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| [1]Then Job answered and said: |
[1]But Job answered, and said, |
| [2]Oh that my vexation were but weighed, and my calamity laid in the balances altogether! |
[2]Oh that my grief were well weighed, and my miseries were laid together in the balance. |
| [3]For now it would be heavier than the sand of the seas; therefore are my words broken. |
[3]For it would be now heavier than the sand of the sea: therefore my words are swallowed up. |
| [4]For the arrows of the Almighty are within me, the poison whereof my spirit drinketh up; the terrors of God do set themselves in array against me. |
[4]For the arrows of the Almighty are in me, the venom whereof doth drink up my spirit, and the terrors of God fight against me. |
| [5]Doth the wild ass bray when he hath grass? or loweth the ox over his fodder? |
[5]Doth the wild ass bray when he hath grass? Or loweth the ox when he hath fodder? |
| [6]Can that which hath no savour be eaten without salt? or is there any taste in the juice of mallows? |
[6]That which is unsavory, shall it be eaten without salt? Or is there any taste in the white of an egg? |
| [7]My soul refuseth to touch them; they are as the sickness of my flesh. |
[7]Such things as my soul refused to touch, as were sorrows, are my meat. |
| [8]Oh that I might have my request, and that God would grant me the thing that I long for! |
[8]Oh that I might have my desire, and that God would grant me the thing that I long for! |
| [9]Even that it would please God to crush me; that He would let loose His hand, and cut me off! |
[9]That is, that God would destroy me: that he would let his hand go, and cut me off. |
| [10]Then should I yet have comfort; yea, I would exult in pain, though He spare not; for I have not denied the words of the Holy One. |
[10]Then should I yet have comfort, (though I burn with sorrow, let him not spare) because I have not denied the words of the Holy One. |
| [11]What is my strength, that I should wait? and what is mine end, that I should be patient? |
[11]What power have I that I should endure? Or what is mine end, if I should prolong my life? |
| [12]Is my strength the strength of stones? or is my flesh of brass? |
[12]Is my strength the strength of stones? Or is my flesh of brass? |
| [13]Is it that I have no help in me, and that sound wisdom is driven quite from me? |
[13]Is it not so, that there is in me no help? And that strength is taken from me? |
| [14]To him that is ready to fai kindness is due from his friend, even to him that forsaketh the fear of the Almighty. |
[14]He that is in misery, ought to be comforted of his neighbor: but men have forsaken the fear of the Almighty. |
| [15]My brethren have dealt deceitfully as a brook, as the channel of brooks that overflow, |
[15]My brethren have deceived me as a brook , and as the rising of the rivers they pass away. |
| [16]Which are black by reason of the ice, and wherein the snow hideth itself; |
[16]Which are blackish with ice, and wherein the snow is hid. |
| [17]What time they wax warm, they vanish, when it is hot, they are consumed out of their place. |
[17]But in time they are dried up with heat and are consumed: and when it is hot they fail out of their places, |
| [18]The paths of their way do wind, they go up into the waste, and are lost. |
[18]Or they depart from their way and course, yea, they vanish and perish. |
| [19]The caravans of Tema looked, the companies of Sheba waited for them— |
[19]They that go to Tema, considered them, and they that go to Sheba, waited for them. |
| [20]They were ashamed because they had hoped; they came thither, and were confounded. |
[20]But they were confounded: when they hoped, they came thither and were ashamed. |
| [21]For now ye are become His; ye see a terror, and are afraid. |
[21]Surely now are ye like unto it: ye have seen my fearful plague, and are afraid. |
| [22]Did I say: 'Give unto me'? or: 'Offer a present for me of your substance'? |
[22]Was it because I said, Bring unto me? Or give a reward to me of your substance? |
| [23]Or: 'Deliver me from the adversary's hand'? or: 'Redeem me from the hand of the oppressors'? |
[23]And deliver me from the enemy's hand, or ransom me out of the hand of tyrants? |
| [24]Teach me, and I will hold my peace; and cause me to understand wherein I have erred. |
[24]Teach me, and I will hold my tongue: and cause me to understand, wherein I have erred. |
| [25]How forcible are words of uprightness! But what doth your arguing argue? |
[25]How steadfast are the words of righteousness? And what can any of you justly reprove? |
| [26]Do ye hold words to be an argument, but the speeches of one that is desperate to be wind? |
[26]Do ye imagine to reprove words, that the talk of the afflicted should be as the wind? |
| [27]Yea, ye would cast lots upon the fatherless, and dig a pit for your friend. |
[27]Ye make your wrath to fall upon the fatherless, and dig a pit for your friend. |
| [28]Now therefore be pleased to look upon me; for surely I shall not lie to your face. |
[28]Now therefore be content to look upon me: for I will not lie before your face. |
| [29]Return, I pray you, let there be no injustice; yea, return again, my cause is righteous. |
[29]Turn, I pray you, let there be none iniquity: return, I say, and ye shall see yet my righteousness in that behalf. Is there iniquity in my tongue? Doth not my mouth feel sorrows? |
| [30]Is there injustice on my tongue? Cannot my taste discern crafty devices? |
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