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Job 9-19
New King James Version
Job 9-19
New King James Version
Job: There Is No Mediator
9 Then Job answered and said:
2 “Truly I know it is so,
But how can a (A)man be (B)righteous before God?
3 If one wished to [a]contend with Him,
He could not answer Him one time out of a thousand.
4 (C)God is wise in heart and mighty in strength.
Who has hardened himself against Him and prospered?
5 He removes the mountains, and they do not know
When He overturns them in His anger;
6 He (D)shakes the earth out of its place,
And its (E)pillars tremble;
7 He commands the sun, and it does not rise;
He seals off the stars;
8 (F)He alone spreads out the heavens,
And [b]treads on the [c]waves of the sea;
9 (G)He made [d]the Bear, Orion, and the Pleiades,
And the chambers of the south;
10 (H)He does great things past finding out,
Yes, wonders without number.
11 (I)If He goes by me, I do not see Him;
If He moves past, I do not perceive Him;
12 (J)If He takes away, [e]who can hinder Him?
Who can say to Him, ‘What are You doing?’
13 God will not withdraw His anger,
(K)The allies of [f]the proud lie prostrate beneath Him.
14 “How then can I answer Him,
And choose my words to reason with Him?
15 (L)For though I were righteous, I could not answer Him;
I would beg mercy of my Judge.
16 If I called and He answered me,
I would not believe that He was listening to my voice.
17 For He crushes me with a tempest,
And multiplies my wounds (M)without cause.
18 He will not allow me to catch my breath,
But fills me with bitterness.
19 If it is a matter of strength, indeed He is strong;
And if of justice, who will appoint my day in court?
20 Though I were righteous, my own mouth would condemn me;
Though I were blameless, it would prove me perverse.
21 “I am blameless, yet I do not know myself;
I despise my life.
22 It is all one thing;
Therefore I say, (N)‘He destroys the blameless and the wicked.’
23 If the scourge slays suddenly,
He laughs at the plight of the innocent.
24 The earth is given into the hand of the wicked.
He covers the faces of its judges.
If it is not He, who else could it be?
25 “Now (O)my days are swifter than a runner;
They flee away, they see no good.
26 They pass by like [g]swift ships,
(P)Like an eagle swooping on its prey.
27 (Q)If I say, ‘I will forget my complaint,
I will put off my sad face and wear a smile,’
28 (R)I am afraid of all my sufferings;
I know that You (S)will not hold me innocent.
29 If I am condemned,
Why then do I labor in vain?
30 (T)If I wash myself with snow water,
And cleanse my hands with [h]soap,
31 Yet You will plunge me into the pit,
And my own clothes will [i]abhor me.
32 “For (U)He is not a man, as I am,
That I may answer Him,
And that we should go to court together.
33 (V)Nor is there any mediator between us,
Who may lay his hand on us both.
34 (W)Let Him take His rod away from me,
And do not let dread of Him terrify me.
35 Then I would speak and not fear Him,
But it is not so with me.
Job: I Would Plead with God
10 “My (X)soul loathes my life;
I will [j]give free course to my complaint,
(Y)I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.
2 I will say to God, ‘Do not condemn me;
Show me why You contend with me.
3 Does it seem good to You that You should oppress,
That You should despise the work of Your hands,
And smile on the counsel of the wicked?
4 Do You have eyes of flesh?
Or (Z)do You see as man sees?
5 Are Your days like the days of a mortal man?
Are Your years like the days of a mighty man,
6 That You should seek for my iniquity
And search out my sin,
7 Although You know that I am not wicked,
And there is no one who can deliver from Your hand?
8 ‘Your(AA) hands have made me and fashioned me,
An intricate unity;
Yet You would (AB)destroy me.
9 Remember, I pray, (AC)that You have made me like clay.
And will You turn me into dust again?
10 (AD)Did You not pour me out like milk,
And curdle me like cheese,
11 Clothe me with skin and flesh,
And knit me together with bones and sinews?
12 You have granted me life and favor,
And Your care has preserved my spirit.
13 ‘And these things You have hidden in Your heart;
I know that this was with You:
14 If I sin, then (AE)You mark me,
And will not acquit me of my iniquity.
15 If I am wicked, (AF)woe to me;
(AG)Even if I am righteous, I [k]cannot lift up my head.
I am full of disgrace;
(AH)See my misery!
16 If my head is exalted,
(AI)You hunt me like a fierce lion,
And again You show Yourself awesome against me.
17 You renew Your witnesses against me,
And increase Your indignation toward me;
Changes and war are ever with me.
18 ‘Why(AJ) then have You brought me out of the womb?
Oh, that I had perished and no eye had seen me!
19 I would have been as though I had not been.
I would have been carried from the womb to the grave.
20 (AK)Are not my days few?
Cease! (AL)Leave me alone, that I may take a little comfort,
21 Before I go to the place from which I shall not return,
(AM)To the land of darkness (AN)and the shadow of death,
22 A land as dark as darkness itself,
As the shadow of death, without any order,
Where even the light is like darkness.’ ”
Zophar Urges Job to Repent
11 Then Zophar the Naamathite answered and said:
2 “Should not the multitude of words be answered?
And should [l]a man full of talk be vindicated?
3 Should your empty talk make men [m]hold their peace?
And when you mock, should no one rebuke you?
4 For you have said,
(AO)‘My doctrine is pure,
And I am clean in your eyes.’
5 But oh, that God would speak,
And open His lips against you,
6 That He would show you the secrets of wisdom!
For they would double your prudence.
Know therefore that (AP)God [n]exacts from you
Less than your iniquity deserves.
7 “Can(AQ) you search out the deep things of God?
Can you find out the limits of the Almighty?
8 They are higher than heaven—what can you do?
Deeper than [o]Sheol—what can you know?
9 Their measure is longer than the earth
And broader than the sea.
10 “If(AR) He passes by, imprisons, and gathers to judgment,
Then who can [p]hinder Him?
11 For (AS)He knows deceitful men;
He sees wickedness also.
Will He not then consider it?
12 For an (AT)empty-headed man will be wise,
When a wild donkey’s colt is born a man.
13 “If you would (AU)prepare your heart,
And (AV)stretch out your hands toward Him;
14 If iniquity were in your hand, and you put it far away,
And (AW)would not let wickedness dwell in your tents;
15 (AX)Then surely you could lift up your face without spot;
Yes, you could be steadfast, and not fear;
16 Because you would (AY)forget your misery,
And remember it as waters that have passed away,
17 And your life (AZ)would be brighter than noonday.
Though you were dark, you would be like the morning.
