1 In response, Job said: ISV — Job 19:1
2 “How long do you intend to keep torturing me and trying to break me by what you’re saying? ISV — Job 19:2
3 Ten times you’ve tried to humiliate me! You’re not ashamed to wrong me! ISV — Job 19:3
4 Even if it’s true that I’ve erred, my error only affects me. ISV — Job 19:4
5 If you really intend to vaunt yourselves over me, and make my problems the basis of your case against me, ISV — Job 19:5
6 then at least you must know that God has accused me of wrong, and trapped me with his net.” ISV — Job 19:6
7 “Although I cried out ‘Violence!’ I received no answer; I cried for help, but there was no justice. ISV — Job 19:7
8 He blocked my path, so I cannot pass; and he turned out the lights on my pathways. ISV — Job 19:8
9 “He has stripped me of my honor; he has stolen the crown off my head! ISV — Job 19:9
10 He is breaking me down on every side, and now it’s too late for me; a19:10 Lit. and I’m gone he has uprooted my hopes like a tree. ISV — Job 19:10
11 His anger burns against me; he regards me as his adversary. ISV — Job 19:11
12 His troops march b19:12 Or proceed in a column c19:12 Or together against me, erecting their siege ramps against me; they surround my tent.” ISV — Job 19:12
13 “My brothers are alienated from me; my acquaintances are estranged; ISV — Job 19:13
14 my relatives have failed me; and my friends d19:14 Lit. and those who know me have abandoned me. ISV — Job 19:14
15 Those who live in my house— and my maidservants, too!— treat me like a stranger; they think I’m a foreigner. ISV — Job 19:15
16 “I call to my servant, but he doesn’t respond, even though I beg to him earnestly. e19:16 Lit. him with my mouth ISV — Job 19:16
17 My wife says my breath stinks; even my children say I smell bad! ISV — Job 19:17
18 Even little children hate me; when I get up, they mock me. ISV — Job 19:18
19 My closest friends f19:19 Or circle of familiar friends detest me; even the ones I love have turned against me. ISV — Job 19:19
20 I’m a pile of skin and bones; I have barely escaped by the skin of my teeth.” ISV — Job 19:20
21 “Be gracious to me, be gracious to me, my friends, because God’s hand has struck me. ISV — Job 19:21
22 Why are you chasing me, as God has been doing? Aren’t you satisfied that I’m sick? g19:22 Lit. satisfied with my flesh ISV — Job 19:22
23 If only my words were written down; if only they were inscribed in a book ISV — Job 19:23
24 using an iron stylus with lead for ink! Then they’d be engraved in rock forever. ISV — Job 19:24
25 “As for me, I know that my Vindicator h19:25 Or Redeemer is alive; And he, the Last One, i19:25 Lit. And the Last will take his stand on the soil. j19:25 Or dust ISV — Job 19:25
26 Even after my skin has been destroyed, clothed in my flesh I will see God, ISV — Job 19:26
27 whom I will see for myself. My own eyes will look at him— there won’t be anyone else for me!— He is the culmination of my innermost desire.” ISV — Job 19:27
28 “When you’re thinking about asking yourselves, ‘How will we pursue him, since the root of the problem is with him?’ k19:28 Lit me ISV — Job 19:28
29 Make sure that you remain wary of God’s sword, for God’s wrath brings with it the sword of punishment, by which you’ll know there’s a judgment.” ISV — Job 19:29