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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "//www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="//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 CEV</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /></head><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" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" 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20">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading">Contemporary English Version</div><div class="chap"><h5 class="sp">Job's Reply to Bildad</h5><h3 class="s1">How Long Will You Torture Me?</h3><p class="q1"><span class="v18_19_1"><span class="reftext" id="Job.19.1" class="v18_19_1">1</span>Job said:</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_19_2"><span class="reftext" id="Job.19.2" class="v18_19_2">2</span>How long will you torture me</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v18_19_2">with your words?</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_19_3"><span class="reftext" id="Job.19.3" class="v18_19_3">3</span>Isn't ten times enough</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_19_3">for you to accuse me?</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v18_19_3">Aren't you ashamed?</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_19_4"><span class="reftext" id="Job.19.4" class="v18_19_4">4</span>Even if I have sinned,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v18_19_4">you haven't been harmed.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_19_5"><span class="reftext" id="Job.19.5" class="v18_19_5">5</span>You boast of your goodness,</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_19_5">claiming I am suffering</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v18_19_5">because I am guilty.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_19_6"><span class="reftext" id="Job.19.6" class="v18_19_6">6</span>But God is the one at fault</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v18_19_6">for finding fault with me.</span></p><p class="b"></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_19_7"><span class="reftext" id="Job.19.7" class="v18_19_7">7</span>Though I pray to be rescued</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v18_19_7">from this torment,</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_19_7">no whisper of justice</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v18_19_7">answers me.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_19_8"><span class="reftext" id="Job.19.8" class="v18_19_8">8</span>God has me trapped</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_19_8">with a wall of darkness</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v18_19_9"><span class="reftext" id="Job.19.9" class="v18_19_9">9</span>and stripped of respect.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_19_10"><span class="reftext" id="Job.19.10" class="v18_19_10">10</span>God rips me apart,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v18_19_10">uproots my hopes,</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_19_11"><span class="reftext" id="Job.19.11" class="v18_19_11">11</span>and attacks with fierce anger,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v18_19_11">as though I were his enemy.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_19_12"><span class="reftext" id="Job.19.12" class="v18_19_12">12</span>His entire army advances,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v18_19_12">then surrounds my tent.</span></p><h3 class="s1">I Am Forgotten</h3><p class="q1"><span class="v18_19_12">* </span><span class="v18_19_13"><span class="reftext" id="Job.19.13" class="v18_19_13">13</span>God has turned relatives</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_19_13">and friends against me,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v18_19_14"><span class="reftext" id="Job.19.14" class="v18_19_14">14</span>and I am forgotten.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_19_15"><span class="reftext" id="Job.19.15" class="v18_19_15">15</span>My guests and my servants</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v18_19_15">consider me a stranger,</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_19_16"><span class="reftext" id="Job.19.16" class="v18_19_16">16</span>and when I call my servants,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v18_19_16">they pay no attention.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_19_17"><span class="reftext" id="Job.19.17" class="v18_19_17">17</span>My breath disgusts my wife;</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_19_17">everyone in my family</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v18_19_17">turns away.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_19_18"><span class="reftext" id="Job.19.18" class="v18_19_18">18</span>Young children can't stand me,</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_19_18">and when I come near,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v18_19_18">they make fun.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_19_19"><span class="reftext" id="Job.19.19" class="v18_19_19">19</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Job.19.19!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> My best friends and loved ones</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v18_19_19">have turned from me.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_19_20"><span class="reftext" id="Job.19.20" class="v18_19_20">20</span>I am skin and bones—</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v18_19_20">just barely alive.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_19_21"><span class="reftext" id="Job.19.21" class="v18_19_21">21</span>My friends, I beg you for pity!</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v18_19_21">God has made me his target.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_19_22"><span class="reftext" id="Job.19.22" class="v18_19_22">22</span>Hasn't he already done enough?</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v18_19_22">Why do you join the attack?</span></p><p class="b"></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_19_23"><span class="reftext" id="Job.19.23" class="v18_19_23">23</span>I wish that my words</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_19_23">could be written down</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v18_19_24"><span class="reftext" id="Job.19.24" class="v18_19_24">24</span>or chiseled into rock.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_19_25"><span class="reftext" id="Job.19.25" class="v18_19_25">25</span>I know that my Protector<a href="#fn" id="link_Job.19.25!f.1" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> lives,</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_19_25">and at the end</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v18_19_25">he will stand on this earth.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_19_26"><span class="reftext" id="Job.19.26" class="v18_19_26">26</span>My flesh may be destroyed,</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_19_26">yet from this body</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v18_19_26">I will see God.<a href="#fn" id="link_Job.19.26!f.1" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> </span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_19_27"><span class="reftext" id="Job.19.27" class="v18_19_27">27</span>Yes, I will see him for myself,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v18_19_27">and I long for that moment.</span></p><p class="b"></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_19_28"><span class="reftext" id="Job.19.28" class="v18_19_28">28</span>My friends, you think up ways</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_19_28">to blame and torment me, saying</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v18_19_28">I brought it on myself.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_19_29"><span class="reftext" id="Job.19.29" class="v18_19_29">29</span>But watch out for the judgment,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v18_19_29">when God will punish you!</span></p> <a name="fn"></a><br /><br /><br /><b>Footnotes:<br /><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">19.25 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">Protector: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">Or “Defender” or “Savior.”</char></note><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">19.26 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">God: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text of verses 25,26.</char></note></div></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div align="center"><p><span style="font-size:11pt;">Contemporary English Version, Second Edition (CEV®)</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt;">© 2006 American Bible Society. 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