{"book":"Job","slug":"job","ch":19,"genre":"poetry","sub":"Job","prev":"job/18","next":"job/20","verses":[{"v":1,"t":"Then Job answered:","f":[],"h":"Job: My Redeemer Lives","style":"reg"},{"v":2,"t":"“ How long will you torment me and crush me with [your] words?","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"“ How long will you torment me"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and crush me with [your] words?"}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":3,"t":"Ten times now you have reproached me; you shamelessly mistreat me.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Ten times now you have reproached me;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"you shamelessly mistreat me."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":4,"t":"Even if I have truly gone astray, my error concerns me alone.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Even if I have truly gone astray,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"my error concerns me alone."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":5,"t":"If indeed you would exalt [yourselves] above me and use my disgrace against me,","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"If indeed you would exalt [yourselves] above me"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and use my disgrace against me,"}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":6,"t":"then understand that it is God who has wronged me and drawn His net around me.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"then understand that it is God who has wronged me"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and drawn His net around me."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":7,"t":"Though I cry out,‘ Violence!’ I get no response; though I call for help, there is no justice.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"Though I cry out,‘ Violence!’ I get no response;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"though I call for help, there is no justice."}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":8,"t":"He has blocked my way so I cannot pass; He has veiled my paths with darkness.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"He has blocked my way so I cannot pass;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"He has veiled my paths with darkness."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":9,"t":"He has stripped me of my honor and removed the crown from my head.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"He has stripped me of my honor"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and removed the crown from my head."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":10,"t":"He tears me down on every side until I am gone; He uproots my hope like a tree.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"He tears me down on every side until I am gone;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"He uproots my hope like a tree."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":11,"t":"His anger burns against me, and He counts me among His enemies.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"His anger burns against me,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and He counts me among His enemies."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":12,"t":"His troops advance together; they construct a ramp against me and encamp around my tent.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"His troops advance together;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"they construct a ramp against me"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and encamp around my tent."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":13,"t":"He has removed my brothers from me; my acquaintances have abandoned me.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"He has removed my brothers from me;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"my acquaintances have abandoned me."}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":14,"t":"My kinsmen have failed me, and my friends have forgotten me.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"My kinsmen have failed me,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and my friends have forgotten me."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":15,"t":"My guests and maidservants count me as a stranger; I am a foreigner in their sight.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"My guests and maidservants count me as a stranger;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"I am a foreigner in their sight."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":16,"t":"I call for my servant, but he does not answer, though I implore him with my own mouth.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"I call for my servant, but he does not answer,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"though I implore him with my own mouth."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":17,"t":"My breath is repulsive to my wife, and I am loathsome to my own family.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"My breath is repulsive to my wife,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and I am loathsome to my own family."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":18,"t":"Even little boys scorn me; when I appear, they deride me.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Even little boys scorn me;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"when I appear, they deride me."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":19,"t":"All my best friends despise me, and those I love have turned against me.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"All my best friends despise me,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and those I love have turned against me."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":20,"t":"My skin and flesh cling to my bones; I have escaped by the skin of my teeth.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"My skin and flesh cling to my bones;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"I have escaped by the skin of my teeth."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":21,"t":"Have pity on me, my friends, have pity, for the hand of God has struck me.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"Have pity on me, my friends, have pity,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"for the hand of God has struck me."}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":22,"t":"Why do you persecute me as God does? Will you never get enough of my flesh?","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Why do you persecute me as God does?"},{"style":"indent2","t":"Will you never get enough of my flesh?"}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":23,"t":"I wish that my words were recorded and inscribed in a book,","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"I wish that my words were recorded"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and inscribed in a book,"}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":24,"t":"by an iron stylus on lead, or chiseled in stone forever.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"by an iron stylus on lead,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"or chiseled in stone forever."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":25,"t":"But I know that my Redeemer lives, and in the end He will stand upon the earth.","f":["Or Vindicator","Or on my grave"],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"But I know that my Redeemer lives,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and in the end He will stand upon the earth."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":26,"t":"Even after my skin has been destroyed, yet in my flesh I will see God.","f":["Or without my flesh"],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Even after my skin has been destroyed,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"yet in my flesh I will see God."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":27,"t":"I will see Him for myself; my eyes will behold Him, and not as a stranger. How my heart yearns within me!","f":["Hebrew my kidneys yearn"],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"I will see Him for myself;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"my eyes will behold Him, and not as a stranger."},{"style":"indent2","t":"How my heart yearns within me!"}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":28,"t":"If you say,‘ [Let us] persecute him, since the root of the matter lies with him,’","f":["Many Hebrew manuscripts, LXX, and Vulgate; most Hebrew manuscripts with me"],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"If you say,‘ [Let us] persecute him,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"since the root of the matter lies with him,’"}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":29,"t":"[then] you should fear the sword yourselves, because wrath brings punishment by the sword, so that you may know [there is] a judgment.”","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"[then] you should fear the sword yourselves,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"because wrath brings punishment by the sword,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"so that you may know [there is] a judgment.”"}],"style":"indent1"}]}