18 And you would be secure, because there is hope;
Yes, you would dig around you, and (BA)take your rest in safety.
19 You would also lie down, and no one would make you afraid;
Yes, many would court your favor.
20 But (BB)the eyes of the wicked will fail,
And they shall not escape,
And (BC)their hope—[q]loss of life!”
Job Answers His Critics
12 Then Job answered and said:
2 “No doubt you are the people,
And wisdom will die with you!
3 But I have [r]understanding as well as you;
I am not (BD)inferior to you.
Indeed, who does not know such things as these?
4 “I(BE) am one mocked by his friends,
Who (BF)called on God, and He answered him,
The just and blameless who is ridiculed.
5 A [s]lamp is despised in the thought of one who is at ease;
It is made ready for (BG)those whose feet slip.
6 (BH)The tents of robbers prosper,
And those who provoke God are secure—
In what God provides by His hand.
7 “But now ask the beasts, and they will teach you;
And the birds of the air, and they will tell you;
8 Or speak to the earth, and it will teach you;
And the fish of the sea will explain to you.
9 Who among all these does not know
That the hand of the Lord has done this,
10 (BI)In whose hand is the [t]life of every living thing,
And the (BJ)breath of [u]all mankind?
11 Does not the ear test words
And the [v]mouth taste its food?
12 Wisdom is with aged men,
And with [w]length of days, understanding.
13 “With Him are (BK)wisdom and strength,
He has counsel and understanding.
14 If (BL)He breaks a thing down, it cannot be rebuilt;
If He imprisons a man, there can be no release.
15 If He (BM)withholds the waters, they dry up;
If He (BN)sends them out, they overwhelm the earth.
16 With Him are strength and prudence.
The deceived and the deceiver are His.
17 He leads counselors away plundered,
And makes fools of the judges.
18 He loosens the bonds of kings,
And binds their waist with a belt.
19 He leads [x]princes away plundered,
And overthrows the mighty.
20 (BO)He deprives the trusted ones of speech,
And takes away the discernment of the elders.
21 (BP)He pours contempt on princes,
And [y]disarms the mighty.
22 He (BQ)uncovers deep things out of darkness,
And brings the shadow of death to light.
23 (BR)He makes nations great, and destroys them;
He [z]enlarges nations, and guides them.
24 He takes away the [aa]understanding of the chiefs of the people of the earth,
And (BS)makes them wander in a pathless wilderness.
25 (BT)They grope in the dark without light,
And He makes them (BU)stagger like a drunken man.
Job Defends Himself
13 “Behold, my eye has seen all this,
My ear has heard and understood it.
2 (BV)What you know, I also know;
I am not inferior to you.
3 (BW)But I would speak to the Almighty,
And I desire to reason with God.
4 But you forgers of lies,
(BX)You are all worthless physicians.
5 Oh, that you would be silent,
And (BY)it would be your wisdom!
6 Now hear my reasoning,
And heed the pleadings of my lips.
7 (BZ)Will you speak [ab]wickedly for God,
And talk deceitfully for Him?
8 Will you show partiality for Him?
Will you contend for God?
9 Will it be well when He searches you out?
Or can you mock Him as one mocks a man?
10 He will surely rebuke you
If you secretly show partiality.
11 Will not His [ac]excellence make you afraid,
And the dread of Him fall upon you?
12 Your platitudes are proverbs of ashes,
Your defenses are defenses of clay.
13 “Hold[ad] your peace with me, and let me speak,
Then let come on me what may!
14 Why (CA)do I take my flesh in my teeth,
And put my life in my hands?
15 (CB)Though He slay me, yet will I trust Him.
(CC)Even so, I will defend my own ways before Him.
16 He also shall be my salvation,
For a (CD)hypocrite could not come before Him.
17 Listen carefully to my speech,
And to my declaration with your ears.
18 See now, I have prepared my case,
I know that I shall be (CE)vindicated.
19 (CF)Who is he who will contend with me?
If now I hold my tongue, I perish.
Job’s Despondent Prayer
20 “Only(CG) two things do not do to me,
Then I will not hide myself from You:
21 (CH)Withdraw Your hand far from me,
And let not the dread of You make me afraid.
22 Then call, and I will (CI)answer;
Or let me speak, then You respond to me.
23 How many are my iniquities and sins?
Make me know my transgression and my sin.
24 (CJ)Why do You hide Your face,
And (CK)regard me as Your enemy?
25 (CL)Will You frighten a leaf driven to and fro?
And will You pursue dry stubble?
26 For You write bitter things against me,
And (CM)make me inherit the iniquities of my youth.
27 (CN)You put my feet in the stocks,
And watch closely all my paths.
You [ae]set a limit for the [af]soles of my feet.
28 “Man[ag] decays like a rotten thing,
Like a garment that is moth-eaten.
Job Speaks of Life’s Woes
14 “Man who is born of woman
Is of few days and (CO)full of [ah]trouble.
2 (CP)He comes forth like a flower and fades away;
He flees like a shadow and does not continue.
3 And (CQ)do You open Your eyes on such a one,
And (CR)bring [ai]me to judgment with Yourself?
4 Who (CS)can bring a clean thing out of an unclean?
No one!
5 (CT)Since his days are determined,
The number of his months is with You;
You have appointed his limits, so that he cannot pass.
6 (CU)Look away from him that he may [aj]rest,
Till (CV)like a hired man he finishes his day.
7 “For there is hope for a tree,
If it is cut down, that it will sprout again,
And that its tender shoots will not cease.
8 Though its root may grow old in the earth,
And its stump may die in the ground,
9 Yet at the scent of water it will bud
And bring forth branches like a plant.
10 But man dies and [ak]is laid away;
Indeed he [al]breathes his last
And where is (CW)he?
11 As water disappears from the sea,
And a river becomes parched and dries up,
12 So man lies down and does not rise.
(CX)Till the heavens are no more,
They will not awake
Nor be roused from their sleep.
13 “Oh, that You would hide me in the grave,
That You would conceal me until Your wrath is past,
That You would appoint me a set time, and remember me!
14 If a man dies, shall he live again?
All the days of my hard service (CY)I will wait,
Till my change comes.
