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1. And Job answereth and saith: --
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1. Then Job H347 answered H6030 and said H559 ,
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2. Till when do ye afflict my soul, And bruise me with words?
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2. How long H5704 H575 will ye vex H3013 my soul H5315 , and break me in pieces H1792 with words H4405 ?
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3. These ten times ye put me to shame, ye blush not. Ye make yourselves strange to me --
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3. These H2088 ten H6235 times H6471 have ye reproached H3637 me : ye are not H3808 ashamed H954 that ye make yourselves strange H1970 to me.
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4. And also -- truly, I have erred, With me doth my error remain.
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4. And H637 be it indeed H551 that I have erred H7686 , mine error H4879 remaineth H3885 with H854 myself.
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5. If, truly, over me ye magnify yourselves, And decide against me my reproach;
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5. If H518 indeed H551 ye will magnify H1431 yourselves against H5921 me , and plead H3198 against H5921 me my reproach H2781 :
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6. Know now, that God turned me upside down, And His net against me hath set round,
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6. Know H3045 now H645 that H3588 God H433 hath overthrown H5791 me , and hath compassed H5362 H5921 me with his net H4685 .
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7. Lo, I cry out -- violence, and am not answered, I cry aloud, and there is no judgment.
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7. Behold H2005 , I cry out H6817 of wrong H2555 , but I am not H3808 heard H6030 : I cry aloud H7768 , but there is no H369 judgment H4941 .
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8. My way He hedged up, and I pass not over, And on my paths darkness He placeth.
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8. He hath fenced up H1443 my way H734 that I cannot H3808 pass H5674 , and he hath set H7760 darkness H2822 in H5921 my paths H5410 .
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9. Mine honour from off me He hath stripped, And He turneth the crown from my head.
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9. He hath stripped me of H6584 H4480 H5921 my glory H3519 , and taken H5493 the crown H5850 from my head H7218 .
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10. He breaketh me down round about, and I go, And removeth like a tree my hope.
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10. He hath destroyed H5422 me on every side H5439 , and I am gone H1980 : and mine hope H8615 hath he removed H5265 like a tree H6086 .
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11. And He kindleth against me His anger, And reckoneth me to Him as His adversaries.
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11. He hath also kindled H2734 his wrath H639 against H5921 me , and he counteth H2803 me unto him as one of his enemies H6862 .
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12. Come in do His troops together, And they raise up against me their way, And encamp round about my tent.
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12. His troops H1416 come H935 together H3162 , and raise up H5549 their way H1870 against H5921 me , and encamp H2583 round about H5439 my tabernacle H168 .
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13. My brethren from me He hath put far off, And mine acquaintances surely Have been estranged from me.
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13. He hath put my brethren far H7368 H251 from H4480 H5921 me , and mine acquaintance H3045 are verily H389 estranged H2114 from H4480 me.
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14. Ceased have my neighbours And my familiar friends have forgotten me,
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14. My kinsfolk H7138 have failed H2308 , and my familiar friends H3045 have forgotten H7911 me.
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15. Sojourners of my house and my maids, For a stranger reckon me: An alien I have been in their eyes.
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15. They that dwell H1481 in mine house H1004 , and my maids H519 , count H2803 me for a stranger H2114 : I am H1961 an alien H5237 in their sight H5869 .
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16. To my servant I have called, And he doth not answer, With my mouth I make supplication to him.
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16. I called H7121 my servant H5650 , and he gave me no H3808 answer H6030 ; I entreated H2603 him with H1119 my mouth H6310 .
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17. My spirit is strange to my wife, And my favours to the sons of my mother`s womb.
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17. My breath H7307 is strange H2114 to my wife H802 , though I entreated H2603 for the children H1121 's sake of mine own body H990 .
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18. Also sucklings have despised me, I rise, and they speak against me.
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18. Yea H1571 , young children H5759 despised H3988 me ; I arose H6965 , and they spoke H1696 against me.
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19. Abominate me do all the men of my counsel, And those I have loved, Have been turned against me.
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19. All H3605 my inward H5475 friends H4962 abhorred H8581 me : and they whom H2088 I loved H157 are turned H2015 against me.
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20. To my skin and to my flesh Cleaved hath my bone, And I deliver myself with the skin of my teeth.
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20. My bone H6106 cleaveth H1692 to my skin H5785 and to my flesh H1320 , and I am escaped H4422 with the skin H5785 of my teeth H8127 .
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21. Pity me, pity me, ye my friends, For the hand of God hath stricken against me.
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21. Have pity upon H2603 me , have pity upon H2603 me , O ye H859 my friends H7453 ; for H3588 the hand H3027 of God H433 hath touched H5060 me.
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22. Why do you pursue me as God? And with my flesh are not satisfied?
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22. Why H4100 do ye persecute H7291 me as H3644 God H410 , and are not H3808 satisfied H7646 with my flesh H4480 H1320 ?
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23. Who doth grant now, That my words may be written? Who doth grant that in a book they may be graven?
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23. Oh that H4310 my words H4405 were H5414 now H645 written H3789 ! oh that H4310 they were H5414 printed H2710 in a book H5612 !
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24. With a pen of iron and lead -- For ever in a rock they may be hewn.
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24. That they were graven H2672 with an iron H1270 pen H5842 and lead H5777 in the rock H6697 forever H5703 !
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25. That -- I have known my Redeemer, The Living and the Last, For the dust he doth rise.
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25. For I H589 know H3045 that my redeemer H1350 liveth H2416 , and that he shall stand H6965 at the latter H314 day upon H5921 the earth H6083 :
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26. And after my skin hath compassed this body, Then from my flesh I see God:
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26. And though after H310 my skin H5785 worms destroy H5362 this H2063 body , yet in my flesh H4480 H1320 shall I see H2372 God H433 :
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27. Whom I -- I see on my side, And mine eyes have beheld, and not a stranger, Consumed have been my reins in my bosom.
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27. Whom H834 I H589 shall see H2372 for myself , and mine eyes H5869 shall behold H7200 , and not H3808 another H2114 ; though my reins H3629 be consumed H3615 within H2436 me.
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28. But ye say, `Why do we pursue after him?` And the root of the matter hath been found in me.
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28. But H3588 ye should say H559 , Why H4100 persecute H7291 we him , seeing the root H8328 of the matter H1697 is found H4672 in me?
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29. Be ye afraid because of the sword, For furious are the punishments of the sword, That ye may know that there is a judgment.
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29. Be ye afraid H1481 of H4480 H6440 the sword H2719 : for H3588 wrath H2534 bringeth the punishments H5771 of the sword H2719 , that H4616 ye may know H3045 there is a judgment H7945 H1779 .
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