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Job 19
Het Boek
Job 19
Het Boek
Jobs reactie op Bildad
19 Job gaf Bildad het volgende antwoord:
2 ‘Hoe lang blijven jullie mij nog tergen en proberen mij met woorden te verpletteren?
3 Jullie hebben nu al tienmaal verteld dat ik een zondaar ben! Schamen jullie je niet mij elke keer zo aan te vallen?
4 Trouwens, als ik inderdaad verkeerd was, is dat in de eerste plaats mijn zorg.
5 Als jullie zoʼn hoge dunk van jezelf hebben en mij erop wijzen dat ik schuldig ben,
6 weet dan wel dat God mij heeft overweldigd en in zijn net heeft gevangen.
7 Ik roep wel om hulp, maar Hij hoort mij niet. Ik schreeuw, maar een rechtvaardige behandeling krijg ik niet.
8 God heeft mij de weg versperd en mijn licht veranderd in duisternis.
9 Hij heeft mij van mijn eer beroofd en mij mijn kroon afgenomen.
10 Van alle kanten heeft Hij mij afgebroken en nu is het met mij gedaan, mijn hoop heeft hij met wortel en tak uitgerukt.
11 Zijn brandende toorn is tegen mij gericht en Hij beschouwt mij als een vijand.
12 Hij stuurt zijn troepen om mijn tent te omsingelen en te belegeren.
13 Mijn broers en mijn vrienden heeft Hij weggestuurd en zij zijn van mij vervreemd.
14 Mijn familieleden zijn weggebleven en mijn vrienden hebben mij in de steek gelaten.
15 Mijn gasten, ook mijn dienaren, behandelen mij als een vreemdeling.
16 Ik roep mijn dienaar, maar hij komt niet, zelfs niet als ik hem smeek te komen.
17 Mijn eigen vrouw heeft een afkeer van mijn adem en mijn broers vinden dat ik stink.
18 Zelfs jonge kinderen hebben een afkeer van mij. Als ik ga staan om iets te zeggen, lachen zij mij uit!
19 Mijn beste vrienden mijden mij. De mensen van wie ik hield, keren zich tegen mij.
20 Ik ben vel over been en heb alleen mijn tandvlees overgehouden.
21 Och mijn vrienden, heb toch medelijden met mij, want de hand van God heeft mij hard geslagen.
22 Waarom achtervolgen jullie mij net zoals God doet? Krijgen jullie er nooit genoeg van mij te beledigen?
23,24 Och, ik zou willen dat mijn woorden met een ijzeren stift in lood gegrift, ja in de rots werden gehouwen, zodat zij daar voor altijd zouden staan.
25 Want ik weet dat mijn Verlosser leeft en dat Hij uiteindelijk mijn recht hier op aarde zal herstellen.
26 Ook al is mijn lichaam dan geschonden, toch zal ik in dit lichaam God aanschouwen.
27 Ja, ik zal Hem zelf zien, niet iemand anders, met mijn eigen ogen. O, wat verlangt mijn hart daarnaar!
28 Hoe durven jullie mij te blijven beschuldigen, alsof ik al schuldig ben bevonden?
29 Ik waarschuw jullie dat jullie gevaar lopen te worden gestraft voor wat jullie nu doen!’
Job 19
Evangelical Heritage Version
Job 19
Evangelical Heritage Version
Round Two: Job’s Second Speech
19 Then Job responded:
2 How long will you torment my soul?
How long will you crush me with words?
3 Ten times now you have insulted me,
but you are not ashamed that you are treating me so badly.
4 But even if I actually were in the wrong,
my error would remain my own concern.
5 To be sure, when you lord it over me,
and you hurl my disgrace against me,
6 you should know that God has denied me justice,
and he has trapped me in his net.
7 Listen to me!
I cry out, “Injustice,” but I get no answer.
I call for help, but there is no justice.
8 He has blocked my way, so I cannot get by.
He has brought darkness on my paths.
9 He has stripped me of my honor,
and he has taken the crown off my head.
10 He tears me down on every side, until I am gone.
He uproots my hope like a tree.
11 His anger burns against me,
and he regards me as his enemy.
12 Together his troops advance against me.
They build a siege ramp against me.
They camp all around my tent.
13 He has distanced my brothers far from me,
and those who know me treat me like a stranger.
14 My relatives stay away.
Even my close friends have forgotten me.
15 Even my houseguests and my female servants treat me like a stranger.
They look upon me as a foreigner.
16 I summon my servant, but he does not answer,
even though I beg him to be gracious to me.
17 My breath keeps my wife away from me,
and I am repulsive to my mother’s children.
18 Even young boys reject me.
When I get up, they speak against me.
19 My closest confidants shun me,
and those I love have turned against me.
20 I am nothing but skin and bones.
I have escaped with the skin of my teeth.
21 Have mercy on me.
Have mercy on me, you friends of mine,
because the hand of God has struck me.
22 Why do you pursue me the way God does?
Will you never get enough of my flesh?
23 Oh how I wish that my words were written down.
Oh how I wish that they were inscribed in bronze,[a]
24 that they would be engraved in rock forever
with an iron tool and letters filled with lead.
25 As for me, I know that my Redeemer[b] lives,
and that at the end of time[c] he will stand over the dust.
26 Then, even after my skin has been destroyed,
nevertheless, in my own flesh I will see God.[d]
27 I myself will see him.
My own eyes will see him, and not as a stranger.