15 (CZ)You shall call, and I will answer You;
You shall desire the work of Your hands.
16 For now (DA)You number my steps,
But do not watch over my sin.
17 (DB)My transgression is sealed up in a bag,
And You [am]cover my iniquity.
18 “But as a mountain falls and crumbles away,
And as a rock is moved from its place;
19 As water wears away stones,
And as torrents wash away the soil of the earth;
So You destroy the hope of man.
20 You prevail forever against him, and he passes on;
You change his countenance and send him away.
21 His sons come to honor, and (DC)he does not know it;
They are brought low, and he does not perceive it.
22 But his flesh will be in pain over it,
And his soul will mourn over it.”
Eliphaz Accuses Job of Folly
15 Then (DD)Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said:
2 “Should a wise man answer with empty knowledge,
And fill [an]himself with the east wind?
3 Should he reason with unprofitable talk,
Or by speeches with which he can do no good?
4 Yes, you cast off fear,
And restrain [ao]prayer before God.
5 For your iniquity teaches your mouth,
And you choose the tongue of the crafty.
6 (DE)Your own mouth condemns you, and not I;
Yes, your own lips testify against you.
7 “Are you the first man who was born?
(DF)Or were you made before the hills?
8 (DG)Have you heard the counsel of God?
Do you limit wisdom to yourself?
9 (DH)What do you know that we do not know?
What do you understand that is not in us?
10 (DI)Both the gray-haired and the aged are among us,
Much older than your father.
11 Are the consolations of God too small for you,
And the word spoken [ap]gently with you?
12 Why does your heart carry you away,
And [aq]what do your eyes wink at,
13 That you turn your spirit against God,
And let such words go out of your mouth?
14 “What(DJ) is man, that he could be pure?
And he who is born of a woman, that he could be righteous?
15 (DK)If God puts no trust in His saints,
And the heavens are not pure in His sight,
16 (DL)How much less man, who is abominable and filthy,
(DM)Who drinks iniquity like water!
17 “I will tell you, hear me;
What I have seen I will declare,
18 What wise men have told,
Not hiding anything received (DN)from their fathers,
19 To whom alone the [ar]land was given,
And (DO)no alien passed among them:
20 The wicked man writhes with pain all his days,
(DP)And the number of years is hidden from the oppressor.
21 [as]Dreadful sounds are in his ears;
(DQ)In prosperity the destroyer comes upon him.
22 He does not believe that he will (DR)return from darkness,
For a sword is waiting for him.
23 He (DS)wanders about for bread, saying, ‘Where is it?’
He knows (DT)that a day of darkness is ready at his hand.
24 Trouble and anguish make him afraid;
They overpower him, like a king ready for [at]battle.
25 For he stretches out his hand against God,
And acts defiantly against the Almighty,
26 Running stubbornly against Him
With his strong, embossed shield.
27 “Though(DU) he has covered his face with his fatness,
And made his waist heavy with fat,
28 He dwells in desolate cities,
In houses which no one inhabits,
Which are destined to become ruins.
29 He will not be rich,
Nor will his wealth (DV)continue,
Nor will his possessions overspread the earth.
30 He will not depart from darkness;
The flame will dry out his branches,
And (DW)by the breath of His mouth he will go away.
31 Let him not (DX)trust in futile things, deceiving himself,
For futility will be his reward.
32 It will be accomplished (DY)before his time,
And his branch will not be green.
33 He will shake off his unripe grape like a vine,
And cast off his blossom like an olive tree.
34 For the company of hypocrites will be barren,
And fire will consume the tents of bribery.
35 (DZ)They conceive trouble and bring forth futility;
Their womb prepares deceit.”
Job Reproaches His Pitiless Friends
16 Then Job answered and said:
2 “I have heard many such things;
(EA)Miserable[au] comforters are you all!
3 Shall [av]words of wind have an end?
Or what provokes you that you answer?
4 I also could speak as you do,
If your soul were in my soul’s place.
I could heap up words against you,
And (EB)shake my head at you;
5 But I would strengthen you with my mouth,
And the comfort of my lips would relieve your grief.
6 “Though I speak, my grief is not relieved;
And if I remain silent, how am I eased?
7 But now He has (EC)worn me out;
You (ED)have made desolate all my company.
8 You have shriveled me up,
And it is a (EE)witness against me;
My leanness rises up against me
And bears witness to my face.
9 (EF)He tears me in His wrath, and hates me;
He gnashes at me with His teeth;
(EG)My adversary sharpens His gaze on me.
10 They (EH)gape at me with their mouth,
They (EI)strike me reproachfully on the cheek,
They gather together against me.
11 God (EJ)has delivered me to the ungodly,
And turned me over to the hands of the wicked.
12 I was at ease, but He has (EK)shattered me;
He also has taken me by my neck, and shaken me to pieces;
He has (EL)set me up for His target,
13 His archers surround me.
He pierces my [aw]heart and does not pity;
He pours out my gall on the ground.
14 He breaks me with wound upon wound;
He runs at me like a [ax]warrior.
15 “I have sewn sackcloth over my skin,
And (EM)laid my [ay]head in the dust.
16 My face is [az]flushed from weeping,
And on my eyelids is the shadow of death;
17 Although no violence is in my hands,
And my prayer is pure.
18 “O earth, do not cover my blood,
And (EN)let my cry have no resting place!
19 Surely even now (EO)my witness is in heaven,
And my evidence is on high.
20 My friends scorn me;
My eyes pour out tears to God.
21 (EP)Oh, that one might plead for a man with God,
As a man pleads for his [ba]neighbor!
22 For when a few years are finished,
I shall (EQ)go the way of no return.
Job Prays for Relief
17 “My spirit is broken,
My days are extinguished,
(ER)The grave is ready for me.
2 Are not mockers with me?
And does not my eye [bb]dwell on their (ES)provocation?
3 “Now put down a pledge for me with Yourself.
Who is he who (ET)will shake hands with me?
4 For You have hidden their heart from (EU)understanding;
Therefore You will not exalt them.
5 He who speaks flattery to his friends,
Even the eyes of his children will (EV)fail.
6 “But He has made me (EW)a byword of the people,
And I have become one in whose face men spit.
7 (EX)My eye has also grown dim because of sorrow,
And all my members are like shadows.
8 Upright men are astonished at this,
And the innocent stirs himself up against the hypocrite.
