Job 18 | Biblion Bible Reader

WEB·Job 19

¹Then Job answered,

KJVThen Job^H347 answered^H6030^(H8799) and said^H559^(H8799),

² “How long will you torment me, and crush me with words?

KJVHow long will ye vex^H3013^(H8686) my soul^H5315, and break^H1792^(H8762) me in pieces with words^H4405?

³ You have reproached me ten times. You aren’t ashamed that you attack me.

KJVThese ten^H6235 times^H6471 have ye reproached^H3637^(H8686) me: ye are not ashamed^H954^(H8799) that ye make yourselves strange^H1970^(H8686) to me.

⁴ If it is true that I have erred, my error remains with myself.

KJVAnd be it indeed^H551 that I have erred^H7686^(H8804), mine error^H4879 remaineth^H3885^(H8799) with myself.

⁵ If indeed you will magnify yourselves against me, and plead against me my reproach,

KJVIf indeed^H551 ye will magnify^H1431^(H8686) yourselves against me, and plead^H3198^(H8686) against me my reproach^H2781:

⁶ know now that God has subverted me, and has surrounded me with his net.

KJVKnow^H3045^(H8798) now^H645 that God^H433 hath overthrown^H5791^(H8765) me, and hath compassed^H5362^(H8689) me with his net^H4686.

⁷ “Behold, I cry out of wrong, but I am not heard. I cry for help, but there is no justice.

KJVBehold, I cry out^H6817^(H8799) of wrong^H2555, but I am not heard^H6030^(H8735): I cry aloud^H7768^(H8762), but there is no judgment^H4941.

⁸ He has walled up my way so that I can’t pass, and has set darkness in my paths.

KJVHe hath fenced up^H1443^(H8804) my way^H734 that I cannot pass^H5674^(H8799), and he hath set^H7760^(H8799) darkness^H2822 in my paths^H5410.

⁹ He has stripped me of my glory, and taken the crown from my head.

KJVHe hath stripped^H6584^(H8689) me of my glory^H3519, and taken^H5493^(H8686) the crown^H5850 from my head^H7218.

¹⁰ He has broken me down on every side, and I am gone. He has plucked my hope up like a tree.

KJVHe hath destroyed^H5422^(H8799) me on every side^H5439, and I am gone^H3212^(H8799): and mine hope^H8615 hath he removed^H5265^(H8686) like a tree^H6086.

¹¹ He has also kindled his wrath against me. He counts me among his adversaries.

KJVHe hath also kindled^H2734^(H8686) his wrath^H639 against me, and he counteth^H2803^(H8799) me unto him as one of his enemies^H6862.

¹² His troops come on together, build a siege ramp against me, and encamp around my tent.

KJVHis troops^H1416 come^H935^(H8799) together^H3162, and raise up^H5549^(H8799) their way^H1870 against me, and encamp^H2583^(H8799) round about^H5439 my tabernacle^H168.

¹³ “He has put my brothers far from me. My acquaintances are wholly estranged from me.

KJVHe hath put^H7368 my brethren^H251 far^H7368^(H8689) from me, and mine acquaintance^H3045^(H8802) are verily estranged^H2114^(H8804) from me.

¹⁴ My relatives have gone away. My familiar friends have forgotten me.

KJVMy kinsfolk^H7138 have failed^H2308^(H8804), and my familiar friends^H3045^(H8794) have forgotten^H7911^(H8804) me.

¹⁵ Those who dwell in my house and my maids consider me a stranger. I am an alien in their sight.

KJVThey that dwell^H1481^(H8802) in mine house^H1004, and my maids^H519, count^H2803^(H8799) me for a stranger^H2114^(H8801): I am an alien^H5237 in their sight^H5869.

¹⁶ I call to my servant, and he gives me no answer. I beg him with my mouth.

KJVI called^H7121^(H8804) my servant^H5650, and he gave me no answer^H6030^(H8799); I intreated^H2603^(H8691) him with^H1119 my mouth^H6310.

¹⁷ My breath is offensive to my wife. I am loathsome to the children of my own mother.

KJVMy breath^H7307 is strange^H2114^(H8804) to my wife^H802, though I intreated^H2589^(H8800) for the children's^H1121 sake of mine own body^H990.

