Then Job answered and said,
Then Job answered and said,
Translation comparison
Job 19
29 aligned verses; 21 with wording or punctuation differences .
Verse
ASV
American Standard Version
KJV
King James Version
How long will ye vex my soul, And break me in pieces with words?
How long will ye vex my soul, and break me in pieces with words?
These ten times have ye reproached me: Ye are not ashamed that ye deal
hardly
with
me.
These ten times have ye reproached me: ye are not ashamed that ye make
yourselves
strange
to
me.
And be it indeed that I have erred, Mine error remaineth with myself.
And be it indeed that I have erred, mine error remaineth with myself.
If indeed ye will magnify yourselves against me, And plead against me my reproach ;
If indeed ye will magnify yourselves against me, and plead against me my reproach :
Know now that God hath subverted
me `in
my
cause'
, And hath compassed me with his net.
Know now that God hath overthrown
me, and hath compassed me with his net.
Behold, I cry out of wrong, but I am not heard: I cry for
help
, but there is no justice
.
Behold, I cry out of wrong, but I am not heard: I cry aloud
, but there is no judgment
.
He hath walled
up my way that I cannot pass, And hath set darkness in my paths.
He hath fenced
up my way that I cannot pass, and he
hath set darkness in my paths.
He hath stripped me of my glory, And taken the crown from my head.
He hath stripped me of my glory, and taken the crown from my head.
He hath broken
me down
on every side, and I am gone ;
And my
hope hath he plucked
up
like a tree.
He hath destroyed
me on every side, and I am gone :
and mine
hope hath he removed
like a tree.
He hath also kindled his wrath against me, And he counteth me unto him as `
one of '
his adversaries
.
He hath also kindled his wrath against me, and he counteth me unto him as one of his enemies
.
His troops come on
together, And cast
up their way against me, And encamp round about my tent
.
His troops come together, and raise
up their way against me, and encamp round about my tabernacle
.
He hath put my brethren far from me, And mine acquaintance are wholly
estranged from me.
He hath put my brethren far from me, and mine acquaintance are verily
estranged from me.
My kinsfolk have failed, And my familiar friends have forgotten me.
My kinsfolk have failed, and my familiar friends have forgotten me.
They that dwell in my
house, and my maids, count me for a stranger ;
I am an alien in their sight.
They that dwell in mine
house, and my maids, count me for a stranger :
I am an alien in their sight.
I call
unto
my servant, and he giveth
me no answer ,
`Though'
I entreat
him with my mouth.
I called
my servant, and he gave
me no answer ;
I intreated
him with my mouth.
My breath is strange to my wife, And
my
supplication
to
the children
of mine own mother
.
My breath is strange to my wife, though
I
intreated
for
the children's
sake
of mine own body
.
Even
young children despise
me; If
I arise
, they speak
against me.
Yea,
young children despised
me; I arose
, and
they spake
against me.
All my familiar
friends abhor
me ,
And they whom I loved are turned against me.
All my inward
friends abhorred
me :
and they whom I loved are turned against me.
My bone cleaveth to my skin and to my flesh, And I am escaped with the skin of my teeth.
My bone cleaveth to my skin and to my flesh, and I am escaped with the skin of my teeth.
Have pity upon me, have pity upon me, O ye my friends; For the hand of God hath touched me.
Have pity upon me, have pity upon me, O ye my friends; for the hand of God hath touched me.
Why do ye persecute me as God, And are not satisfied with my flesh?
Why do ye persecute me as God, and are not satisfied with my flesh?
Oh that my words were now written! Oh that they were inscribed
in a book!
Oh that my words were now written! oh that they were printed
in a book!
That with an iron pen and lead They
were
graven
in the rock for ever!
That they
were
graven
with an iron pen and lead in the rock for ever!
But
as
for me
I know that my Redeemer liveth, And at
last
he will
stand up
upon the earth:
For I know that my redeemer liveth, and that
he shall
stand at
the
latter
day
upon the earth:
And after my skin ,
`even'
this `
body '
, is
destroyed,
Then
without
my flesh shall I see God ;
And though
after my skin worms
destroy
this body, yet
in
my flesh shall I see God :
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.
Whom I shall see for
myself
, and mine eyes shall behold, and not another;
though
my reins
be
consumed within me.
If
ye say, How
we
will
persecute him !
And
that
the root of the matter is found in me ;
But
ye should
say, Why
persecute we
him ,
seeing
the root of the matter is found in me ?
Be ye afraid of the sword: For wrath `
bringeth '
the punishments of the sword, That ye may know there is a judgment.
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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