9 Yet the righteous will hold to his (EY)way,
And he who has (EZ)clean hands will be stronger and stronger.
10 “But please, (FA)come back again, [bc]all of you,
For I shall not find one wise man among you.
11 (FB)My days are past,
My purposes are broken off,
Even the [bd]thoughts of my heart.
12 They change the night into day;
‘The light is near,’ they say, in the face of darkness.
13 If I wait for the grave as my house,
If I make my bed in the darkness,
14 If I say to corruption, ‘You are my father,’
And to the worm, ‘You are my mother and my sister,’
15 Where then is my (FC)hope?
As for my hope, who can see it?
16 Will they go down (FD)to the gates of [be]Sheol?
Shall we have (FE)rest together in the dust?”
Bildad: The Wicked Are Punished
18 Then (FF)Bildad the Shuhite answered and said:
2 “How long till you put an end to words?
Gain understanding, and afterward we will speak.
3 Why are we counted (FG)as beasts,
And regarded as stupid in your sight?
4 (FH)You[bf] who tear yourself in anger,
Shall the earth be forsaken for you?
Or shall the rock be removed from its place?
5 “The(FI) light of the wicked indeed goes out,
And the flame of his fire does not shine.
6 The light is dark in his tent,
(FJ)And his lamp beside him is put out.
7 The steps of his strength are shortened,
And (FK)his own counsel casts him down.
8 For (FL)he is cast into a net by his own feet,
And he walks into a snare.
9 The net takes him by the heel,
And (FM)a snare lays hold of him.
10 A noose is hidden for him on the ground,
And a trap for him in the road.
11 (FN)Terrors frighten him on every side,
And drive him to his feet.
12 His strength is starved,
And (FO)destruction is ready at his side.
13 It devours patches of his skin;
The firstborn of death devours his [bg]limbs.
14 He is uprooted from (FP)the shelter of his tent,
And they parade him before the king of terrors.
15 They dwell in his tent who are none of his;
Brimstone is scattered on his dwelling.
16 (FQ)His roots are dried out below,
And his branch withers above.
17 (FR)The memory of him perishes from the earth,
And he has no name [bh]among the renowned.
18 [bi]He is driven from light into darkness,
And chased out of the world.
19 (FS)He has neither son nor posterity among his people,
Nor any remaining in his dwellings.
20 Those [bj]in the west are astonished (FT)at his day,
As those [bk]in the east are frightened.
21 Surely such are the dwellings of the wicked,
And this is the place of him who (FU)does not know God.”
Job Trusts in His Redeemer
19 Then Job answered and said:
2 “How long will you torment my soul,
And break me in pieces with words?
3 These ten times you have [bl]reproached me;
You are not ashamed that you [bm]have wronged me.
4 And if indeed I have erred,
My error remains with me.
5 If indeed you (FV)exalt yourselves against me,
And plead my disgrace against me,
6 Know then that (FW)God has wronged me,
And has surrounded me with His net.
7 “If I cry out concerning [bn]wrong, I am not heard.
If I cry aloud, there is no justice.
8 (FX)He has [bo]fenced up my way, so that I cannot pass;
And He has set darkness in my paths.
9 (FY)He has stripped me of my glory,
And taken the crown from my head.
10 He breaks me down on every side,
And I am gone;
My (FZ)hope He has uprooted like a tree.
11 He has also kindled His wrath against me,
And (GA)He counts me as one of His enemies.
12 His troops come together
And build up their road against me;
They encamp all around my tent.
13 “He(GB) has removed my brothers far from me,
And my acquaintances are completely estranged from me.
14 My relatives have failed,
And my close friends have forgotten me.
15 Those who dwell in my house, and my maidservants,
Count me as a stranger;
I am an alien in their sight.
16 I call my servant, but he gives no answer;
I beg him with my mouth.
17 My breath is offensive to my wife,
And I am [bp]repulsive to the children of my own body.
18 Even (GC)young children despise me;
I arise, and they speak against me.
19 (GD)All my close friends abhor me,
And those whom I love have turned against me.
20 (GE)My bone clings to my skin and to my flesh,
And I have escaped by 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!
22 Why do you (GF)persecute me as God does,
And are not satisfied with my flesh?
23 “Oh, that my words were written!
Oh, that they were inscribed in a book!
24 That they were engraved on a rock
With an iron pen and lead, forever!
25 For I know that my Redeemer lives,
And He shall stand at last on the earth;
26 And after my skin is [bq]destroyed, this I know,
That (GG)in my flesh I shall see God,
27 Whom I shall see for myself,
And my eyes shall behold, and not another.
How my [br]heart yearns within me!
28 If you should say, ‘How shall we persecute him?’—
Since the root of the matter is found in me,
29 Be afraid of the sword for yourselves;
For wrath brings the punishment of the sword,
That you may know there is a judgment.”
Footnotes
- Job 9:3 argue
- Job 9:8 walks
- Job 9:8 Lit. heights
- Job 9:9 Heb. Ash, Kesil, and Kimah
- Job 9:12 Lit. who can turn Him back?