My emotions are in turmoil[e] within me.
28 If you say, “What can we do to pursue him?”
and “He is the root of his own problems,”
29 then you should fear the edge of the sword for yourselves!
For wrath brings the punishment of the sword,
so that you will know that there is judgment.
Job 19
New International Version
Job 19
New International Version
Job
19 Then Job replied:
2 “How long will you torment(A) me
and crush(B) me with words?
3 Ten times(C) now you have reproached(D) me;
shamelessly you attack me.
4 If it is true that I have gone astray,
my error(E) remains my concern alone.
5 If indeed you would exalt yourselves above me(F)
and use my humiliation against me,
6 then know that God has wronged me(G)
and drawn his net(H) around me.(I)
7 “Though I cry, ‘Violence!’ I get no response;(J)
though I call for help,(K) there is no justice.(L)
8 He has blocked my way so I cannot pass;(M)
he has shrouded my paths in darkness.(N)
9 He has stripped(O) me of my honor(P)
and removed the crown from my head.(Q)
10 He tears me down(R) on every side till I am gone;
he uproots my hope(S) like a tree.(T)
11 His anger(U) burns against me;
he counts me among his enemies.(V)
12 His troops advance in force;(W)
they build a siege ramp(X) against me
and encamp around my tent.(Y)
13 “He has alienated my family(Z) from me;
my acquaintances are completely estranged from me.(AA)
14 My relatives have gone away;
my closest friends(AB) have forgotten me.
15 My guests(AC) and my female servants(AD) count me a foreigner;
they look on me as on a stranger.
16 I summon my servant, but he does not answer,
though I beg him with my own mouth.
17 My breath is offensive to my wife;
I am loathsome(AE) to my own family.
18 Even the little boys(AF) scorn me;
when I appear, they ridicule me.(AG)
19 All my intimate friends(AH) detest me;(AI)
those I love have turned against me.(AJ)
20 I am nothing but skin and bones;(AK)
I have escaped only by the skin of my teeth.[a]
21 “Have pity on me, my friends,(AL) have pity,
for the hand of God has struck(AM) me.
22 Why do you pursue(AN) me as God does?(AO)
Will you never get enough of my flesh?(AP)
23 “Oh, that my words were recorded,
that they were written on a scroll,(AQ)
24 that they were inscribed with an iron tool(AR) on[b] lead,
or engraved in rock forever!(AS)
25 I know that my redeemer[c](AT) lives,(AU)
and that in the end he will stand on the earth.[d]
26 And after my skin has been destroyed,
yet[e] in[f] my flesh I will see God;(AV)
27 I myself will see him
with my own eyes(AW)—I, and not another.
How my heart yearns(AX) within me!
Footnotes
- Job 19:20 Or only by my gums
- Job 19:24 Or and
- Job 19:25 Or vindicator
- Job 19:25 Or on my grave
- Job 19:26 Or And after I awake, / though this body has been destroyed, / then
- Job 19:26 Or destroyed, / apart from
- Job 19:28 Many Hebrew manuscripts, Septuagint and Vulgate; most Hebrew manuscripts me
- Job 19:29 Or sword, / that you may come to know the Almighty
Job 19
King James Version
Job 19
King James Version
19 Then Job answered and said,
2 How long will ye vex my soul, and break me in pieces with words?
3 These ten times have ye reproached me: ye are not ashamed that ye make yourselves strange to me.
4 And be it indeed that I have erred, mine error remaineth with myself.
5 If indeed ye will magnify yourselves against me, and plead against me my reproach:
6 Know now that God hath overthrown me, and hath compassed me with his net.
7 Behold, I cry out of wrong, but I am not heard: I cry aloud, but there is no judgment.
8 He hath fenced up my way that I cannot pass, and he hath set darkness in my paths.
9 He hath stripped me of my glory, and taken the crown from my head.
10 He hath destroyed me on every side, and I am gone: and mine hope hath he removed like a tree.
11 He hath also kindled his wrath against me, and he counteth me unto him as one of his enemies.
12 His troops come together, and raise up their way against me, and encamp round about my tabernacle.
13 He hath put my brethren far from me, and mine acquaintance are verily estranged from me.
14 My kinsfolk have failed, and my familiar friends have forgotten me.
15 They that dwell in mine house, and my maids, count me for a stranger: I am an alien in their sight.
16 I called my servant, and he gave me no answer; I intreated him with my mouth.
17 My breath is strange to my wife, though I intreated for the children's sake of mine own body.
18 Yea, young children despised me; I arose, and they spake against me.
19 All my inward friends abhorred me: and they whom I loved are turned against me.
20 My bone cleaveth to my skin and to my flesh, and I am escaped with the skin of my teeth.
21 Have pity upon me, have pity upon me, O ye my friends; for the hand of God hath touched me.
22 Why do ye persecute me as God, and are not satisfied with my flesh?
23 Oh that my words were now written! oh that they were printed in a book!
24 That they were graven with an iron pen and lead in the rock for ever!
25 For I know that my redeemer liveth, and that he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth:
26 And though after my skin worms destroy this body, yet in my flesh shall I see God:
27 Whom I shall see for myself, and mine eyes shall behold, and not another; though my reins be consumed within me.
28 But ye should say, Why persecute we him, seeing the root of the matter is found in me?
29 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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