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Job Reproaches His Pitiless Friends
Then Job answered and said:
Then Job answered and said:
Job: Poor Comforters are You
And Job answered and said,
And Job answered and said,
I have heard many such things: grievous comforters are ye all.
Shall words of wind have an end? or what provoketh thee that thou answerest?
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 also could speak as ye: if your soul were in my soul's stead, I could join together words against you, and shake my head at you;
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.
[But] I would encourage you with my mouth, and the solace of my lips should assuage [your pain].
“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?
If I speak, my pain is not assuaged; and if I forbear, what am I eased?
But now He has worn me out;
You have made desolate all my company.
You have made desolate all my company.
But now he hath made me weary; ... thou hast made desolate all my family;
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.
Thou hast shrivelled me up! it is become a witness; and my leanness riseth up against me, it beareth witness to my face.
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.
His anger teareth and pursueth me; he gnasheth with his teeth against me; [as] mine adversary he sharpeneth his eyes at 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.
They gape upon me with their mouth; they smite my cheeks reproachfully; they range themselves together against me.
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.
God hath delivered me over to the iniquitous man, and hurled me into the hands of the wicked.
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,
I was at rest, but he hath shattered me; he hath taken me by the neck and shaken me to pieces, and set me up for his mark.
His arrows encompass me round about, he cleaveth my reins asunder and doth not spare; he poureth out my gall upon the ground.
He breaketh me with breach upon breach; he runneth upon me like a mighty man.
I have sewed sackcloth upon my skin, and rolled my horn in the dust.
My face is red with weeping, and on my eyelids is the shadow of death;
Although no violence is in my hands,
And my prayer is pure.
And my prayer is pure.
Although there is no violence in my hands, and my prayer is pure.
“O earth, do not cover my blood,
And let my cry have no resting place!
And let my cry have no resting place!
O earth, cover not my blood, and let there be no place for my cry!
Surely even now my witness is in heaven,
And my evidence is on high.
And my evidence is on high.
Even now, behold, my Witness is in the heavens, and he that voucheth for me is in the heights.
My friends scorn me;
My eyes pour out tears to God.
My eyes pour out tears to God.
My friends are my mockers; mine eye poureth out tears unto +God.
Oh that there were arbitration for a man with +God, as a son of man for his friend!