1 respondens autem Iob dixit
2 usquequo adfligitis animam meam et adteritis me sermonibus
3 en decies confunditis me
et non erubescitis opprimentes me
4 nempe et si ignoravi mecum erit ignorantia mea
5 at vos contra me erigimini
et arguitis me obprobriis meis
6 saltim nunc intellegite quia Deus non aequo iudicio adflixerit me
et flagellis suis me cinxerit
7 ecce clamabo vim patiens et nemo audiet
vociferabor et non est qui iudicet
8 semitam meam circumsepsit et transire non possum
et in calle meo tenebras posuit
9 spoliavit me gloria mea
et abstulit coronam de capite meo
10 destruxit me undique et pereo
et quasi evulsae arbori abstulit spem meam
11 iratus est contra me furor eius et sic me habuit quasi hostem suum
12 simul venerunt latrones eius et fecerunt sibi viam per me
et obsederunt in gyro tabernaculum meum
13 fratres meos longe fecit a me
et noti mei quasi alieni recesserunt a me
14 dereliquerunt me propinqui mei
et qui me noverant obliti sunt mei
15 inquilini domus meae et ancillae meae sicut alienum habuerunt me
et quasi peregrinus fui in oculis eorum
16 servum meum vocavi et non respondit
ore proprio deprecabar illum
17 halitum meum exhorruit uxor mea et orabam filios uteri mei
18 stulti quoque despiciebant me
et cum ab eis recessissem detrahebant mihi
19 abominati sunt me quondam consiliarii mei
et quem maxime diligebam aversatus est me
20 pelli meae consumptis carnibus adhesit os meum
et derelicta sunt tantummodo labia circa dentes meos
21 miseremini mei miseremini mei saltim vos amici mei
quia manus Domini tetigit me
22 quare persequimini me sicut Deus et carnibus meis saturamini
23 quis mihi tribuat ut scribantur sermones mei
quis mihi det ut exarentur in libro
24 stilo ferreo et plumbi lammina
vel certe sculpantur in silice
25 scio enim quod redemptor meus vivat
et in novissimo de terra surrecturus sim
26 et rursum circumdabor pelle mea
et in carne mea videbo Deum
27 quem visurus sum ego ipse
et oculi mei conspecturi sunt et non alius
reposita est haec spes mea in sinu meo
28 quare ergo nunc dicitis persequamur eum et radicem verbi inveniamus contra eum
29 fugite ergo a facie gladii quoniam ultor iniquitatum gladius est et scitote esse iudicium
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 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.