- Job 9:13 Heb. rahab
- Job 9:26 Lit. ships of reeds
- Job 9:30 lye
- Job 9:31 loathe
- Job 10:1 Lit. leave on myself
- Job 10:15 Lit. will not
- Job 11:2 Lit. a man of lips
- Job 11:3 be silent
- Job 11:6 Lit. forgets some of your iniquity for you
- Job 11:8 The abode of the dead
- Job 11:10 restrain
- Job 11:20 Lit. the breathing out of life
- Job 12:3 Lit. a heart
- Job 12:5 Or disaster
- Job 12:10 Or soul
- Job 12:10 Lit. all flesh of men
- Job 12:11 palate
- Job 12:12 Long life
- Job 12:19 Lit. priests, but not in a technical sense
- Job 12:21 loosens the belt of
- Job 12:23 Lit. spreads out
- Job 12:24 Lit. heart
- Job 13:7 unrighteously
- Job 13:11 Lit. exaltation
- Job 13:13 Be silent
- Job 13:27 Lit. inscribe a print
- Job 13:27 Lit. roots
- Job 13:28 Lit. He
- Job 14:1 turmoil
- Job 14:3 LXX, Syr., Vg. him
- Job 14:6 Lit. cease
- Job 14:10 lies prostrate
- Job 14:10 expires
- Job 14:17 Lit. plaster over
- Job 15:2 Lit. his belly
- Job 15:4 meditation or complaint
- Job 15:11 Or a secret thing
- Job 15:12 Or why do your eyes flash
- Job 15:19 Or earth
- Job 15:21 Terrifying
- Job 15:24 attack
- Job 16:2 Troublesome
- Job 16:3 Empty words
- Job 16:13 Lit. kidneys
- Job 16:14 Vg. giant
- Job 16:15 Lit. horn
- Job 16:16 Lit. red
- Job 16:21 friend
- Job 17:2 Lit. lodge
- Job 17:10 So with some Heb. mss., LXX, Syr., Vg.; MT, Tg. all of them
- Job 17:11 desires
- Job 17:16 The abode of the dead
- Job 18:4 Lit. one who tears his soul
- Job 18:13 parts
- Job 18:17 Lit. before the outside, i.e., the distinguished or famous
- Job 18:18 Or They drive him
- Job 18:20 Lit. who came after
- Job 18:20 Lit. who have gone before
- Job 19:3 shamed or disgraced
- Job 19:3 A Jewish tradition make yourselves strange to me
- Job 19:7 violence
- Job 19:8 walled off my way
- Job 19:17 Lit. strange
- Job 19:26 Lit. struck off
- Job 19:27 Lit. kidneys
Job 9-19
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Job 9-19
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Job
9 Then Job replied:
2 “Indeed, I know that this is true.
But how can mere mortals prove their innocence before God?(A)
3 Though they wished to dispute with him,(B)
they could not answer him one time out of a thousand.(C)
4 His wisdom(D) is profound, his power is vast.(E)
Who has resisted(F) him and come out unscathed?(G)
5 He moves mountains(H) without their knowing it
and overturns them in his anger.(I)
6 He shakes the earth(J) from its place
and makes its pillars tremble.(K)
7 He speaks to the sun and it does not shine;(L)
he seals off the light of the stars.(M)
8 He alone stretches out the heavens(N)
and treads on the waves of the sea.(O)
9 He is the Maker(P) of the Bear[a] and Orion,
the Pleiades and the constellations of the south.(Q)
10 He performs wonders(R) that cannot be fathomed,
miracles that cannot be counted.(S)
11 When he passes me, I cannot see him;
when he goes by, I cannot perceive him.(T)
12 If he snatches away, who can stop him?(U)
Who can say to him, ‘What are you doing?’(V)
13 God does not restrain his anger;(W)
even the cohorts of Rahab(X) cowered at his feet.
14 “How then can I dispute with him?
How can I find words to argue with him?(Y)
15 Though I were innocent, I could not answer him;(Z)
I could only plead(AA) with my Judge(AB) for mercy.(AC)
16 Even if I summoned him and he responded,
I do not believe he would give me a hearing.(AD)
17 He would crush me(AE) with a storm(AF)
and multiply(AG) my wounds for no reason.(AH)
18 He would not let me catch my breath
but would overwhelm me with misery.(AI)
19 If it is a matter of strength, he is mighty!(AJ)
And if it is a matter of justice, who can challenge him[b]?(AK)
20 Even if I were innocent, my mouth would condemn me;
if I were blameless, it would pronounce me guilty.(AL)
21 “Although I am blameless,(AM)
I have no concern for myself;(AN)
I despise my own life.(AO)
22 It is all the same; that is why I say,
‘He destroys both the blameless and the wicked.’(AP)
23 When a scourge(AQ) brings sudden death,
he mocks the despair of the innocent.(AR)
24 When a land falls into the hands of the wicked,(AS)
he blindfolds its judges.(AT)
If it is not he, then who is it?(AU)
25 “My days are swifter than a runner;(AV)
they fly away without a glimpse of joy.(AW)
26 They skim past(AX) like boats of papyrus,(AY)
like eagles swooping down on their prey.(AZ)
27 If I say, ‘I will forget my complaint,(BA)
I will change my expression, and smile,’
28 I still dread(BB) all my sufferings,
for I know you will not hold me innocent.(BC)
29 Since I am already found guilty,
why should I struggle in vain?(BD)
30 Even if I washed myself with soap(BE)
and my hands(BF) with cleansing powder,(BG)
31 you would plunge me into a slime pit(BH)
so that even my clothes would detest me.(BI)
32 “He is not a mere mortal(BJ) like me that I might answer him,(BK)
that we might confront each other in court.(BL)
33 If only there were someone to mediate between us,(BM)
someone to bring us together,(BN)
34 someone to remove God’s rod from me,(BO)
so that his terror would frighten me no more.(BP)
35 Then I would speak up without fear of him,(BQ)
but as it now stands with me, I cannot.(BR)
10 “I loathe my very life;(BS)
therefore I will give free rein to my complaint
and speak out in the bitterness of my soul.(BT)
2 I say to God:(BU) Do not declare me guilty,
but tell me what charges(BV) you have against me.(BW)
3 Does it please you to oppress me,(BX)
to spurn the work of your hands,(BY)
while you smile on the plans of the wicked?(BZ)
4 Do you have eyes of flesh?
Do you see as a mortal sees?(CA)
5 Are your days like those of a mortal
or your years like those of a strong man,(CB)
6 that you must search out my faults
and probe after my sin(CC)—
7 though you know that I am not guilty(CD)
and that no one can rescue me from your hand?(CE)
8 “Your hands shaped(CF) me and made me.
Will you now turn and destroy me?(CG)
9 Remember that you molded me like clay.(CH)
Will you now turn me to dust again?(CI)
10 Did you not pour me out like milk
and curdle me like cheese,
11 clothe me with skin and flesh
and knit me together(CJ) with bones and sinews?
12 You gave me life(CK) and showed me kindness,(CL)
and in your providence(CM) watched over(CN) my spirit.
