Job 19 Parallel Bible Translations

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1 Bvt Iob answered, and said, Then Job answered and said: Then Job replied:
2 Howe long will yee vexe my soule, and torment 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 Ye haue now ten times reproched me, and are not ashamed: ye are impudent toward mee. 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 though I had in deede erred, mine errour remaineth 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 But in deede if ye will aduance your selues against me, and rebuke me for my reproche, 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 nowe, that God hath ouerthrowen 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 Beholde, I crie out of violence, but I haue none answere: I crie, but there is no iudgement. 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 Hee hath hedged vp my way that I cannot passe, and he hath set darkenesse in my paths. 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 Hee hath spoyled mee of mine honour, and taken the crowne away from mine 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 mee on euery side and I am gone: and he hath remoued mine 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 hath kindled his wrath against me, and counteth mee as one of his enemies. 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 armies came together, & made their way vpon me, and camped about my tabernacle. 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 remooued my brethre farre from me, and also mine acquaintance were strangers 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 My neighbours haue forsaken me, and my familiars 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 They that dwel in mine house, and my maydes tooke me for a stranger: for I was a stranger 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 seruant, but he would not answere, 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 My breath was strange vnto my wife, though I prayed her for the childrens sake of mine 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 The wicked also despised mee, and when I rose, they spake 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 my secret friends abhorred me, & they whome I loued, 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 flesh, and I haue escaped with the skinne 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 Haue pitie vpon me: haue pitie vpon me, (O yee 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? & are not 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 Oh that my wordes were nowe written! oh that they were written euen 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 yron pen in lead, or in stone for euer! 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 liueth, and he shall stand the last on the earth. 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 skin wormes destroy this bodie, yet shall I see God in my flesh. 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 Whome I my selfe shall see, and mine eyes shall beholde, and none other for me, though my reynes 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 yee sayde, Why is hee 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 Be ye afraide of the sworde: for the sworde will be auenged of wickednesse, that yee may knowe 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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