| New Living Translation | New Living Translation |
| 1Then Job spoke again: | 1Then Job spoke again: |
| 2“I have heard all this before. What miserable comforters you are! | 2“I have heard all this before. What miserable comforters you are! |
| 3Won’t you ever stop blowing hot air? What makes you keep on talking? | 3Won’t you ever stop blowing hot air? What makes you keep on talking? |
| 4I could say the same things if you were in my place. I could spout off criticism and shake my head at you. | 4I could say the same things if you were in my place. I could spout off criticism and shake my head at you. |
| 5But if it were me, I would encourage you. I would try to take away your grief. | 5But if it were me, I would encourage you. I would try to take away your grief. |
| 6Instead, I suffer if I defend myself, and I suffer no less if I refuse to speak. | 6Instead, I suffer if I defend myself, and I suffer no less if I refuse to speak. |
| 7“O God, you have ground me down and devastated my family. | 7“O God, you have ground me down and devastated my family. |
| 8As if to prove I have sinned, you’ve reduced me to skin and bones. My gaunt flesh testifies against me. | 8As if to prove I have sinned, you’ve reduced me to skin and bones. My gaunt flesh testifies against me. |
| 9God hates me and angrily tears me apart. He snaps his teeth at me and pierces me with his eyes. | 9God hates me and angrily tears me apart. He snaps his teeth at me and pierces me with his eyes. |
| 10People jeer and laugh at me. They slap my cheek in contempt. A mob gathers against me. | 10People jeer and laugh at me. They slap my cheek in contempt. A mob gathers against me. |
| 11God has handed me over to sinners. He has tossed me into the hands of the wicked. | 11God has handed me over to sinners. He has tossed me into the hands of the wicked. |
| 12“I was living quietly until he shattered me. He took me by the neck and broke me in pieces. Then he set me up as his target, | 12“I was living quietly until he shattered me. He took me by the neck and broke me in pieces. Then he set me up as his target, |
| 13and now his archers surround me. His arrows pierce me without mercy. The ground is wet with my blood. | 13and now his archers surround me. His arrows pierce me without mercy. The ground is wet with my blood. |
| 14Again and again he smashes against me, charging at me like a warrior. | 14Again and again he smashes against me, charging at me like a warrior. |
| 15I wear burlap to show my grief. My pride lies in the dust. | 15I wear burlap to show my grief. My pride lies in the dust. |
| 16My eyes are red with weeping; dark shadows circle my eyes. | 16My eyes are red with weeping; dark shadows circle my eyes. |
| 17Yet I have done no wrong, and my prayer is pure. | 17Yet I have done no wrong, and my prayer is pure. |
| 18“O earth, do not conceal my blood. Let it cry out on my behalf. | 18“O earth, do not conceal my blood. Let it cry out on my behalf. |
| 19Even now my witness is in heaven. My advocate is there on high. | 19Even now my witness is in heaven. My advocate is there on high. |
| 20My friends scorn me, but I pour out my tears to God. | 20My friends scorn me, but I pour out my tears to God. |
| 21I need someone to mediate between God and me, as a person mediates between friends. | 21I need someone to mediate between God and me, as a person mediates between friends. |
| 22For soon I must go down that road from which I will never return. | 22For soon I must go down that road from which I will never return. |
| Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., Carol Stream, Illinois 60188. All rights reserved. | Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., Carol Stream, Illinois 60188. All rights reserved. |
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