TODAY'S ENGLISH VERSION 1-2 Why do you keep tormenting me with words? 3 Time after time you insult me, and show no shame for the way you abuse me. 4 Suppose I have done wrong. How does that hurt you? 5 You think you are better than I am, and regard my trouble as proof of my guilt. 6 Can-'t you... [ Continue Reading ]
D. HOPE IN TIME OF ABANDONMENTVINDICATED BY HIS VINDICATOR (_GO-'EL)_ (Job 19:1-29) 1. He condemns the friends for shameless abuse. (Job 19:1-4) TEXT 19:1-4 1 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... [ Continue Reading ]
2. He has been overthrown by God. (Job 9:5-12) TEXT 19:5-12 5 IF INDEED YE WILL MAGNIFY YOURSELVES AGAINST ME, And plead against me my reproach; 6 Know now that God hath subverted me _in my cause,_ AND HATH COMPASSED ME WITH HIS NET. 7 Behold I cry out of wrong, but I am not heard: I cry for... [ Continue Reading ]
3. And despised by all people, including his kindred (Job 19:13-19) TEXT 19:13-19 13 HE HATH PUT MY BRETHREN FAR FROM ME, And mine acquaintance are wholly estranged from me. 14 My kinsfolk have failed, And my familiar friends have forgotten me. 15 They that dwell in my house, and my maids, cou... [ Continue Reading ]
4. He utters a plea for pity. (Job 19:20-22) TEXT 19:20-22 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 Mends; For the hand of God hath touched me. 22 Why do ye persecute me as God, And are not sat... [ Continue Reading ]
5. And asserts his hope of a vindicator (_go-'el)_ (Job 19:23-27) TEXT 19:23-27 23 OH THAT MY WORDS WERE NOW WRITTEN! Oh that they were Inscribed in a book! 24 That with an iron pen and lead They were graven in the rock for ever! 25 But as for me I know that my Redeemer liveth, And at last he... [ Continue Reading ]
6. He warns his friends to cease their persecution. (Job 19:28-29) TEXT 19:28, 29 28 IF YE SAY, HOW WE WILL PERSECUTE HIM! And that 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. COM... [ Continue Reading ]