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1 But Job answered, and said: Then Job answered and said: Then Job replied:
2 O that my sins, whereby I have deserved wrath, and the calamity that I suffer, were weighed in a balance. “Oh that my vexation were weighed, and all my calamity laid in the balances! “If only my anguish could be weighed and all my misery be placed on the scales!
3 As the sand of the sea this would appear heavier: therefore my words are full of sorrow : For then it would be heavier than the sand of the sea; therefore my words have been rash. It would surely outweigh the sand of the seas— no wonder my words have been impetuous.
4 For the arrows of the Lord are in me, the rage whereof drinketh up my spirit, and the terrors of the Lord war against me. For the arrows of the Almighty are in me; my spirit drinks their poison; the terrors of God are arrayed against me. The arrows of the Almighty are in me, my spirit drinks in their poison; God’s terrors are marshaled against me.
5 Will the wild ass bray when he hath grass? or will the ox low when he standeth before a full manger? Does the wild donkey bray when he has grass, or the ox low over his fodder? Does a wild donkey bray when it has grass, or an ox bellow when it has fodder?
6 Or can an unsavoury thing be eaten, that is not seasoned with salt? or can a man taste that which when tasted bringeth death? Can that which is tasteless be eaten without salt, or is there any taste in the juice of the mallow? Is tasteless food eaten without salt, or is there flavor in the sap of the mallow?
7 The things which before my soul would not touch, now, through anguish are my meats. My appetite refuses to touch them; they are as food that is loathsome to me. I refuse to touch it; such food makes me ill.
8 Who will grant that my request may come: and that God may give me what I look for? “Oh that I might have my request, and that God would fulfill my hope, “Oh, that I might have my request, that God would grant what I hope for,
9 And that he that hath begun may destroy me, that he may let loose his hand, and cut me off? that it would please God to crush me, that he would let loose his hand and cut me off! that God would be willing to crush me, to let loose his hand and cut off my life!
10 And that this may be my comfort, that afflicting me with sorrow, he spare not, nor I contradict the words of the Holy One. This would be my comfort; I would even exult in pain unsparing, for I have not denied the words of the Holy One. Then I would still have this consolation— my joy in unrelenting pain— that I had not denied the words of the Holy One.
11 For what is my strength, that I can hold out? or what is my end that I should keep patience? What is my strength, that I should wait? And what is my end, that I should be patient? “What strength do I have, that I should still hope? What prospects, that I should be patient?
12 My strength is not the strength of stones, nor is my flesh of brass. Is my strength the strength of stones, or is my flesh bronze? Do I have the strength of stone? Is my flesh bronze?
13 Behold there is no help for me in myself, and my familiar friends also are departed from me. Have I any help in me, when resource is driven from me? Do I have any power to help myself, now that success has been driven from me?
14 He that taketh away mercy from his friend, forsaketh the fear of the Lord. “He who withholds kindness from a friend forsakes the fear of the Almighty. “Anyone who withholds kindness from a friend forsakes the fear of the Almighty.
15 My brethren have passed by me, as the torrent that passeth swiftly in the valleys. My brothers are treacherous as a torrent-bed, as torrential streams that pass away, But my brothers are as undependable as intermittent streams, as the streams that overflow
16 They that fear the hoary frost, the snow shall fall upon them. which are dark with ice, and where the snow hides itself. when darkened by thawing ice and swollen with melting snow,
17 At the time when they shall be scattered they shall perish: and after it groweth hot they shall be melted out of their place. When they melt, they disappear; when it is hot, they vanish from their place. but that stop flowing in the dry season, and in the heat vanish from their channels.
18 The paths of their steps are entangled: they shall walk in vain, and shall perish. The caravans turn aside from their course; they go up into the waste and perish. Caravans turn aside from their routes; they go off into the wasteland and perish.
19 Consider the paths of Thema, the ways of Saba, and wait a little while. The caravans of Tema look, the travelers of Sheba hope. The caravans of Tema look for water, the traveling merchants of Sheba look in hope.
20 They are confounded, because I have hoped: they are come also even unto me, and are covered with shame. They are ashamed because they were confident; they come there and are disappointed. They are distressed, because they had been confident; they arrive there, only to be disappointed.
21 Now you are come: and now seeing my affliction you are afraid. For you have now become nothing; you see my calamity and are afraid. Now you too have proved to be of no help; you see something dreadful and are afraid.
22 Did I say: Bring to me, and give me of your substance? Have I said, ‘Make me a gift’? Or, ‘From your wealth offer a bribe for me’? Have I ever said, ‘Give something on my behalf, pay a ransom for me from your wealth,
23 Or deliver me from the hand of the enemy, and rescue me out of the hand of the mighty? Or, ‘Deliver me from the adversary’s hand’? Or, ‘Redeem me from the hand of the ruthless’? deliver me from the hand of the enemy, rescue me from the clutches of the ruthless’?
24 Teach me, and I will hold my peace: and if I have been ignorant in any thing, instruct me. “Teach me, and I will be silent; make me understand how I have gone astray. “Teach me, and I will be quiet; show me where I have been wrong.
25 Why have you detracted the words of truth, whereas there is none of you that can reprove me? How forceful are upright words! But what does reproof from you reprove? How painful are honest words! But what do your arguments prove?
26 You dress up speeches only to rebuke, and you utter words to the wind. Do you think that you can reprove words, when the speech of a despairing man is wind? Do you mean to correct what I say, and treat my desperate words as wind?
27 You rush in upon the fatherless, and you endeavour to overthrow your friend. You would even cast lots over the fatherless, and bargain over your friend. You would even cast lots for the fatherless and barter away your friend.
28 However finish what you have begun, give ear, and see whether I lie. “But now, be pleased to look at me, for I will not lie to your face. “But now be so kind as to look at me. Would I lie to your face?
29 Answer, I beseech you, without contention: and speaking that which is just, judge ye. Please turn; let no injustice be done. Turn now; my vindication is at stake. Relent, do not be unjust; reconsider, for my integrity is at stake.
30 And you shall not And iniquity in my tongue, neither shall folly sound in my mouth. Is there any injustice on my tongue? Cannot my palate discern the cause of calamity? Is there any wickedness on my lips? Can my mouth not discern malice?
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