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Job 19

2 Job reproveth his friends, 15 And reciteth his miseries and grievous peines 25 He assureth him self of the general resurrection.
1.But Job answered, and said,
2.How long wil ye vexe my soule, and torment me with wordes?
3.Ye have now aten times reproched me, and are not ashamed: ye are impudent toward me.
4.And thogh I had in dede erred, mine errour bremaineth with me.
5.But in dede if ye wil advance your selves against me, and rebuke me for my reproche,
6.Know now, that God hathe coverthrowen me, and hathe compassed me with his net.
7.Beholde, I crye out of violence, but I have none answer: I crye but there is no judgement.
8.He hathe hedged up my waye that I can not dpasse, and he hathe set darkenes in my paths.
9.He hathe spoiled me of mine honour, and taken the ecrowne away from mine head.
10.He hathe destroyed me on everie side and I am gone: and he hathe removed mine hope like fa tre.
11.And he hathe kindled his wrath against me. and counteth me as one of his enemies,
12.His garmies came together, and made their way upon me, and camped about my tabernacle. Hope of the resurrection. Job. 19:1
13.He hathe removed my brethren farre from me, and also mine acquaintance were strangers unto me.
14.My neighbours have forsaken me, and my familiars have forgotten me.
15.hThey that dwel in mine house, and my maides toke me for a stranger: for I was a stranger in their sight.
16.I called my servant, but he wolde not answer, thogh I praied him with my mouth.
17.My breath was strange unto my wife, thogh I praied her for the children’s sake of mine iowne body.
18.The wicked also despised me, and when I rose, they spake against me.
19.All my secret friends abhorred me, and they whome I loved, are turned against me.
20.My bone kcleaveth to my skin and to my flesh, and I have escaped with the lskinne of my tethe.
21.Have pitie upon me: have mpitie upon me, (ô ye my friends) for the hand of God hathe touched me.
22.Why do ye persecute me, as nGod? and are not satisfied with my oflesh?
23.Oh that my wordes were now writen! oh that thei were writen even in a boke!
24.And graven with pan yron pēne in lead, or in stone for ever.
25.For I am sure, that my qRedemer liveth, and he shal stand the last on the earth.
26.And thogh after my skin wormes destroy this bodie, yet shal I se God rin my flesh.
27.Whome I my self shal se, and mine eies shal beholde, & nonother for me, thogh my reines are consumed within me.
28.But ye said, Why is he persecuted? And there was sa depe matter in me.
29.Be ye afraid of the sworde: for the sworde wil be tavenged of wickednes, that ye may know that there is a judgement.

Notes

3-a.
That is, many times, as Nehem. 4.12.
4-b.
That is, I myself shall be punished for it, or you have not yet confuted it.
6-c.
He brasts out again into his passions and declares still that his affliction comes of God, though he be not able to feel the cause in himself.
8-d.
Meaning, out of his afflictions.
9-e.
Meaning, his children and whatsoever was dear unto him in this world.
10-f.
Which is plucked up, and has no more hope to grow.
12-g.
His manifold afflictions. 3
15-h.
My household servants: by all these losses Job shows that touching the flesh he had great occasion to be moved.
17-i.
Which were hers and mine.
20-k.
Besides these great losses and most cruel unkindness, he was touched in his own person as follows.
20-l.
All my flesh was consumed.
21-m.
Seeing I have these just causes to complain, condemn me not as an hypocrite, specially you which should comfort me.
22-n.
Is it not enough that God does punish me except you by reproaches increase my sorrow?
22-o.
To see my body punished, except you trouble my mind?
24-p.
He protests that notwithstanding his sore passions, his religion is perfect, and that he is not a blasphemer, as they judge him.
25-q.
I do not so justify myself before the world, but I know that I shall come before the great judge, who shall be my deliverer and Saviour.
26-r.
Herein Job declares plainly that he had a full hope, that both the soul & body should enjoy the presence of God in the last resurrec- tion.
28-s.
Though his friends thought that he was but persecuted of God for his sins, yet he declares that there was a deeper consideration: to wit, the trial of his faith and patience, and so to be an example for others.
29-t.
God will be revenged of this hasty judgement, whereby you condemn me. 1 Geneva Bible 1560