Then Job answered and said,
How long will ye vex my soul,
And break me in pieces with words?
These ten times have ye reproached me:
Ye are not ashamed that ye deal hardly with me.
And be it indeed that I have erred,
Mine error remaineth with myself.
{Or, Will ye indeed…reproach?}If indeed ye will magnify yourselves against me,
And plead against me my reproach;
Know now that God hath {Or, overthrown me}subverted me in my cause,
And hath compassed me with his net.
Behold, I {Or, cry out, Violence:}cry out of wrong, but I am not heard:
I cry for help, but there is no justice.
He hath walled up my way that I cannot pass,
And hath set darkness in my paths.
He hath stripped me of my glory,
And taken the crown from my head.
He hath broken me down on every side, and I am gone;
And my hope hath he plucked up like a tree.
He hath also kindled his wrath against me,
And he counteth me unto him as one of his adversaries.
His troops come on together,
And cast up their way against me,
And encamp round about my tent.
He hath put my brethren far from me,
And mine acquaintance are wholly estranged from me.
My kinsfolk have failed,
And my familiar friends have forgotten me.
They that {Or, sojourn}dwell in my house, and my maids, count me for a stranger;
I am an alien in their sight.
I call unto my servant, and he giveth me no answer,
Though I entreat him with my mouth.
My breath is strange to my wife,
And {Or, I make supplication Or, I am loathsome}my supplication to the children {Or, of my body}of mine own mother.
Even young children despise me;
If I arise, they speak against me.
All {Hebrew: the men of my council.}my familiar friends abhor me,
And they whom I loved are turned against me.
My bone cleaveth to my skin and to my flesh,
And I am escaped with the skin of my teeth.
Have pity upon me, have pity upon me, O ye my friends;
For the hand of God hath touched me.
Why do ye persecute me as God,
And are not satisfied with my flesh?
Oh that my words were now written!
Oh that they were inscribed in a book!
That with an iron pen and lead
They were graven in the rock for ever!
{Or, For}But as for me I know that my {Or, vindicator Hebrew: goel.}Redeemer liveth,
And at last he will stand up upon the {Hebrew: dust.}earth:
{Or, And after my skin hath been thus destroyed, Yet from my flesh shall I see God}And after my skin, even this body, is destroyed,
Then without my flesh shall I see God;
Whom I, even I, shall see, {Or, for myself}on my side,
And mine eyes shall behold, and not as a stranger.
My {Hebrew: reins.}heart is consumed within me.
If ye say, How we will persecute him!
And that the root of the matter is found in me;
Be ye afraid of the sword:
For {Or, wrathful are}wrath bringeth the punishments of the sword,
That ye may know there is a judgment.
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And your father hath deceived me, and changed my wages ten times; but God suffered him not to hurt me.
Is not thy fear of God thy confidence,And the integrity of thy ways thy hope?
Remember, I pray thee, who ever perished, being innocent?Or where were the upright cut off?
According as I have seen, they that plow iniquity,And sow {Or, mischief}trouble, reap the same.
By the breath of God they perish,And by the blast of his anger are they consumed.
The roaring of the lion, and the voice of the fierce lion,And the teeth of the young lions, are broken.
The old lion perisheth for lack of prey,And the whelps of the lioness are scattered abroad.
My breath is strange to my wife,And {Or, I make supplication Or, I am loathsome}my supplication to the children {Or, of my body}of mine own mother.
When I break your staff of bread, ten women shall bake your bread in one oven, and they shall deliver your bread again by weight: and ye shall eat, and not be satisfied.
I have seen the foolish taking root:But suddenly I cursed his habitation.
And Joseph saw his brethren, and he knew them, but made himself strange unto them, and spake roughly with them; and he said unto them. Whence come ye? And they said, From the land of Canaan to buy food.
because all those men that have seen my glory, and my signs, which I wrought in Egypt and in the wilderness, yet have tempted me these ten times, and have not hearkened to my voice;
His children are far from safety,And they are crushed in the gate,Neither is there any to deliver them:
I am become a stranger unto my brethren,And an alien unto my mother's children.
And it came to pass that, when the Jews that dwelt by them came, they said unto us ten times {Or, From all places whence ye shall return they will be upon us}from all places, Ye must return unto us.
{Or, If thy children sinned…he delivered &c.}If thy children have sinned against him,And he hath delivered them into the hand of their transgression;
If thou wouldest seek diligently unto God,And make thy supplication to the Almighty;
If thou wert pure and upright:Surely now he would awake for thee,And make the habitation of thy righteousness prosperous.
And in every matter of wisdom and understanding, concerning which the king inquired of them, he found them ten times better than all the magicians and enchanters that were in all his realm.
Should thy boastings make men hold their peace?And when thou mockest, shall no man make thee ashamed?
If iniquity be in thy hand, put it far away,And let not unrighteousness dwell in thy tents.
Yea, thou doest away with fear,And {Hebrew: diminishest.}hinderest {Or, meditation}devotion before God.
For {Or, thy mouth teacheth thine iniquity}thine iniquity teacheth thy mouth,And thou choosest the tongue of the crafty.
Thine own mouth condemneth thee, and not I;Yea, thine own lips testify against thee.
Are the consolations of God too small for thee, {Or, Or is there any secret thing with thee?}Even the word that is gentle toward thee?
Why doth thy heart carry thee away?And why do thine eyes flash,
Thou that tearest thyself in thine anger,Shall the earth be forsaken for thee?Or shall the rock be removed out of its place?
Yea, the light of the wicked shall be put out,And the {Or, flame}spark of his fire shall not shine.
The light shall be dark in his tent,And his lamp {Or, beside}above him shall be put out.
The steps of his strength shall be straitened,And his own counsel shall cast him down.
For he is cast into a net by his own feet,And he walketh upon the toils.
A gin shall take him by the heel,And a snare shall lay hold on him.
A noose is hid for him in the ground,And a trap for him in the way.
Terrors shall make him afraid on every side,And shall chase him at his heels.
His strength shall be hunger-bitten,And calamity shall be ready {Or, for his halting}at his side.
The {Hebrew: bars of his skin.}members of his body shall be devoured,Yea, the first-born of death shall devour his members.
He shall be rooted out of his tent where he trusteth;And {Hebrew: it shall (or, thou shall) bring him.}he shall be brought to the king of terrors.
{Or, It shall dwell in his tent, that it be no more his (or, because it is none of his)}There shall dwell in his tent that which is none of his:Brimstone shall be scattered upon his habitation.
His roots shall be dried up beneath,And above shall his branch {Or, wither}be cut off.
His remembrance shall perish from the earth,And he shall have no name in the street.
He shall be driven from light into darkness,And chased out of the world.
He shall have neither son nor son's son among his people,Nor any remaining where he sojourned.
{Or, They that dwell in the west are…as they that dwell in the east are &c.}They that come after shall be astonished at his day,As they that went before {Hebrew: laid hold on horror.}were affrighted.
Surely such are the dwellings of the unrighteous,And this is the place of him that knoweth not God.