1 ¶ And Job replied and said,

And Job answered and said,

2 H ow long will ye anguish my soul and break me in pieces with words?

How long will ye vex my soul, and crush me with words?

3 T hese ten times ye have reproached me; are ye not ashamed to make yourselves strange to me?

These ten times have ye reproached me; ye are not ashamed to stupefy me.

4 A nd if indeed I have erred, my error shall remain with me.

And be it I have erred, mine error remaineth with myself.

5 I f indeed ye will magnify yourselves against me and reprove me of my reproach,

If indeed ye will magnify yourselves against me, and prove against me my reproach,

6 k now now that God has overthrown me and has compassed me with his net.

Know now that +God hath overthrown me, and hath surrounded me with his net.

7 B ehold, I shall cry out that I have been wronged, and I shall not be heard; I shall cry aloud, and there shall be no judgment.

Behold, I cry out of wrong, and I am not heard; I cry aloud, but there is no judgment.

8 ¶ He has walled off my way and I shall not pass, and he has set darkness in my paths.

He hath hedged up my way that I cannot pass, and he hath set darkness in my paths.

9 H e has stripped me of my glory and taken the crown from my head.

He hath stripped me of my glory, and taken the crown from my head.

10 H e has pulled me up on every side, and I am dried up; he has caused my hope to pass like an uprooted tree.

He breaketh me down on every side, and I am gone; and my hope hath he torn up as a tree.

11 H e has kindled his wrath against me, and he counted me unto him as one of his enemies.

And he hath kindled his anger against me, and hath counted me unto him as one of his enemies.

12 H is troops came together and raised up their way over me and encamp round about my tent.

His troops have come together and cast up their way against me, and have encamped round about my tent.

13 H e has put my brethren far from me, and my acquaintances are verily estranged from me.

He hath put my brethren far from me, and mine acquaintance are quite estranged from me.

14 M y kinsfolk have failed, and my familiar friends have forgotten me.

My kinsfolk have failed, and my known friends have forgotten me.

15 T hose that dwell in my house and my maids have counted me for a stranger; I was an alien in their sight.

The sojourners in my house and my maids count me as a stranger; I am an alien in their sight.

16 I called my slave, and he gave me no answer; I intreated him with my mouth.

I called my servant, and he answered not; I entreated him with my mouth.

17 M y spirit came to be strange to my wife, although I intreated her for the sons of my own body.

My breath is strange to my wife, and my entreaties to the children of my womb.

18 E ven the young children despised me; as I arose, they spoke against me.

Even young children despise me; I rise up, and they speak against me.

19 A ll my intimate friends abhorred me; and those whom I loved are turned against me.

All my intimate friends abhor me, and they whom I loved are turned against me.

20 M y bones cleave to my skin and to my flesh, and I am escaped with the skin of my teeth.

My bones cleave to my skin and to my flesh, and I am escaped with the skin of my teeth.

21 H ave pity upon me, have pity upon me, O ye my friends; for the hand of God has touched me.

Have pity upon me, have pity upon me, ye my friends; for the hand of +God hath touched me.

22 W hy do ye persecute me as God and are not satisfied with my flesh?

Why do ye persecute me as God, and are not satisfied with my flesh?

23 ¶ Oh, that my words were now written! Oh, that they were printed in a book!

Oh would that my words were written! oh that they were inscribed in a book!

24 T hat they were graven with an iron pen and lead in the rock for ever!

That with an iron style and lead they were graven in the rock for ever!

25 F or I know that my redeemer lives and that he shall rise at the latter day over the dust;

And me, I know that my Redeemer liveth, and the Last, he shall stand upon the earth;

26 a nd afterward from this, my stricken skin and from my own flesh, I must see God:

And after my skin this shall be destroyed, yet from out of my flesh shall I see +God;

27 w hom I shall see for myself, and my eyes shall behold, and not another, though my kidneys be consumed within me.

Whom I shall see for myself, and mine eyes shall behold, and not another:—my reins are consumed within me.

28 B ut ye should say, Why should we persecute him, seeing that the root of the matter is found in me?

If ye say, How shall we persecute him? when the root of the matter is found in me,

29 B e ye afraid of the sword; for the wrath of the sword comes because of the iniquities, that ye may know there is a judgment.

Be ye yourselves afraid of the sword! for the sword is fury against misdeeds, that ye may know there is a judgment.