Job 19
Legacy Standard Bible
My Redeemer Lives
19 Then Job answered and said,
2 “How long will you torment my soul
And crush me with words?
3 These ten times you have dishonored me;
You are not ashamed that you wrong me.
4 [a]Even if I have truly erred,
My error lodges with me.
5 If truly you (A)magnify yourselves against me
And argue my disgrace to me,
6 Know then that (B)God has wronged me
And has closed (C)His net around me.
7 “Behold, (D)I cry, ‘Violence!’ but I get no answer;
I shout for help, but there is no justice.
8 He has (E)walled up my way so that I cannot pass,
And He has put (F)darkness on my paths.
9 He has (G)stripped my honor from me
And removed the (H)crown from my head.
10 He (I)breaks me down on every side, and I am gone;
And He has uprooted my (J)hope (K)like a tree.
11 He has also (L)kindled His anger against me
And (M)counted me as His adversary.
12 His (N)troops come together,
And (O)build up their [b]way against me
And camp around my tent.
13 “He has (P)removed my brothers far from me,
And my (Q)acquaintances are completely estranged from me.
14 My relatives have failed,
And my (R)familiar friends have forgotten me.
15 Those who sojourn in my house and my maidservants count me a stranger.
I am a foreigner in their sight.
16 I call to my servant, but he does not answer;
I have to implore him with my mouth.
17 My breath is [c]offensive to my wife,
And I am loathsome to my own brothers.
18 Even young children reject me;
I rise up, and they speak against me.
19 All the men of my (S)counsel abhor me,
And those I love have turned against me.
20 My (T)bone clings to my skin and my flesh,
And I have escaped only by the skin of my teeth.
21 Pity me, pity me, O you my friends,
For the (U)hand of God has smitten me.
22 Why do you (V)persecute me as God does,
And are not satisfied with my flesh?
23 “Oh that my words were written!
Oh that they were (W)inscribed in a book!
24 That with an iron stylus and lead
They were engraved in the rock forever!
25 As for me, I know that (X)my [d]Redeemer lives,
And [e]at the last He will rise up over the dust of this world.
26 Even after my skin [f]is destroyed,
Yet from my flesh I shall (Y)behold God,
27 Whom I [g]myself shall behold,
And whom my eyes will see and not another.
My [h]heart (Z)faints [i]within me!
28 If you say, ‘How shall we (AA)persecute him?’
‘And the root of the matter is found in [j]him?’
29 Then be afraid of (AB)the sword for yourselves,
For wrath brings the punishment of the sword,
So that you may know (AC)there is judgment.”
约伯记 19
Chinese Contemporary Bible (Simplified)
约伯的回答
19 约伯回答说：
2 “你们要折磨我多久？
用言语压碎我到何时？
3 你们侮辱我已有十次之多，
苦待我也不以为耻。
4 即使我真有过错，
也由我独自承担。
5 你们若真要妄自尊大，
利用我的耻辱来指责我，
6 也该知道是上帝冤枉了我，
用网罗套住我。
7 我喊冤，却无人回应；
我呼救，却不见公道。
8 上帝筑起墙垒，阻断我的路，
祂使黑暗笼罩我的路途。
9 祂剥去我的荣耀，
摘走我头上的冠冕。
10 祂从四面攻击我，直到我消逝；
祂把我的希望像树一样连根拔除。
11 祂向我发烈怒，
视我为仇敌。
12 祂的大军蜂拥而来，
在我帐篷四周扎营，
将我团团围住。
13 “祂使我的弟兄远离我，
我的熟人完全背弃我。
14 我的亲属离开我，
我的挚友忘记我。
15 我的客人和婢女都视我如陌路，
把我当作外族人。
16 我呼唤仆人，他却不回应；
我哀求他，他也不理睬。
17 我妻子厌恶我的气息，
我的手足都嫌弃我。
18 连小孩子都鄙视我；
我一出现，他们就嘲笑我。
19 我的密友都憎恶我，
我爱的人也反对我。
20 我瘦得只剩下皮包骨，
我离死亡仅一线之隔[a]。
21 “我的朋友啊，可怜我吧！可怜我吧！
因为上帝的手击打我。
22 你们为何像上帝一样逼我？
为何吃了我的肉还不满足？
23 但愿把我的话写下来，
记录在书卷上，
24 用铁笔和铅镌刻在磐石上，
直存到永远。
25 我知道我的救赎主活着，
最后祂必站在地上。
26 我的皮肉虽然要朽烂，
但我必活着[b]见上帝。
27 我要亲自见祂，
我要亲眼见祂。
我心中充满渴望！
28 你们说祸根在我身上，
还想继续迫害我。
29 你们自己应当畏惧刀剑，
因为烈怒会带来刀剑的惩罚，
那时你们将知道有审判。”
Job 19
Good News Translation
19 1-2 Why do you keep tormenting me with words?
3 Time after time you insult me
and show no shame for the way you abuse me.
4 Even if I have done wrong,
how does that hurt you?
5 You think you are better than I am,
and regard my troubles as proof of my guilt.
6 Can't you see it is God who has done this?
He has set a trap to catch me.
7 I protest his violence,
but no one is listening;
no one hears my cry for justice.
8 God has blocked the way, and I can't get through;
he has hidden my path in darkness.
9 He has taken away all my wealth
and destroyed my reputation.
10 He batters me from every side.
He uproots my hope
and leaves me to wither and die.
11 God is angry and rages against me;
he treats me like his worst enemy.
12 He sends his army to attack me;
they dig trenches and lay siege to my tent.
13 God has made my own family forsake me;
I am a stranger to those who knew me;
14 my relatives and friends are gone.
15 Those who were guests in my house have forgotten me;
my servant women treat me like a stranger and a foreigner.
16 When I call a servant, he doesn't answer—
even when I beg him to help me.
17 My wife can't stand the smell of my breath,
and my own brothers won't come near me.
18 Children despise me and laugh when they see me.
19 (A)My closest friends look at me with disgust;
those I loved most have turned against me.
20 My skin hangs loose on my bones;
I have barely escaped with my life.[a]
21 You are my friends! Take pity on me!
The hand of God has struck me down.
22 Why must you persecute me the way God does?
Haven't you tormented me enough?
23 How I wish that someone would remember my words
and record them in a book!
24 Or with a chisel carve my words in stone
and write them so that they would last forever.[b]
25 But I know there is someone in heaven
who will come at last to my defense.
26 Even after my skin is eaten by disease,
while still in this body[c] I will see God.[d]
27 I will see him with my own eyes,
and he will not be a stranger.
My courage failed because you said,
28 “How can we torment him?”
You looked for some excuse to attack me.
29 But now, be afraid of the sword—
the sword that brings God's wrath on sin,
so that you will know there is one who judges.[e]
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