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1. Then Job answered:
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1. Then Job H347 answered H6030 and said H559 ,
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2. "How long will you hurt me and crush me with your 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. You have insulted me ten times now. You have attacked me without shame!
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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. Even if I have sinned, it is my problem, not yours!
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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. You want me to look bad to make yourselves look good. You say my troubles are proof that I did wrong.
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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. I want you to know it was God who did this. He set this trap for me.
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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. I shout, 'He hurt me!' but get no answer. No one hears my cry for fairness.
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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. God has blocked my way to keep me from getting through. He has hidden my path in darkness.
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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. He took away my honor. He took 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 hits me on every side until I am worn out. He takes away my hope. It is like a tree pulled up by the roots.
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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. His anger burns against me. He treats me like an enemy.
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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. He sends his army to attack me. They build attack towers around me. They camp around 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. "God has made my brothers hate me. Those who knew me have become strangers.
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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. My relatives have left me. My 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. My servant girls and visitors in my home look at me as if I am a stranger and a foreigner.
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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. I call for my servant, but he does not answer. Even if I beg for help, he will not answer.
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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 wife hates the smell of my breath. My own brothers hate me.
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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. Even little children make fun of me. When I get up, they say bad things about 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. All my close friends hate me. Even my loved ones have 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. "I am so thin, my skin hangs loose on my bones. I have little life left in me.
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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, my friends, pity me, because God is 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 persecute me like God does? Don't you get tired of hurting me?
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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. "I wish someone would write down everything I say. I wish my words were written on a scroll.
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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. I wish they were carved with an iron tool into lead or scratched on a rock so that they would last forever.
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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. I know that there is someone to defend me and that he lives! And in the end, he will stand here on earth and defend me.
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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. After I leave my body and my skin has been destroyed, I know I will still 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. I will see him with my own eyes. I myself, not someone else, will see God. And I cannot tell you how excited that makes me feel!
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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. "Maybe you will say, 'How can we push Job a little harder and make him realize that he is the source of his problems?'
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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. But you need to worry about your own punishment. God might use the sword against you so that you will know that there is a time of 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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