Job 19:1

ASV: Then Job answered and said,

DARBY: And Job answered and said,

DRA: Then Job answered , and said:

KJV: Then Job answered and said,

Job 19:2

ASV: How long will ye vex my soul, And break me in pieces with words?

DARBY: How long will ye vex my soul, and crush me with words?

DRA: How long do you afflict my soul, and break me in pieces with words?

KJV: How long will ye vex my soul, and break me in pieces with words?

Job 19:3

ASV: These ten times have ye reproached me: Ye are not ashamed that ye deal hardly with me.

DARBY: These ten times have ye reproached me; ye are not ashamed to stupefy me.

DRA: Behold, these ten times you confound me, and are not ashamed to oppress me.

KJV: These ten times have ye reproached me: ye are not ashamed that ye make yourselves strange to me.

Job 19:4

ASV: And be it indeed that I have erred, Mine error remaineth with myself.

DARBY: And be it [that] I have erred, mine error remaineth with myself.

DRA: For if I have been ignorant, my ignorance shall be with me.

KJV: And be it indeed that I have erred, mine error remaineth with myself.

Job 19:5

ASV: If indeed ye will magnify yourselves against me, And plead against me my reproach;

DARBY: If indeed ye will magnify yourselves against me, and prove against me my reproach,

DRA: But you have set yourselves up against me, and reprove me with my reproaches.

KJV: If indeed ye will magnify yourselves against me, and plead against me my reproach:

Job 19:6

ASV: Know now that God hath subverted me [in my cause], And hath compassed me with his net.

DARBY: Know now that God hath overthrown me, and hath surrounded me with his net.

DRA: At least now understand, that God hath not afflicted me with an equal judgment, and compassed me with his scourges.

KJV: Know now that God hath overthrown me, and hath compassed me with his net.

Job 19:7

ASV: Behold, I cry out of wrong, but I am not heard: I cry for help, but there is no justice.

DARBY: Behold, I cry out of wrong, and I am not heard; I cry aloud, but there is no judgment.

DRA: Behold I cry suffering violence, and no one will hear: I shall cry aloud, and there is none to judge.

KJV: Behold, I cry out of wrong, but I am not heard: I cry aloud, but there is no judgment.

Job 19:8

ASV: He hath walled up my way that I cannot pass, And hath set darkness in my paths.

DARBY: He hath hedged up my way that I cannot pass, and he hath set darkness in my paths.

DRA: He hath hedged in my path round about, and I cannot pass, and in my way he hath set darkness.

KJV: He hath fenced up my way that I cannot pass, and he hath set darkness in my paths.

Job 19:9

ASV: He hath stripped me of my glory, And taken the crown from my head.

DARBY: He hath stripped me of my glory, and taken the crown from my head.

DRA: He hath stripped me of my glory, and hath taken the crown from my head.

KJV: He hath stripped me of my glory, and taken the crown from my head.

Job 19:10

ASV: He hath broken me down on every side, and I am gone; And my hope hath he plucked up like a tree.

DARBY: He breaketh me down on every side, and I am gone; and my hope hath he torn up as a tree.

DRA: He hath destroyed me on every side, and I am lost, and he hath taken away my hope, as from a tree that is plucked up.

KJV: He hath destroyed me on every side, and I am gone: and mine hope hath he removed like a tree.

Job 19:11

ASV: He hath also kindled his wrath against me, And he counteth me unto him as [one of] his adversaries.

DARBY: And he hath kindled his anger against me, and hath counted me unto him as one of his enemies.

DRA: His wrath is kindled against me, and he hath counted me as his enemy.

KJV: He hath also kindled his wrath against me, and he counteth me unto him as one of his enemies.

Job 19:12

ASV: His troops come on together, And cast up their way against me, And encamp round about my tent.

DARBY: His troops have come together and cast up their way against me, and have encamped round about my tent.

DRA: His troops have come together, and have made themselves a way by me, and have besieged my tabernacle round about.

KJV: His troops come together, and raise up their way against me, and encamp round about my tabernacle.

Job 19:13

ASV: He hath put my brethren far from me, And mine acquaintance are wholly estranged from me.

DARBY: He hath put my brethren far from me, and mine acquaintance are quite estranged from me.

DRA: He hath put my brethren far from me, and my acquaintance like strangers have departed from me.

KJV: He hath put my brethren far from me, and mine acquaintance are verily estranged from me.

Job 19:14

ASV: My kinsfolk have failed, And my familiar friends have forgotten me.

DARBY: My kinsfolk have failed, and my known friends have forgotten me.

DRA: My kinsmen have forsaken me, and they that knew me, have forgotten me.

KJV: My kinsfolk have failed, and my familiar friends have forgotten me.

Job 19:15

ASV: They that dwell in my house, and my maids, count me for a stranger; I am an alien in their sight.

DARBY: The sojourners in my house and my maids count me as a stranger; I am an alien in their sight.

DRA: They that dwelt in my house, and my maidservants have counted me a stranger, and I have been like an alien in their eyes.

KJV: They that dwell in mine house, and my maids, count me for a stranger: I am an alien in their sight.

