1 T hen Job answered and said,

¶ And Job replied and said,

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

How long will ye anguish my soul and break me in pieces with words?

3 T hese ten times have ye reproached me: ye are not ashamed that ye make yourselves strange to me.

These ten times ye have reproached me; are ye not ashamed to make yourselves strange to me?

4 A nd be it indeed that I have erred, mine error remaineth with myself.

And if indeed I have erred, my error shall remain with me.

5 I f indeed ye will magnify yourselves against me, and plead against me my reproach:

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

6 K now now that God hath overthrown me, and hath compassed me with his net.

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

7 B ehold, I cry out of wrong, but I am not heard: I cry aloud, but there is no judgment.

Behold, 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.

8 H e hath fenced up my way that I cannot pass, and he hath set darkness in my paths.

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

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

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

10 H e hath destroyed me on every side, and I am gone: and mine hope hath he removed like a tree.

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

11 H e hath also kindled his wrath against me, and he counteth me unto him as one of his enemies.

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

12 H is troops come together, and raise up their way against me, and encamp round about my tabernacle.

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

13 H e hath put my brethren far from me, and mine acquaintance are verily estranged from me.

He has put my brethren far from me, and my acquaintances are verily estranged from me.

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

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

15 T hey that dwell in mine house, and my maids, count me for a stranger: I am an alien in their sight.

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

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

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

17 M y breath is strange to my wife, though I intreated for the children's sake of mine own body.

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

18 Y ea, young children despised me; I arose, and they spake against me.

Even the young children despised me; as I arose, they spoke against me.

19 A ll my inward friends abhorred me: and they whom I loved are turned against me.

All my intimate friends abhorred me; and those whom I loved are turned against me.

20 M y bone cleaveth 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 hath touched me.

Have pity upon me, have pity upon me, O ye my friends; for the hand of God has 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 O h that my words were now written! oh that they were printed in a book!

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

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

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

25 F or I know that my redeemer liveth, and that he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth:

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

26 A nd though after my skin worms destroy this body, yet in my flesh shall I see God:

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

27 W hom I shall see for myself, and mine eyes shall behold, and not another; though my reins be consumed within me.

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

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

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

29 B e ye afraid of the sword: for wrath bringeth the punishments of the sword, that ye may know there is a judgment.

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