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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1" /><title>Job 19 ISV</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head> <script async src="https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-LR4HSKRP2H"></script> <script> window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);} gtag('js', new Date()); gtag('config', 'G-LR4HSKRP2H'); </script><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/job/19.htm" 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href="http://biblehub.com/job/19-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>“How long do you intend to keep torturing me</p> <p class="poetry2">and trying to break me by what you’re saying?</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/19-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>Ten times you’ve tried to humiliate me!</p> <p class="poetry2">You’re not ashamed to wrong me!</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/19-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>Even if it’s true that I’ve erred,</p> <p class="poetry2">my error only affects me.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/19-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>If you really intend to vaunt yourselves over me,</p> <p class="poetry2">and make my problems the basis of your case against me,</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/19-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>then at least you must know that God has accused me of wrong,</p> <p class="poetry2">and trapped me with his net.”</p> <p class="heading">Job Accuses God of Being Angry</p><p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/19-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>“Although I cried out ‘Violence!’</p> <p class="poetry2">I received no answer;</p> <p class="poetry2">I cried for help,</p> <p class="poetry2">but there was no justice.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/19-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>He blocked my path,</p> <p class="poetry2">so I cannot pass;</p> <p class="poetry2">and he turned out the lights on my pathways.</p> <p class="poetry1 margintop"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/19-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>“He has stripped me of my honor;</p> <p class="poetry2">he has stolen the crown off my head!</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/19-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>He is breaking me down on every side,</p> <p class="poetry2">and now it’s too late for me;<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="19:10 Lit. and I’m gone">a</a></span> </p> <p class="poetry2">he has uprooted my hopes like a tree.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/19-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>His anger burns against me;</p> <p class="poetry2">he regards me as his adversary.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/19-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>His troops march<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="19:12 Or proceed">b</a></span> in a column<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="19:12 Or together">c</a></span> against me,</p> <p class="poetry2">erecting their siege ramps against me;</p> <p class="poetry2">they surround my tent.”</p> <p class="heading">Job’s Family and Friends Abandoned Him</p><p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/19-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>“My brothers are alienated from me;</p> <p class="poetry2">my acquaintances are estranged;</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/19-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>my relatives have failed me;</p> <p class="poetry2">and my friends<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="19:14 Lit. and those who know me">d</a></span> have abandoned me.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/19-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>Those who live in my house—</p> <p class="poetry2">and my maidservants, too!—</p> <p class="poetry2">treat me like a stranger;</p> <p class="poetry2">they think I’m a foreigner.</p> <p class="poetry1 margintop"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/19-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>“I call to my servant,</p> <p class="poetry2">but he doesn’t respond,</p> <p class="poetry2">even though I beg to him earnestly.<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="19:16 Lit. him with my mouth">e</a></span> </p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/19-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>My wife says my breath stinks;</p> <p class="poetry2">even my children say I smell bad!</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/19-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>Even little children hate me;</p> <p class="poetry2">when I get up, they mock me.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/19-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>My closest friends<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="19:19 Or circle of familiar friends">f</a></span> detest me;</p> <p class="poetry2">even the ones I love have turned against me.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/19-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>I’m a pile of skin and bones;</p> <p class="poetry2">I have barely escaped by the skin of my teeth.”</p> <p class="heading">Job Pleads with His Friends</p><p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/19-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>“Be gracious to me, be gracious to me, my friends,</p> <p class="poetry2">because God’s hand has struck me.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/19-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>Why are you chasing me, as God has been doing?</p> <p class="poetry2">Aren’t you satisfied that I’m sick?<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="19:22 Lit. satisfied with my flesh">g</a></span> </p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/19-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>If only my words were written down;</p> <p class="poetry2">if only they were inscribed in a book</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/19-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>using an iron stylus with lead for ink!</p> <p class="poetry2">Then they’d be engraved in rock forever.</p> <p class="poetry1 margintop"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/19-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>“As for me, I know that my Vindicator<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="19:25 Or Redeemer">h</a></span> is alive;</p> <p class="poetry2">And he, the Last One,<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="19:25 Lit. And the Last">i</a></span> will take his stand on the soil.<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="19:25 Or dust">j</a></span> </p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/19-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>Even after my skin has been destroyed,</p> <p class="poetry2">clothed in my flesh I will see God,</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/19-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>whom I will see for myself.</p> <p class="poetry2">My own eyes will look at him—</p> <p class="poetry2">there won’t be anyone else for me!—</p> <p class="poetry2">He is the culmination of my innermost desire.”</p> <p class="heading">Job Reminds His Friends of Judgment</p><p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/19-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>“When you’re thinking about asking yourselves,</p> <p class="poetry2">‘How will we pursue him,</p> <p class="poetry2">since the root of the problem is with him?’<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="19:28 Lit me">k</a></span> </p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/19-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>Make sure that you remain wary of God’s sword,</p> <p class="poetry2">for God’s wrath brings with it the sword of punishment,</p> <p class="poetry2">by which you’ll know there’s a judgment.”</p><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><A name="ftn"></a><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="fn1"><span class="fnb">a</span> 19:10 Lit. <i>and I’m gone</i><br /><span class="fnb">b</span> 19:12 Or <i>proceed</i><br /><span class="fnb">c</span> 19:12 Or <i>together</i><br /><span class="fnb">d</span> 19:14 Lit. <i>and those who know me</i><br /><span class="fnb">e</span> 19:16 Lit. <i>him with my mouth</i><br /><span class="fnb">f</span> 19:19 Or <i>circle of familiar friends</i><br /><span class="fnb">g</span> 19:22 Lit. <i>satisfied with my flesh</i><br /><span class="fnb">h</span> 19:25 Or <i>Redeemer</i><br /><span class="fnb">i</span> 19:25 Lit. <i>And the Last</i><br /><span class="fnb">j</span> 19:25 Or <i>dust</i><br /><span class="fnb">k</span> 19:28 Lit <i>me</i><br /></span><br><br><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><div align="center"><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The Holy Bible: International Standard Version® Release 2.1<br />Copyright © 1996-2012 The ISV Foundation<br />ALL RIGHTS RESERVED INTERNATIONALLY.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/">Bible Hub</a></div></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../job/18.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Job 18"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Job 18" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../job/20.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Job 20"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Job 20" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="rightbox"><div class="padright"><div id="pic"><iframe width="100%" height="860" scrolling="no" src="//biblescan.com/mpc/job/19-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></div></div><div id="rightbox4"><div class="padright2"><div id="spons1"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td class="sp1"><iframe width="122" height="860" scrolling="no" src="../sidemenu.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="bot"><div align="center" style="background-color:#F2FAFF"><br /><br /><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"><script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script></div></td></tr></table><br /><br /><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"><script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script></div></td></tr></table></div><br /><br /> </div><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="//biblehu.com/botmenubhnm2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe><div align="center"><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span></div></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>