends, for the hand of God has 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 you⁺ pursue me as God does? Are you⁺ not even satisfied with my flesh? 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 Who will grant now that my words should be written? Who will grant that they be inscribed in a book, “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 with a pen of iron and with lead, they would be engraved forever in the rock! 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 And I know that my Redeemer lives, and in the end He will stand upon 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 after they strike off my skin thus, yet in my flesh I will see God. 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 He whom I will see for myself, indeed my eyes will see, and not a stranger. My kidneys yearn in my bosom! 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 If you⁺ should say, ‘How we will pursue after him,’ and ‘The root of the matter is found with him,’ 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 be afraid for yourselves of the face of the sword, for from wrath is the punishment of the sword, so that you⁺ may know there is a judgment.” 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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