Then Job{H347} answered{H6030}{(H8799)} and said{H559}{(H8799)},

How long will ye vex{H3013}{(H8686)} my soul{H5315}, and break{H1792}{(H8762)} me in pieces with words{H4405}?

These ten{H6235} times{H6471} have ye reproached{H3637}{(H8686)} me: ye are not ashamed{H954}{(H8799)} that ye make yourselves strange{H1970}{(H8686)} to me.

And be it indeed{H551} that I have erred{H7686}{(H8804)}, mine error{H4879} remaineth{H3885}{(H8799)} with myself.

If indeed{H551} ye will magnify{H1431}{(H8686)} yourselves against me, and plead{H3198}{(H8686)} against me my reproach{H2781}:

Know{H3045}{(H8798)} now{H645} that God{H433} hath overthrown{H5791}{(H8765)} me, and hath compassed{H5362}{(H8689)} me with his net{H4686}.

Behold, I cry out{H6817}{(H8799)} of wrong{H2555}, but I am not heard{H6030}{(H8735)}: I cry aloud{H7768}{(H8762)}, but there is no judgment{H4941}.

He hath fenced up{H1443}{(H8804)} my way{H734} that I cannot pass{H5674}{(H8799)}, and he hath set{H7760}{(H8799)} darkness{H2822} in my paths{H5410}.

He hath stripped{H6584}{(H8689)} me of my glory{H3519}, and taken{H5493}{(H8686)} the crown{H5850} from my head{H7218}.

He hath destroyed{H5422}{(H8799)} me on every side{H5439}, and I am gone{H3212}{(H8799)}: and mine hope{H8615} hath he removed{H5265}{(H8686)} like a tree{H6086}.

He hath also kindled{H2734}{(H8686)} his wrath{H639} against me, and he counteth{H2803}{(H8799)} me unto him as one of his enemies{H6862}.

His troops{H1416} come{H935}{(H8799)} together{H3162}, and raise up{H5549}{(H8799)} their way{H1870} against me, and encamp{H2583}{(H8799)} round about{H5439} my tabernacle{H168}.

He hath put{H7368} my brethren{H251} far{H7368}{(H8689)} from me, and mine acquaintance{H3045}{(H8802)} are verily estranged{H2114}{(H8804)} from me.

My kinsfolk{H7138} have failed{H2308}{(H8804)}, and my familiar friends{H3045}{(H8794)} have forgotten{H7911}{(H8804)} me.

They that dwell{H1481}{(H8802)} in mine house{H1004}, and my maids{H519}, count{H2803}{(H8799)} me for a stranger{H2114}{(H8801)}: I am an alien{H5237} in their sight{H5869}.

I called{H7121}{(H8804)} my servant{H5650}, and he gave me no answer{H6030}{(H8799)}; I intreated{H2603}{(H8691)} him with{H1119} my mouth{H6310}.

My breath{H7307} is strange{H2114}{(H8804)} to my wife{H802}, though I intreated{H2589}{(H8800)} for the children's{H1121} sake of mine own body{H990}.

Yea, young children{H5759} despised{H3988}{(H8804)} me; I arose{H6965}{(H8799)}, and they spake{H1696}{(H8762)} against me.

All my inward{H5475} friends{H4962} abhorred{H8581}{(H8765)} me: and they whom I loved{H157}{(H8804)} are turned{H2015}{(H8738)} against me.

My bone{H6106} cleaveth{H1692}{(H8804)} to my skin{H5785} and to my flesh{H1320}, and I am escaped{H4422}{(H8691)} with the skin{H5785} of my teeth{H8127}.

Have pity{H2603}{(H8798)} upon me, have pity{H2603}{(H8798)} upon me, O ye my friends{H7453}; for the hand{H3027} of God{H433} hath touched{H5060}{(H8804)} me.

Why do ye persecute{H7291}{(H8799)} me as God{H410}, and are not satisfied{H7646}{(H8799)} with my flesh{H1320}?

Oh that{H5414}{(H8799)} my words{H4405} were now{H645} written{H3789}{(H8735)}! oh that{H5414}{(H8799)} they were printed{H2710}{(H8714)} in a book{H5612}!

That they were graven{H2672}{(H8735)} with an iron{H1270} pen{H5842} and lead{H5777} in the rock{H6697} for ever{H5703}!

For I know{H3045}{(H8804)} that my redeemer{H1350}{(H8802)} liveth{H2416}, and that he shall stand{H6965}{(H8799)} at the latter{H314} day upon the earth{H6083}:

And though after{H310} my skin{H5785} worms destroy{H5362}{(H8765)} this body, yet in my flesh{H1320} shall I see{H2372}{(H8799)} God{H433}:

Whom I shall see{H2372}{(H8799)} for myself, and mine eyes{H5869} shall behold{H7200}{(H8804)}, and not another{H2114}{(H8801)}; though my reins{H3629} be consumed{H3615}{(H8804)} within{H2436} me.

But ye should say{H559}{(H8799)}, Why persecute{H7291}{(H8799)} we him, seeing the root{H8328} of the matter{H1697} is found{H4672}{(H8738)} in me?

Be ye afraid{H1481}{(H8798)} of the sword{H2719}: for wrath{H2534} bringeth the punishments{H5771} of{H6440} the sword{H2719}, that ye may know{H3045}{(H8799)} there is a judgment{H1779}{(H8675)}{H1779}.