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| [1]Then Job answered and said: |
[1]But JobH347 answeredH6030[H8799] H559and saidH8799 |
| [2]Oh that my vexation were but weighed, and my calamity laid in the balances altogether! |
[2]Oh thatH3863 my griefH3708 were throughlyH8254[H8800] weighedH8254[H8735], and my calamityH1942[H8675][H1962] laidH5375[H8799] in the balancesH3976 togetherH3162! |
| [3]For now it would be heavier than the sand of the seas; therefore are my words broken. |
[3]For now it would be heavierH3513[H8799] than the sandH2344 of the seaH3220: therefore my wordsH1697 are swallowed upH3886.[H8804] |
| [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 arrowsH2671 of the AlmightyH7706 are withinH5978 me, the poisonH2534 whereof drinketh upH8354[H8802] my spiritH7307: the terrorsH1161 of GodH433 do set themselves in arrayH6186 against meH8799. |
| [5]Doth the wild ass bray when he hath grass? or loweth the ox over his fodder? |
[5]Doth the wild assH6501 brayH5101[H8799] when he hath grassH1877? or lowethH1600[H8799] the oxH7794 over his fodderH1098? |
| [6]Can that which hath no savour be eaten without salt? or is there any taste in the juice of mallows? |
[6]Can that which is unsavouryH8602 be eatenH398[H8735] without saltH4417? or is thereH3426 any tasteH2940 in the whiteH7388 of an eggH2495? |
| [7]My soul refuseth to touch them; they are as the sickness of my flesh. |
[7]The things that my soulH5315 refusedH3985[H8765] to touchH5060[H8800] are as my sorrowfulH1741 meatH3899. |
| [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 haveH935[H8799] my requestH7596; and that GodH433 would grantH5414[H8799] me the thing that I long forH8615! |
| [9]Even that it would please God to crush me; that He would let loose His hand, and cut me off! |
[9]Even that it would pleaseH2974[H8686] GodH433 to destroyH1792[H8762] me; that he would let looseH5425[H8686] his handH3027, H1214and cut me offH8762 |
| [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 comfortH5165; yea, I would hardenH5539[H8762] myself in sorrowH2427: let him not spareH2550[H8799]; for I have not concealedH3582[H8765] the wordsH561 of the Holy OneH6918. |
| [11]What is my strength, that I should wait? and what is mine end, that I should be patient? |
[11]What is my strengthH3581, that I should hopeH3176[H8762]? and what is mine endH7093, that I should prolongH748[H8686] my lifeH5315? |
| [12]Is my strength the strength of stones? or is my flesh of brass? |
[12]Is my strengthH3581 the strengthH3581 of stonesH68? or is my fleshH1320 of brassH5153? |
| [13]Is it that I have no help in me, and that sound wisdom is driven quite from me? |
[13]Is not my helpH5833 in me? and is wisdomH8454 driven quiteH5080 from meH8738? |
| [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]To him that is afflictedH4523 pityH2617 should be shewed from his friendH7453; but he forsakethH5800[H8799] the fearH3374 of the AlmightyH7706. |
| [15]My brethren have dealt deceitfully as a brook, as the channel of brooks that overflow, |
[15]My brethrenH251 have dealt deceitfullyH898[H8804] as a brookH5158, and as the streamH650 of brooksH5158 H5674they pass awayH8799 |
| [16]Which are black by reason of the ice, and wherein the snow hideth itself; |
[16]Which are blackishH6937[H8802] by reason of the iceH7140, and wherein the snowH7950 is hidH5956:[H8691] |
| [17]What time they wax warm, they vanish, when it is hot, they are consumed out of their place. |
[17]What timeH6256 they wax warmH2215[H8792], they vanishH6789[H8738]: when it is hotH2527, they are consumed outH1846[H8738] of their placeH4725. |
| [18]The paths of their way do wind, they go up into the waste, and are lost. |
[18]The pathsH734 of their wayH1870 are turned asideH3943[H8735]; they goH5927[H8799] to nothingH8414, and perishH6.[H8799] |
| [19]The caravans of Tema looked, the companies of Sheba waited for them— |
[19]The troopsH734 of TemaH8485 lookedH5027[H8689], the companiesH1979 of ShebaH7614 waitedH6960 for themH8765. |
| [20]They were ashamed because they had hoped; they came thither, and were confounded. |
[20]They were confoundedH954[H8804] because they had hopedH982[H8804]; they cameH935[H8804] thither, and were ashamedH2659.[H8799] |
| [21]For now ye are become His; ye see a terror, and are afraid. |
[21]For now ye are nothing; ye seeH7200[H8799] my casting downH2866, and are afraidH3372.[H8799] |
| [22]Did I say: 'Give unto me'? or: 'Offer a present for me of your substance'? |
[22]Did I sayH559[H8804], BringH3051[H8798] unto me? or, Give a rewardH7809[H8798] for me of your substanceH3581? |
| [23]Or: 'Deliver me from the adversary's hand'? or: 'Redeem me from the hand of the oppressors'? |
[23]Or, DeliverH4422[H8761] me from the enemy'sH6862 handH3027? or, RedeemH6299[H8799] me from the handH3027 of the mightyH6184? |
| [24]Teach me, and I will hold my peace; and cause me to understand wherein I have erred. |
[24]TeachH3384[H8685] me, and I will hold my tongueH2790[H8686]: and cause me to understandH995[H8685] wherein I have erredH7686.[H8804] |
| [25]How forcible are words of uprightness! But what doth your arguing argue? |
[25]How forcibleH4834[H8738] are rightH3476 wordsH561! but what doth your arguingH3198[H8687] reproveH3198?[H8686] |
| [26]Do ye hold words to be an argument, but the speeches of one that is desperate to be wind? |
[26]Do ye imagineH2803[H8799] to reproveH3198[H8687] wordsH4405, and the speechesH561 of one that is desperateH2976[H8737], which are as windH7307? |
| [27]Yea, ye would cast lots upon the fatherless, and dig a pit for your friend. |
[27]Yea, ye overwhelmH5307[H8686] the fatherlessH3490, and ye digH3738[H8799] a pit for your friendH7453. |
| [28]Now therefore be pleased to look upon me; for surely I shall not lie to your face. |
[28]Now therefore be contentH2974[H8685], lookH6437[H8798] upon me; for it is evidentH6440 unto you if I lieH3576.[H8762] |
| [29]Return, I pray you, let there be no injustice; yea, return again, my cause is righteous. |
[29]ReturnH7725[H8798], I pray you, let it not be iniquityH5766; yea, return againH7725[H8798], my righteousness is in itH6664. |
| [30]Is there injustice on my tongue? Cannot my taste discern crafty devices? |
[30]Is thereH3426 iniquityH5766 in my tongueH3956? cannot my tasteH2441 discernH995[H8799] perverse thingsH1942? |