Job 19:16

ASV: I call unto my servant, and he giveth me no answer, [Though] I entreat him with my mouth.

DARBY: I called my servant, and he answered not; I entreated him with my mouth.

DRA: I called my servant, and he gave me no answer, I entreated him with my own mouth.

KJV: I called my servant, and he gave me no answer; I intreated him with my mouth.

Job 19:17

ASV: My breath is strange to my wife, And my supplication to the children of mine own mother.

DARBY: My breath is strange to my wife, and my entreaties to the children of my [mother's] womb.

DRA: My wife hath abhorred my breath, and I entreated the children of my womb.

KJV: My breath is strange to my wife, though I intreated for the children’s sake of mine own body.

Job 19:18

ASV: Even young children despise me; If I arise, they speak against me.

DARBY: Even young children despise me; I rise up, and they speak against me.

DRA: Even fools despise me; and when I gone from them, they spoke against me.

KJV: Yea, young children despised me; I arose, and they spake against me.

Job 19:19

ASV: All my familiar friends abhor me, And they whom I loved are turned against me.

DARBY: All my intimate friends abhor me, and they whom I loved are turned against me.

DRA: They that were sometime my counsellors, have abhorred me: and he whom I love most is turned against me.

KJV: All my inward friends abhorred me: and they whom I loved are turned against me.

Job 19:20

ASV: My bone cleaveth to my skin and to my flesh, And I am escaped with the skin of my teeth.

DARBY: My bones cleave to my skin and to my flesh, and I am escaped with the skin of my teeth.

DRA: The flesh being consumed. My bone hath cleaved to my skin, and nothing but lips are left about my teeth.

KJV: My bone cleaveth to my skin and to my flesh, and I am escaped with the skin of my teeth.

Job 19:21

ASV: Have pity upon me, have pity upon me, O ye my friends; For the hand of God hath touched me.

DARBY: Have pity upon me, have pity upon me, ye my friends; for the hand of God hath touched me.

DRA: Have pity on me, have pity on me, at least you my friends, because the hand of the Lord hath touched me.

KJV: Have pity upon me, have pity upon me, O ye my friends; for the hand of God hath touched me.

Job 19:22

ASV: Why do ye persecute me as God, And are not satisfied with my flesh?

DARBY: Why do ye persecute me as God, and are not satisfied with my flesh?

DRA: Why do you persecute me as God, and glut yourselves with my flesh?

KJV: Why do ye persecute me as God, and are not satisfied with my flesh?

Job 19:23

ASV: Oh that my words were now written! Oh that they were inscribed in a book!

DARBY: Oh would that my words were written! oh that they were inscribed in a book!

DRA: Who will grant me that my words may be written? Who will grant me that they may be marked down in a book?

KJV: Oh that my words were now written! oh that they were printed in a book!

Job 19:24

ASV: That with an iron pen and lead They were graven in the rock for ever!

DARBY: That with an iron style and lead they were graven in the rock for ever!

DRA: With an iron pen and in a plate of lead, or else be graven with an instrument in flint stone.

KJV: That they were graven with an iron pen and lead in the rock for ever!

Job 19:25

ASV: But as for me I know that my Redeemer liveth, And at last he will stand up upon the earth:

DARBY: And [as for] me, I know that my Redeemer liveth, and the Last, he shall stand upon the earth;

DRA: For I know that my Redeemer liveth, and in the last day I shall rise out of the earth.

KJV: For I know that my redeemer liveth, and that he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth:

Job 19:26

ASV: And after my skin, [even] this [body], is destroyed, Then without my flesh shall I see God;

DARBY: And [if] after my skin this shall be destroyed, yet from out of my flesh shall I see God;

DRA: And I shall be clothed again with my skin, and in my flesh I will see my God.

KJV: And though after my skin worms destroy this body, yet in my flesh shall I see God:

Job 19:27

ASV: Whom I, even I, shall see, on my side, And mine eyes shall behold, and not as a stranger. My heart is consumed within me.

DARBY: Whom I shall see for myself, and mine eyes shall behold, and not another: my reins are consumed within me.

DRA: Whom I myself shall see, and my eyes shall behold, and not another: this my hope is laid up in my bosom.

KJV: Whom I shall see for myself, and mine eyes shall behold, and not another; though my reins be consumed within me.

Job 19:28

ASV: If ye say, How we will persecute him! And that the root of the matter is found in me;

DARBY: If ye say, How shall we persecute him? when the root of the matter is found in me,

DRA: Why then do you say now: Let us persecute him, and let us find occasion of word against him?

KJV: But ye should say, Why persecute we him, seeing the root of the matter is found in me?

Job 19:29

ASV: Be ye afraid of the sword: For wrath [bringeth] the punishments of the sword, That ye may know there is a judgment.

DARBY: Be ye yourselves afraid of the sword! for the sword is fury against misdeeds, that ye may know there is a judgment.

DRA: Flee then from the face of the sword, for the sword is the revenger of iniquities: and know ye that there is judgment.

KJV: Be ye afraid of the sword: for wrath bringeth the punishments of the sword, that ye may know there is a judgment.

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