13 “But this is what you concealed in your heart,
and I know that this was in your mind:(CO)
14 If I sinned, you would be watching me(CP)
and would not let my offense go unpunished.(CQ)
15 If I am guilty(CR)—woe to me!(CS)
Even if I am innocent, I cannot lift my head,(CT)
for I am full of shame
and drowned in[c] my affliction.(CU)
16 If I hold my head high, you stalk me like a lion(CV)
and again display your awesome power against me.(CW)
17 You bring new witnesses against me(CX)
and increase your anger toward me;(CY)
your forces come against me wave upon wave.(CZ)
18 “Why then did you bring me out of the womb?(DA)
I wish I had died before any eye saw me.(DB)
19 If only I had never come into being,
or had been carried straight from the womb to the grave!(DC)
20 Are not my few days(DD) almost over?(DE)
Turn away from me(DF) so I can have a moment’s joy(DG)
21 before I go to the place of no return,(DH)
to the land of gloom and utter darkness,(DI)
22 to the land of deepest night,
of utter darkness(DJ) and disorder,
where even the light is like darkness.”(DK)
Zophar
11 Then Zophar the Naamathite(DL) replied:
2 “Are all these words to go unanswered?(DM)
Is this talker to be vindicated?(DN)
3 Will your idle talk(DO) reduce others to silence?
Will no one rebuke you when you mock?(DP)
4 You say to God, ‘My beliefs are flawless(DQ)
and I am pure(DR) in your sight.’
5 Oh, how I wish that God would speak,(DS)
that he would open his lips against you
6 and disclose to you the secrets of wisdom,(DT)
for true wisdom has two sides.
Know this: God has even forgotten some of your sin.(DU)
7 “Can you fathom(DV) the mysteries of God?
Can you probe the limits of the Almighty?
8 They are higher(DW) than the heavens(DX) above—what can you do?
They are deeper than the depths below(DY)—what can you know?(DZ)
9 Their measure(EA) is longer than the earth
and wider than the sea.(EB)
10 “If he comes along and confines you in prison
and convenes a court, who can oppose him?(EC)
11 Surely he recognizes deceivers;
and when he sees evil, does he not take note?(ED)
12 But the witless can no more become wise
than a wild donkey’s colt(EE) can be born human.[d](EF)
13 “Yet if you devote your heart(EG) to him
and stretch out your hands(EH) to him,(EI)
14 if you put away(EJ) the sin that is in your hand
and allow no evil(EK) to dwell in your tent,(EL)
15 then, free of fault, you will lift up your face;(EM)
you will stand firm(EN) and without fear.(EO)
16 You will surely forget your trouble,(EP)
recalling it only as waters gone by.(EQ)
17 Life will be brighter than noonday,(ER)
and darkness will become like morning.(ES)
18 You will be secure, because there is hope;
you will look about you and take your rest(ET) in safety.(EU)
19 You will lie down, with no one to make you afraid,(EV)
and many will court your favor.(EW)
20 But the eyes of the wicked will fail,(EX)
and escape will elude them;(EY)
their hope will become a dying gasp.”(EZ)
Job
12 Then Job replied:
2 “Doubtless you are the only people who matter,
and wisdom will die with you!(FA)
3 But I have a mind as well as you;
I am not inferior to you.
Who does not know all these things?(FB)
4 “I have become a laughingstock(FC) to my friends,(FD)
though I called on God and he answered(FE)—
a mere laughingstock, though righteous and blameless!(FF)
5 Those who are at ease have contempt(FG) for misfortune
as the fate of those whose feet are slipping.(FH)
6 The tents of marauders are undisturbed,(FI)
and those who provoke God are secure(FJ)—
those God has in his hand.[e]
7 “But ask the animals, and they will teach you,(FK)
or the birds in the sky,(FL) and they will tell you;(FM)
8 or speak to the earth, and it will teach you,
or let the fish in the sea inform you.
9 Which of all these does not know(FN)
that the hand of the Lord has done this?(FO)
10 In his hand is the life(FP) of every creature
and the breath of all mankind.(FQ)
11 Does not the ear test words
as the tongue tastes food?(FR)
12 Is not wisdom found among the aged?(FS)
Does not long life bring understanding?(FT)
13 “To God belong wisdom(FU) and power;(FV)
counsel and understanding are his.(FW)
14 What he tears down(FX) cannot be rebuilt;(FY)
those he imprisons cannot be released.(FZ)
15 If he holds back the waters,(GA) there is drought;(GB)
if he lets them loose, they devastate the land.(GC)
16 To him belong strength and insight;(GD)
both deceived and deceiver are his.(GE)
17 He leads rulers away stripped(GF)
and makes fools of judges.(GG)
18 He takes off the shackles(GH) put on by kings
and ties a loincloth[f] around their waist.(GI)
19 He leads priests away stripped(GJ)
and overthrows officials long established.(GK)
20 He silences the lips of trusted advisers
and takes away the discernment of elders.(GL)
21 He pours contempt on nobles(GM)
and disarms the mighty.(GN)
22 He reveals the deep things of darkness(GO)
and brings utter darkness(GP) into the light.(GQ)
23 He makes nations great, and destroys them;(GR)
he enlarges nations,(GS) and disperses them.(GT)
24 He deprives the leaders of the earth of their reason;(GU)
he makes them wander in a trackless waste.(GV)
25 They grope in darkness with no light;(GW)
he makes them stagger like drunkards.(GX)
13 “My eyes have seen all this,(GY)
my ears have heard and understood it.
2 What you know, I also know;
I am not inferior to you.(GZ)
3 But I desire to speak to the Almighty(HA)
and to argue my case with God.(HB)
4 You, however, smear me with lies;(HC)
you are worthless physicians,(HD) all of you!(HE)
5 If only you would be altogether silent!(HF)
For you, that would be wisdom.(HG)
6 Hear now my argument;
listen to the pleas of my lips.(HH)
7 Will you speak wickedly on God’s behalf?
Will you speak deceitfully for him?(HI)
8 Will you show him partiality?(HJ)
Will you argue the case for God?
9 Would it turn out well if he examined you?(HK)
Could you deceive him as you might deceive a mortal?(HL)
10 He would surely call you to account
if you secretly showed partiality.(HM)
11 Would not his splendor(HN) terrify you?
Would not the dread of him fall on you?(HO)
12 Your maxims are proverbs of ashes;
your defenses are defenses of clay.(HP)
13 “Keep silent(HQ) and let me speak;(HR)
then let come to me what may.(HS)
14 Why do I put myself in jeopardy
and take my life in my hands?(HT)
15 Though he slay me, yet will I hope(HU) in him;(HV)
I will surely[g] defend my ways to his face.(HW)
16 Indeed, this will turn out for my deliverance,(HX)
for no godless(HY) person would dare come before him!(HZ)
17 Listen carefully to what I say;(IA)
let my words ring in your ears.