¹⁸ Even young children despise me. If I arise, they speak against me.

KJVYea, young children^H5759 despised^H3988^(H8804) me; I arose^H6965^(H8799), and they spake^H1696^(H8762) against me.

¹⁹ All my familiar friends abhor me. They whom I loved have turned against me.

KJVAll my inward^H5475 friends^H4962 abhorred^H8581^(H8765) me: and they whom I loved^H157^(H8804) are turned^H2015^(H8738) against me.

²⁰ My bones stick to my skin and to my flesh. I have escaped by the skin of my teeth.

KJVMy bone^H6106 cleaveth^H1692^(H8804) to my skin^H5785 and to my flesh^H1320, and I am escaped^H4422^(H8691) with the skin^H5785 of my teeth^H8127.

²¹ “Have pity on me. Have pity on me, you my friends, for the hand of God has touched me.

KJVHave pity^H2603^(H8798) upon me, have pity^H2603^(H8798) upon me, O ye my friends^H7453; for the hand^H3027 of God^H433 hath touched^H5060^(H8804) me.

²² Why do you persecute me as God, and are not satisfied with my flesh?

KJVWhy do ye persecute^H7291^(H8799) me as God^H410, and are not satisfied^H7646^(H8799) with my flesh^H1320?

²³ “Oh that my words were now written! Oh that they were inscribed in a book!

KJVOh that^H5414^(H8799) my words^H4405 were now^H645 written^H3789^(H8735)! oh that^H5414^(H8799) they were printed^H2710^(H8714) in a book^H5612!

²⁴ That with an iron pen and lead they were engraved in the rock forever!

KJVThat they were graven^H2672^(H8735) with an iron^H1270 pen^H5842 and lead^H5777 in the rock^H6697 for ever^H5703!

²⁵ But as for me, I know that my Redeemer lives. In the end, he will stand upon the earth.

KJVFor I know^H3045^(H8804) that my redeemer^H1350^(H8802) liveth^H2416, and that he shall stand^H6965^(H8799) at the latter^H314 day upon the earth^H6083:

²⁶ After my skin is destroyed, then I will see God in my flesh,

KJVAnd though after^H310 my skin^H5785 worms destroy^H5362^(H8765) this body, yet in my flesh^H1320 shall I see^H2372^(H8799) God^H433:

²⁷ whom I, even I, will see on my side. My eyes will see, and not as a stranger. “My heart is consumed within me.

KJVWhom I shall see^H2372^(H8799) for myself, and mine eyes^H5869 shall behold^H7200^(H8804), and not another^H2114^(H8801); though my reins^H3629 be consumed^H3615^(H8804) within^H2436 me.

²⁸ If you say, ‘How we will persecute him!’ because the root of the matter is found in me,

KJVBut ye should say^H559^(H8799), Why persecute^H7291^(H8799) we him, seeing the root^H8328 of the matter^H1697 is found^H4672^(H8738) in me?

²⁹ be afraid of the sword, for wrath brings the punishments of the sword, that you may know there is a judgment.”

KJVBe ye afraid^H1481^(H8798) of the sword^H2719: for wrath^H2534 bringeth the punishments^H5771 of^H6440 the sword^H2719, that ye may know^H3045^(H8799) there is a judgment^H1779^(H8675)^H1779.

WEB·Job 18

¹Then Bildad the Shuhite answered,

KJVThen answered^H6030^(H8799) Bildad^H1085 the Shuhite^H7747, and said^H559^(H8799),

² “How long will you hunt for words? Consider, and afterwards we will speak.

KJVHow long^H5704 will it be ere ye make^H7760^(H8799) an end^H7078 of words^H4405? mark^H995^(H8799), and afterwards^H310 we will speak^H1696^(H8762).

³ Why are we counted as animals, which have become unclean in your sight?

KJVWherefore are we counted^H2803^(H8738) as beasts^H929, and reputed vile^H2933^(H8738) in your sight^H5869?

⁴ You who tear yourself in your anger, will the earth be forsaken for you? Or will the rock be removed out of its place?

