Job 19

KING JAMES BIBLE	NEW AMERICAN BIBLE
1 Then Job answered and said,	1 Then Job answered and said:
2 How long will ye vex my soul, and break me in pieces with words?	2 How long will you vex my soul, grind me down with words?
3 These ten times have ye reproached me: ye are not ashamed that ye make yourselves strange to me.	3 These ten times you have reviled me, have assailed me without shame!
4 And be it indeed that I have erred, mine error remaineth with myself.	4 Be it indeed that I am at fault and that my fault remains with me,
5 If indeed ye will magnify yourselves against me, and plead against me my reproach:	5 Even so, if you would vaunt yourselves against me and cast up to me any reproach,
6 Know now that God hath overthrown me, and hath compassed me with his net.	6 Know then that God has dealt unfairly with me, and compassed me round with his net.
7 Behold, I cry out of wrong, but I am not heard: I cry aloud, but there is no judgment.	7 If I cry out "Injustice!" I am not heard. I cry for help, but there is no redress.
8 He hath fenced up my way that I cannot pass, and he hath set darkness in my paths.	8 He has barred my way and I cannot pass; he has veiled my path in darkness;
9 He hath stripped me of my glory, and taken the crown from my head.	9 He has stripped me of my glory, and taken the diadem from my brow.
10 He hath destroyed me on every side, and I am gone: and mine hope hath he removed like a tree.	10 He breaks me down on every side, and I am gone; my hope he has uprooted like a tree.
11 He hath also kindled his wrath against me, and he counteth me unto him as one of his enemies.	11 His wrath he has kindled against me; he counts me among his enemies.
12 His troops come together, and raise up their way against me, and encamp round about my tabernacle.	12 His troops advance as one man; they build up their road to attack me, and they encamp around my tent.
13 He hath put my brethren far from me, and mine acquaintance are verily estranged from me.	13 My brethren have withdrawn from me, and my friends are wholly estranged.
14 My kinsfolk have failed, and my familiar friends have forgotten me.	14 My kinsfolk and companions neglect me, and my guests have forgotten me.
15 They that dwell in mine house, and my maids, count me for a stranger: I am an alien in their sight.	15 Even my handmaids treat me as a stranger; I am an alien in their sight.
16 I called my servant, and he gave me no answer; I intreated him with my mouth.	16 I call my servant, but he gives no answer, though in my speech I plead with him.
17 My breath is strange to my wife, though I intreated for the children's sake of mine own body.	17 My breath is abhorred by my wife; I am loathsome to the men of my family.
18 Yea, young children despised me; I arose, and they spake against me.	18 The young children, too, despise me; when I appear, they speak against me.
19 All my inward friends abhorred me: and they whom I loved are turned against me.	19 All my intimate friends hold me in horror; those whom I loved have turned against me!
20 My bone cleaveth to my skin and to my flesh, and I am escaped with the skin of my teeth.	20 My bones cleave to my skin, and I have escaped with my flesh between my teeth.
21 Have pity upon me, have pity upon me, O ye my friends; for the hand of God hath touched me.	21 Pity me, pity me, O you my friends, for the hand of God has struck me!
22 Why do ye persecute me as God, and are not satisfied with my flesh?	22 Why do you hound me as though you were divine, and insatiably prey upon me?
23 Oh that my words were now written! oh that they were printed in a book!	23 Oh, would that my words were written down! Would that they were inscribed in a record:
24 That they were graven with an iron pen and lead in the rock for ever!	24 That with an iron chisel and with lead they were cut in the rock forever!
25 For I know that my redeemer liveth, and that he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth:	25 But as for me, I know that my Vindicator lives, and that he will at last stand forth upon the dust;
26 And though after my skin worms destroy this body, yet in my flesh shall I see God:	26 And from my flesh I shall see God; my inmost being is consumed with longing.
27 Whom I shall see for myself, and mine eyes shall behold, and not another; though my reins be consumed within me.	27 Whom I myself shall see: my own eyes, not another's, shall behold him,
28 But ye should say, Why persecute we him, seeing the root of the matter is found in me?	28 But you who say, "How shall we persecute him, seeing that the root of the matter is found in him?"
29 Be ye afraid of the sword: for wrath bringeth the punishments of the sword, that ye may know there is a judgment.	29 Be afraid of the sword for yourselves, for these crimes deserve the sword; that you may know that there is a judgment.