18 Now that I have prepared my case,(IB)
I know I will be vindicated.(IC)
19 Can anyone bring charges against me?(ID)
If so, I will be silent(IE) and die.(IF)
20 “Only grant me these two things, God,
and then I will not hide from you:
21 Withdraw your hand(IG) far from me,
and stop frightening me with your terrors.(IH)
22 Then summon me and I will answer,(II)
or let me speak, and you reply to me.(IJ)
23 How many wrongs and sins have I committed?(IK)
Show me my offense and my sin.(IL)
24 Why do you hide your face(IM)
and consider me your enemy?(IN)
25 Will you torment(IO) a windblown leaf?(IP)
Will you chase(IQ) after dry chaff?(IR)
26 For you write down bitter things against me
and make me reap the sins of my youth.(IS)
27 You fasten my feet in shackles;(IT)
you keep close watch on all my paths(IU)
by putting marks on the soles of my feet.
14 “Mortals, born of woman,(IX)
are of few days(IY) and full of trouble.(IZ)
2 They spring up like flowers(JA) and wither away;(JB)
like fleeting shadows,(JC) they do not endure.(JD)
3 Do you fix your eye on them?(JE)
Will you bring them[h] before you for judgment?(JF)
4 Who can bring what is pure(JG) from the impure?(JH)
No one!(JI)
5 A person’s days are determined;(JJ)
you have decreed the number of his months(JK)
and have set limits he cannot exceed.(JL)
6 So look away from him and let him alone,(JM)
till he has put in his time like a hired laborer.(JN)
7 “At least there is hope for a tree:(JO)
If it is cut down, it will sprout again,
and its new shoots(JP) will not fail.(JQ)
8 Its roots may grow old in the ground
and its stump(JR) die in the soil,
9 yet at the scent of water(JS) it will bud
and put forth shoots like a plant.(JT)
10 But a man dies and is laid low;(JU)
he breathes his last and is no more.(JV)
11 As the water of a lake dries up
or a riverbed becomes parched and dry,(JW)
12 so he lies down and does not rise;(JX)
till the heavens are no more,(JY) people will not awake
or be roused from their sleep.(JZ)
13 “If only you would hide me in the grave(KA)
and conceal me till your anger has passed!(KB)
If only you would set me a time
and then remember(KC) me!(KD)
14 If someone dies, will they live again?
All the days of my hard service(KE)
I will wait for my renewal[i](KF) to come.
15 You will call and I will answer you;(KG)
you will long for the creature your hands have made.(KH)
16 Surely then you will count my steps(KI)
but not keep track of my sin.(KJ)
17 My offenses will be sealed(KK) up in a bag;(KL)
you will cover over my sin.(KM)
18 “But as a mountain erodes and crumbles(KN)
and as a rock is moved from its place,(KO)
19 as water wears away stones
and torrents(KP) wash away the soil,(KQ)
so you destroy a person’s hope.(KR)
20 You overpower them once for all, and they are gone;(KS)
you change their countenance and send them away.(KT)
21 If their children are honored, they do not know it;
if their offspring are brought low, they do not see it.(KU)
22 They feel but the pain of their own bodies(KV)
and mourn only for themselves.(KW)”
Eliphaz
15 Then Eliphaz the Temanite(KX) replied:
2 “Would a wise person answer with empty notions
or fill their belly with the hot east wind?(KY)
3 Would they argue with useless words,
with speeches that have no value?(KZ)
4 But you even undermine piety
and hinder devotion to God.(LA)
5 Your sin(LB) prompts your mouth;(LC)
you adopt the tongue of the crafty.(LD)
6 Your own mouth condemns you, not mine;
your own lips testify against you.(LE)
7 “Are you the first man ever born?(LF)
Were you brought forth before the hills?(LG)
8 Do you listen in on God’s council?(LH)
Do you have a monopoly on wisdom?(LI)
9 What do you know that we do not know?
What insights do you have that we do not have?(LJ)
10 The gray-haired and the aged(LK) are on our side,
men even older than your father.(LL)
11 Are God’s consolations(LM) not enough for you,
words(LN) spoken gently to you?(LO)
12 Why has your heart(LP) carried you away,
and why do your eyes flash,
13 so that you vent your rage(LQ) against God
and pour out such words(LR) from your mouth?(LS)
14 “What are mortals, that they could be pure,
or those born of woman,(LT) that they could be righteous?(LU)
15 If God places no trust in his holy ones,(LV)
if even the heavens are not pure in his eyes,(LW)
16 how much less mortals, who are vile and corrupt,(LX)
who drink up evil(LY) like water!(LZ)
17 “Listen to me and I will explain to you;
let me tell you what I have seen,(MA)
18 what the wise have declared,
hiding nothing received from their ancestors(MB)
19 (to whom alone the land(MC) was given
when no foreigners moved among them):
20 All his days the wicked man suffers torment,(MD)
the ruthless man through all the years stored up for him.(ME)
21 Terrifying sounds fill his ears;(MF)
when all seems well, marauders attack him.(MG)
22 He despairs of escaping the realm of darkness;(MH)
he is marked for the sword.(MI)
23 He wanders about(MJ) for food like a vulture;(MK)
he knows the day of darkness(ML) is at hand.(MM)
24 Distress and anguish(MN) fill him with terror;(MO)
troubles overwhelm him, like a king(MP) poised to attack,
25 because he shakes his fist(MQ) at God
and vaunts himself against the Almighty,(MR)
26 defiantly charging against him
with a thick, strong shield.(MS)
27 “Though his face is covered with fat
and his waist bulges with flesh,(MT)
28 he will inhabit ruined towns
and houses where no one lives,(MU)
houses crumbling to rubble.(MV)
29 He will no longer be rich and his wealth will not endure,(MW)
nor will his possessions spread over the land.(MX)
30 He will not escape the darkness;(MY)
a flame(MZ) will wither his shoots,(NA)
and the breath of God’s mouth(NB) will carry him away.(NC)
31 Let him not deceive(ND) himself by trusting what is worthless,(NE)
for he will get nothing in return.(NF)
32 Before his time(NG) he will wither,(NH)
and his branches will not flourish.(NI)
33 He will be like a vine stripped of its unripe grapes,(NJ)
like an olive tree shedding its blossoms.(NK)
34 For the company of the godless(NL) will be barren,
and fire will consume(NM) the tents of those who love bribes.(NN)
35 They conceive trouble(NO) and give birth to evil;(NP)
their womb fashions deceit.”
