ASV_Strong : Job 19
1. Then Job[H347] answered[H6030] and said[H559],
2. How long will ye vex[H3013] my soul[H5315], And break[H1792] me in pieces with words[H4405]?
3. These ten[H6235] times[H6471] have ye reproached[H3637] me[H954]: Ye are not ashamed that ye deal hardly with me[H1970].
4. And be it indeed[H551] that I have erred[H7686], Mine error[H4879] remaineth with myself[H3885].
5. If indeed[H551] ye will magnify[H1431] yourselves against me[H3198], And plead against me my reproach[H2781];
6. Know[H3045] now[H645] that God[H433] hath subverted[H5791] me in my cause[H5362], And hath compassed me with his net[H4686].
7. Behold[H6817], I cry out of wrong[H2555], but I am not heard[H6030]: I cry[H7768] for help[H4941], but there is no justice.
8. He hath walled up[H1443] my way[H734] that I cannot pass[H5674], And hath set[H7760] darkness[H2822] in my paths[H5410].
9. He hath stripped[H6584] me of my glory[H3519], And taken[H5493] the crown[H5850] from my head[H7218].
10. He hath broken[H5422] me down on every side[H5439], and I am gone[H3212]; And my hope[H8615] hath he plucked[H5265] up like a tree[H6086].
11. He hath also kindled[H2734] his wrath[H639] against me[H2803], And he counteth me unto him as one of his adversaries[H6862].
12. His troops[H1416] come[H935] on together[H3162], And cast up[H5549] their way[H1870] against me[H2583], And encamp round about[H5439] my tent[H168].
13. He hath put[H7368] my brethren[H251] far[H7368] from me[H3045], And mine acquaintance are wholly estranged from me[H2114].
14. My kinsfolk[H7138] have failed[H2308], And my familiar friends[H3045] have forgotten me[H7911].
15. They that dwell[H1481] in my house[H1004], and my maids[H519], count[H2803] me for a stranger[H2114]; I am an alien[H5237] in their sight[H5869].
16. I call[H7121] unto my servant[H5650], and he giveth me no answer[H6030], Though I entreat[H2603] him with[H1119] my mouth[H6310].
17. My breath[H7307] is strange[H2114] to my wife[H802], And my supplication[H2589] to the children[H1121] of mine own mother[H990].
18. Even young children[H5759] despise[H3988] me[H6965]; If I arise, they speak against me[H1696].
19. All my familiar[H5475] friends[H4962] abhor[H8581] me[H157], And they whom I loved are turned against me[H2015].
20. My bone[H6106] cleaveth[H1692] to my skin[H5785] and to my flesh[H1320], And I am escaped[H4422] with the skin[H5785] of my teeth[H8127].
21. Have pity[H2603] upon me[H2603], have pity upon me[H7453], O ye my friends; For the hand[H3027] of God[H433] hath touched me[H5060].
22. Why do ye persecute[H7291] me as God[H410], And are not satisfied[H7646] with my flesh[H1320]?
23. Oh that[H5414] my words[H4405] were now[H645] written[H3789]! Oh that[H5414] they were inscribed[H2710] in a book[H5612]!
24. That with an iron[H1270] pen[H5842] and lead[H5777] They were graven[H2672] in the rock[H6697] for ever[H5703]!
25. But as for me I know[H3045] that my Redeemer[H1350] liveth[H2416], And at last[H314] he will stand[H6965] up upon the earth[H6083]:
26. And after[H310] my skin[H5785], even this body[H5362], is destroyed, Then without my flesh[H1320] shall I see[H2372] God[H433];
27. Whom I[H2372], even I, shall see, on my side[H5869], And mine eyes shall behold[H7200], and not as a stranger[H2114]. My heart[H3629] is consumed[H3615] within me[H2436].
28. If ye say[H559], How we will persecute[H7291] him[H8328]! And that the root of the matter[H1697] is found in me[H4672];
29. Be ye afraid[H1481] of the sword[H2719]: For wrath[H2534] bringeth the punishments[H5771] of[H6440] the sword[H2719], That ye may know[H3045] there is a judgment[H1779].
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