| New King James Version | King James Bible |
| 1Then Job answered and said: | 1Then Job answered and said, |
| 2“I have heard many such things; Miserable comforters are you all! | 2I have heard many such things: miserable comforters are ye all. |
| 3Shall words of wind have an end? Or what provokes you that you answer? | 3Shall vain words have an end? or what emboldeneth thee that thou answerest? |
| 4I also could speak as you do, If your soul were in my soul’s place. I could heap up words against you, And shake my head at you; | 4I also could speak as ye do: if your soul were in my soul's stead, I could heap up words against you, and shake mine head at you. |
| 5But I would strengthen you with my mouth, And the comfort of my lips would relieve your grief. | 5But I would strengthen you with my mouth, and the moving of my lips should asswage your grief. |
| 6“Though I speak, my grief is not relieved; And if I remain silent, how am I eased? | 6Though I speak, my grief is not asswaged: and though I forbear, what am I eased? |
| 7But now He has worn me out; You have made desolate all my company. | 7But now he hath made me weary: thou hast made desolate all my company. |
| 8You have shriveled me up, And it is a witness against me; My leanness rises up against me And bears witness to my face. | 8And thou hast filled me with wrinkles, which is a witness against me: and my leanness rising up in me beareth witness to my face. |
| 9He tears me in His wrath, and hates me; He gnashes at me with His teeth; My adversary sharpens His gaze on me. | 9He teareth me in his wrath, who hateth me: he gnasheth upon me with his teeth; mine enemy sharpeneth his eyes upon me. |
| 10They gape at me with their mouth, They strike me reproachfully on the cheek, They gather together against me. | 10They have gaped upon me with their mouth; they have smitten me upon the cheek reproachfully; they have gathered themselves together against me. |
| 11God has delivered me to the ungodly, And turned me over to the hands of the wicked. | 11God hath delivered me to the ungodly, and turned me over into the hands of the wicked. |
| 12I was at ease, but He has shattered me; He also has taken me by my neck, and shaken me to pieces; He has set me up for His target, | 12I was at ease, but he hath broken me asunder: he hath also taken me by my neck, and shaken me to pieces, and set me up for his mark. |
| 13His archers surround me. He pierces my heart and does not pity; He pours out my gall on the ground. | 13His archers compass me round about, he cleaveth my reins asunder, and doth not spare; he poureth out my gall upon the ground. |
| 14He breaks me with wound upon wound; He runs at me like a warrior. | 14He breaketh me with breach upon breach, he runneth upon me like a giant. |
| 15“I have sewn sackcloth over my skin, And laid my head in the dust. | 15I have sewed sackcloth upon my skin, and defiled my horn in the dust. |
| 16My face is flushed from weeping, And on my eyelids is the shadow of death; | 16My face is foul with weeping, and on my eyelids is the shadow of death; |
| 17Although no violence is in my hands, And my prayer is pure. | 17Not for any injustice in mine hands: also my prayer is pure. |
| 18“O earth, do not cover my blood, And let my cry have no resting place! | 18O earth, cover not thou my blood, and let my cry have no place. |
| 19Surely even now my witness is in heaven, And my evidence is on high. | 19Also now, behold, my witness is in heaven, and my record is on high. |
| 20My friends scorn me; My eyes pour out tears to God. | 20My friends scorn me: but mine eye poureth out tears unto God. |
| 21Oh, that one might plead for a man with God, As a man pleads for his neighbor! | 21O that one might plead for a man with God, as a man pleadeth for his neighbour! |
| 22For when a few years are finished, I shall go the way of no return. | 22When a few years are come, then I shall go the way whence I shall not return. |
| The Holy Bible, New King James Version, Copyright © 1982 Thomas Nelson. All rights reserved. | King James Bible, text courtesy of BibleProtector.com. |
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