Job
16 Then Job replied:
2 “I have heard many things like these;
you are miserable comforters,(NQ) all of you!(NR)
3 Will your long-winded speeches never end?(NS)
What ails you that you keep on arguing?(NT)
4 I also could speak like you,
if you were in my place;
I could make fine speeches against you
and shake my head(NU) at you.
5 But my mouth would encourage you;
comfort(NV) from my lips would bring you relief.(NW)
6 “Yet if I speak, my pain is not relieved;
and if I refrain, it does not go away.(NX)
7 Surely, God, you have worn me out;(NY)
you have devastated my entire household.(NZ)
8 You have shriveled me up—and it has become a witness;
my gauntness(OA) rises up and testifies against me.(OB)
9 God assails me and tears(OC) me in his anger(OD)
and gnashes his teeth at me;(OE)
my opponent fastens on me his piercing eyes.(OF)
10 People open their mouths(OG) to jeer at me;(OH)
they strike my cheek(OI) in scorn
and unite together against me.(OJ)
11 God has turned me over to the ungodly
and thrown me into the clutches of the wicked.(OK)
12 All was well with me, but he shattered me;
he seized me by the neck and crushed me.(OL)
He has made me his target;(OM)
13 his archers surround me.(ON)
Without pity, he pierces(OO) my kidneys
and spills my gall on the ground.
14 Again and again(OP) he bursts upon me;
he rushes at me like a warrior.(OQ)
15 “I have sewed sackcloth(OR) over my skin
and buried my brow in the dust.(OS)
16 My face is red with weeping,(OT)
dark shadows ring my eyes;(OU)
17 yet my hands have been free of violence(OV)
and my prayer is pure.(OW)
18 “Earth, do not cover my blood;(OX)
may my cry(OY) never be laid to rest!(OZ)
19 Even now my witness(PA) is in heaven;(PB)
my advocate is on high.(PC)
20 My intercessor(PD) is my friend[j](PE)
as my eyes pour out(PF) tears(PG) to God;
21 on behalf of a man he pleads(PH) with God
as one pleads for a friend.
22 “Only a few years will pass
before I take the path of no return.(PI)
17 1 My spirit(PJ) is broken,
my days are cut short,(PK)
the grave awaits me.(PL)
2 Surely mockers(PM) surround me;(PN)
my eyes must dwell on their hostility.
3 “Give me, O God, the pledge you demand.(PO)
Who else will put up security(PP) for me?(PQ)
4 You have closed their minds to understanding;(PR)
therefore you will not let them triumph.
5 If anyone denounces their friends for reward,(PS)
the eyes of their children will fail.(PT)
6 “God has made me a byword(PU) to everyone,(PV)
a man in whose face people spit.(PW)
7 My eyes have grown dim with grief;(PX)
my whole frame is but a shadow.(PY)
8 The upright are appalled at this;
the innocent are aroused(PZ) against the ungodly.
9 Nevertheless, the righteous(QA) will hold to their ways,
and those with clean hands(QB) will grow stronger.(QC)
10 “But come on, all of you, try again!
I will not find a wise man among you.(QD)
11 My days have passed,(QE) my plans are shattered.
Yet the desires of my heart(QF)
12 turn night into day;(QG)
in the face of the darkness light is near.(QH)
13 If the only home I hope for is the grave,(QI)
if I spread out my bed(QJ) in the realm of darkness,(QK)
14 if I say to corruption,(QL) ‘You are my father,’
and to the worm,(QM) ‘My mother’ or ‘My sister,’
15 where then is my hope—(QN)
who can see any hope for me?(QO)
16 Will it go down to the gates of death?(QP)
Will we descend together into the dust?”(QQ)
Bildad
18 Then Bildad the Shuhite(QR) replied:
2 “When will you end these speeches?(QS)
Be sensible, and then we can talk.
3 Why are we regarded as cattle(QT)
and considered stupid in your sight?(QU)
4 You who tear yourself(QV) to pieces in your anger,(QW)
is the earth to be abandoned for your sake?
Or must the rocks be moved from their place?(QX)
5 “The lamp of a wicked man is snuffed out;(QY)
the flame of his fire stops burning.(QZ)
6 The light in his tent(RA) becomes dark;(RB)
the lamp beside him goes out.(RC)
7 The vigor(RD) of his step is weakened;(RE)
his own schemes(RF) throw him down.(RG)
8 His feet thrust him into a net;(RH)
he wanders into its mesh.
9 A trap seizes him by the heel;
a snare(RI) holds him fast.(RJ)
10 A noose(RK) is hidden for him on the ground;
a trap(RL) lies in his path.(RM)
11 Terrors(RN) startle him on every side(RO)
and dog(RP) his every step.
12 Calamity(RQ) is hungry(RR) for him;
disaster(RS) is ready for him when he falls.(RT)
13 It eats away parts of his skin;(RU)
death’s firstborn devours his limbs.(RV)
14 He is torn from the security of his tent(RW)
and marched off to the king(RX) of terrors.(RY)
15 Fire resides[k] in his tent;(RZ)
burning sulfur(SA) is scattered over his dwelling.
16 His roots dry up below(SB)
and his branches wither above.(SC)
17 The memory of him perishes from the earth;(SD)
he has no name(SE) in the land.(SF)
18 He is driven from light into the realm of darkness(SG)
and is banished(SH) from the world.(SI)
19 He has no offspring(SJ) or descendants(SK) among his people,
no survivor(SL) where once he lived.(SM)
20 People of the west are appalled(SN) at his fate;(SO)
those of the east are seized with horror.
21 Surely such is the dwelling(SP) of an evil man;(SQ)
such is the place(SR) of one who does not know God.”(SS)
Job
19 Then Job replied:
Footnotes
- Job 9:9 Or of Leo
- Job 9:19 See Septuagint; Hebrew me.
- Job 10:15 Or and aware of
- Job 11:12 Or wild donkey can be born tame
- Job 12:6 Or those whose god is in their own hand
- Job 12:18 Or shackles of kings / and ties a belt
- Job 13:15 Or He will surely slay me; I have no hope — / yet I will
- Job 14:3 Septuagint, Vulgate and Syriac; Hebrew me
- Job 14:14 Or release
- Job 16:20 Or My friends treat me with scorn
- Job 18:15 Or Nothing he had remains
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