KJVHe teareth^H2963^(H8802) himself^H5315 in his anger^H639: shall the earth^H776 be forsaken^H5800^(H8735) for thee? and shall the rock^H6697 be removed^H6275^(H8799) out of his place^H4725?

⁵ “Yes, the light of the wicked will be put out. The spark of his fire won’t shine.

KJVYea, the light^H216 of the wicked^H7563 shall be put out^H1846^(H8799), and the spark^H7632 of his fire^H784 shall not shine^H5050^(H8799).

⁶ The light will be dark in his tent. His lamp above him will be put out.

KJVThe light^H216 shall be dark^H2821^(H8804) in his tabernacle^H168, and his candle^H5216 shall be put out^H1846^(H8799) with him.

⁷ The steps of his strength will be shortened. His own counsel will cast him down.

KJVThe steps^H6806 of his strength^H202 shall be straitened^H3334^(H8799), and his own counsel^H6098 shall cast him down^H7993^(H8686).

⁸ For he is cast into a net by his own feet, and he wanders into its mesh.

KJVFor he is cast^H7971^(H8795) into a net^H7568 by his own feet^H7272, and he walketh^H1980^(H8691) upon a snare^H7639.

⁹ A snare will take him by the heel. A trap will catch him.

KJVThe gin^H6341 shall take^H270^(H8799) him by the heel^H6119, and the robber^H6782 shall prevail^H2388^(H8686) against him.

¹⁰ A noose is hidden for him in the ground, a trap for him on the path.

KJVThe snare^H2256 is laid^H2934^(H8803) for him in the ground^H776, and a trap^H4434 for him in the way^H5410.

¹¹ Terrors will make him afraid on every side, and will chase him at his heels.

KJVTerrors^H1091 shall make him afraid^H1204^(H8765) on every side^H5439, and shall drive^H6327^(H8689) him to his feet^H7272.

¹² His strength will be famished. Calamity will be ready at his side.

KJVHis strength^H202 shall be hungerbitten^H7457, and destruction^H343 shall be ready^H3559^(H8737) at his side^H6763.

¹³ The members of his body will be devoured. The firstborn of death will devour his members.

KJVIt shall devour^H398^(H8799) the strength^H905 of his skin^H5785: even the firstborn^H1060 of death^H4194 shall devour^H398^(H8799) his strength^H905.

¹⁴ He will be rooted out of the security of his tent. He will be brought to the king of terrors.

KJVHis confidence^H4009 shall be rooted out^H5423^(H8735) of his tabernacle^H168, and it shall bring^H6805^(H8686) him to the king^H4428 of terrors^H1091.

¹⁵ There will dwell in his tent that which is none of his. Sulfur will be scattered on his habitation.

KJVIt shall dwell^H7931^(H8799) in his tabernacle^H168, because it is none^H1097 of his: brimstone^H1614 shall be scattered^H2219^(H8792) upon his habitation^H5116.

¹⁶ His roots will be dried up beneath. His branch will be cut off above.

KJVHis roots^H8328 shall be dried up^H3001^(H8799) beneath, and above^H4605 shall his branch^H7105 be cut off^H5243^(H8799).

¹⁷ His memory will perish from the earth. He will have no name in the street.

KJVHis remembrance^H2143 shall perish^H6^(H8804) from the earth^H776, and he shall have no name^H8034 in the street^H6440^H2351.

¹⁸ He will be driven from light into darkness, and chased out of the world.

KJVHe shall be driven^H1920^(H8799) from light^H216 into darkness^H2822, and chased^H5074^(H8686) out of the world^H8398.

¹⁹ He will have neither son nor grandson among his people, nor any remaining where he lived.

KJVHe shall neither have son^H5209 nor nephew^H5220 among his people^H5971, nor any remaining^H8300 in his dwellings^H4033.

²⁰ Those who come after will be astonished at his day, as those who went before were frightened.

KJVThey that come after^H314 him shall be astonied^H8074^(H8738) at his day^H3117, as they that went before^H6931 were affrighted^H270^(H8804)^H8178.

²¹ Surely such are the dwellings of the unrighteous. This is the place of him who doesn’t know God.”

KJVSurely such are the dwellings^H4908 of the wicked^H5767, and this is the place^H4725 of him that knoweth^H3045^(H8804) not God^H410.

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