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19:1  Then Job answered:
19:2  “How long will you hurt me and crush me with your words?
19:3  You have insulted me ten times now. You attack me without shame.
19:4  If I have sinned, it is my worry alone.
19:5  Maybe you want to make yourselves look better than I do so you can blame me for my suffering.
19:6  Then know that God has wronged me. He has pulled his net around me.
19:7  “I shout, ‘I have been wronged!’ But I get no answer. I call loudly for help, but I receive no justice.
19:8  God has blocked my way so I cannot pass. He has covered my paths with darkness.
19:9  He has taken away my honor. He has removed the crown from my head.
19:10  He beats me down on every side until I am gone. He pulls up my hope as a tree is pulled up by its roots.
19:11  His anger burns against me. And he treats me as one of his enemies.
19:12  His armies gather. They prepare a way to attack me. They camp around my tent.
19:13  “God has made my brothers my enemies. My friends have become complete strangers.
19:14  My relatives have gone away. My friends have forgotten me.
19:15  My guests and my women servants think of me as a stranger. They look at me as if I were a foreigner.
19:16  I call for my servant, but he does not answer. I even beg him with my own mouth.
19:17  My wife hates my breath. My own family hates me.
19:18  Even the little boys hate me. When I leave, they talk about me.
19:19  All my close friends hate me. Even those I love have turned against me.
19:20  I am nothing but skin and bones. I have escaped with only the skin of my teeth.
19:21  Pity me, my friends. Pity me! The hand of God has hit me.
19:22  Why do you chase me as God does? Haven’t you had enough of hurting my body?
19:23  “How I wish my words were written down. I wish they were written on a scroll.
19:24  I wish they were carved with an iron pen into lead, or carved into stone forever!
19:25  I know that my Defender lives. And in the end he will come to show that I am right.
19:26  Even after my skin has been destroyed, in my flesh I will still see God.
19:27  I will see him myself. I myself will see him with my own eyes. How my heart wants that to happen!
19:28  “You may say, ‘We will continue to trouble Job. The problem lies with him.’
19:29  But you should be afraid of the sword yourselves. God’s anger will bring punishment by the sword. Then you will know that there is judgment.”