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Job Says Friends Are Sorry Comforters
Then Job answered,
Then Job answered,
Job Reproaches His Pitiless Friends
Then Job answered and said:
Then Job answered and said:
“I have heard many such things;
Sorry comforters are you all.
Sorry comforters are you all.
“Is there no limit to windy words?
Or what plagues you that you answer?
Or what plagues you that you answer?
“I too could speak like you,
If I were in your place.
I could compose words against you
And shake my head at you.
If I were in your place.
I could compose words against you
And shake my head at you.
I also could speak as you do,
If your soul were in my soul’s place.
I could heap up words against you,
And shake my head at you;
If your soul were in my soul’s place.
I could heap up words against you,
And shake my head at you;
“I could strengthen you with my mouth,
And the solace of my lips could lessen your pain.
And the solace of my lips could lessen your pain.
But I would strengthen you with my mouth,
And the comfort of my lips would relieve your grief.
And the comfort of my lips would relieve your grief.
Job Says God Shattered Him
“If I speak, my pain is not lessened,
And if I hold back, what has left me?
“Though I speak, my grief is not relieved;
And if I remain silent, how am I eased?
And if I remain silent, how am I eased?
“But now He has exhausted me;
You have laid waste all my company.
You have laid waste all my company.
But now He has worn me out;
You have made desolate all my company.
You have made desolate all my company.
“You have shriveled me up,
It has become a witness;
And my leanness rises up against me,
It testifies to my face.
It has become a witness;
And my leanness rises up against me,
It testifies to my face.
You have shriveled me up,
And it is a witness against me;
My leanness rises up against me
And bears witness to my face.
And it is a witness against me;
My leanness rises up against me
And bears witness to my face.
“His anger has torn me and hunted me down,
He has gnashed at me with His teeth;
My adversary glares at me.
He has gnashed at me with His teeth;
My adversary glares at me.
He tears me in His wrath, and hates me;
He gnashes at me with His teeth;
My adversary sharpens His gaze on me.
He gnashes at me with His teeth;
My adversary sharpens His gaze on me.
“They have gaped at me with their mouth,
They have slapped me on the cheek with contempt;
They have massed themselves against me.
They have slapped me on the cheek with contempt;
They have massed themselves against me.
They gape at me with their mouth,
They strike me reproachfully on the cheek,
They gather together against me.
They strike me reproachfully on the cheek,
They gather together against me.
“God hands me over to ruffians
And tosses me into the hands of the wicked.
And tosses me into the hands of the wicked.
God has delivered me to the ungodly,
And turned me over to the hands of the wicked.
And turned me over to the hands of the wicked.
“I was at ease, but He shattered me,
And He has grasped me by the neck and shaken me to pieces;
He has also set me up as His target.
And He has grasped me by the neck and shaken me to pieces;
He has also set me up as His target.
I was at ease, but He has shattered me;
He also has taken me by my neck, and shaken me to pieces;
He has set me up for His target,
He also has taken me by my neck, and shaken me to pieces;
He has set me up for His target,
“His arrows surround me.
Without mercy He splits my kidneys open;
He pours out my gall on the ground.
Without mercy He splits my kidneys open;
He pours out my gall on the ground.
“He breaks through me with breach after breach;
He runs at me like a warrior.
He runs at me like a warrior.
“I have sewed sackcloth over my skin
And thrust my horn in the dust.
And thrust my horn in the dust.
“My face is flushed from weeping,
And deep darkness is on my eyelids,
And deep darkness is on my eyelids,
Although there is no violence in my hands,
And my prayer is pure.
And my prayer is pure.
Although no violence is in my hands,
And my prayer is pure.
And my prayer is pure.
“O earth, do not cover my blood,
And let there be no resting place for my cry.
And let there be no resting place for my cry.
“O earth, do not cover my blood,
And let my cry have no resting place!
And let my cry have no resting place!
“Even now, behold, my witness is in heaven,
And my advocate is on high.
And my advocate is on high.
Surely even now my witness is in heaven,
And my evidence is on high.
And my evidence is on high.
“My friends are my scoffers;
My eye weeps to God.
My eye weeps to God.
My friends scorn me;
My eyes pour out tears to God.
My eyes pour out tears to God.
“O that a man might plead with God
As a man with his neighbor!
As a man with his neighbor!