Job 19
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1Then Job answered and said:1Then Job answered:
2“How long will you torment my soul, And break me in pieces with words?2"How long will you torment me and crush me with your words?
3These ten times you have reproached me; You are not ashamed that you have wronged me.3These ten times you have been reproaching me; you are not ashamed to attack me!
4And if indeed I have erred, My error remains with me.4But even if it were true that I have erred, my error remains solely my concern!
5If indeed you exalt yourselves against me, And plead my disgrace against me,5If indeed you would exalt yourselves above me and plead my disgrace against me,
6Know then that God has wronged me, And has surrounded me with His net.6know then that God has wronged me and encircled me with his net.
7“If I cry out concerning wrong, I am not heard. If I cry aloud, there is no justice.7"If I cry out, 'Violence!' I receive no answer; I cry for help, but there is no justice.
8He has fenced up my way, so that I cannot pass; And He has set darkness in my paths.8He has blocked my way so I cannot pass, and has set darkness over my paths.
9He has stripped me of my glory, And taken the crown from my head.9He has stripped me of my honor and has taken the crown off my head.
10He breaks me down on every side, And I am gone; My hope He has uprooted like a tree.10He tears me down on every side until I perish; he uproots my hope like one uproots a tree.
11He has also kindled His wrath against me, And He counts me as one of His enemies.11Thus his anger burns against me, and he considers me among his enemies.
12His troops come together And build up their road against me; They encamp all around my tent.12His troops advance together; they throw up a siege ramp against me, and they camp around my tent.
13“He has removed my brothers far from me, And my acquaintances are completely estranged from me.13"He has put my relatives far from me; my acquaintances only turn away from me.
14My relatives have failed, And my close friends have forgotten me.14My kinsmen have failed me; my friends have forgotten me.
15Those who dwell in my house, and my maidservants, Count me as a stranger; I am an alien in their sight.15My guests and my servant girls consider me a stranger; I am a foreigner in their eyes.
16I call my servant, but he gives no answer; I beg him with my mouth.16I summon my servant, but he does not respond, even though I implore him with my own mouth.
17My breath is offensive to my wife, And I am repulsive to the children of my own body.17My breath is repulsive to my wife; I am loathsome to my brothers.
18Even young children despise me; I arise, and they speak against me.18Even youngsters have scorned me; when I get up, they scoff at me.
19All my close friends abhor me, And those whom I love have turned against me.19All my closest friends detest me; and those whom I love have turned against me.
20My bone clings to my skin and to my flesh, And I have escaped by the skin of my teeth.20My bones stick to my skin and my flesh; I have escaped alive with only the skin of my teeth.
21“Have pity on me, have pity on me, O you my friends, For the hand of God has struck me!21Have pity on me, my friends, have pity on me, for the hand of God has struck me.
22Why do you persecute me as God does, And are not satisfied with my flesh?22Why do you pursue me like God does? Will you never be satiated with my flesh?
23“Oh, that my words were written! Oh, that they were inscribed in a book!23"O that my words were written down, O that they were written on a scroll,
24That they were engraved on a rock With an iron pen and lead, forever!24that with an iron chisel and with lead they were engraved in a rock forever!
25For I know that my Redeemer lives, And He shall stand at last on the earth;25As for me, I know that my Redeemer lives, and that as the last he will stand upon the earth.
26And after my skin is destroyed, this I know, That in my flesh I shall see God,26And after my skin has been destroyed, yet in my flesh I will see God,
27Whom I shall see for myself, And my eyes shall behold, and not another. How my heart yearns within me!27whom I will see for myself, and whom my own eyes will behold, and not another. My heart grows faint within me.
28If you should say, ‘How shall we persecute him?’— Since the root of the matter is found in me,28If you say, 'How we will pursue him, since the root of the trouble is found in him!'
29Be afraid of the sword for yourselves; For wrath brings the punishment of the sword, That you may know there is a judgment.”29Fear the sword yourselves, for wrath brings the punishment by the sword, so that you may know that there is judgment."
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