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         <div class="label">17</div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JOB.17.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">My spirit is broken,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JOB.17.1"><span class="content">my days are cut short,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JOB.17.1"><span class="content">the grave awaits me.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JOB.17.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JOB.17.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Surely mockers surround me;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JOB.17.2"><span class="content">my eyes must dwell on their hostility.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JOB.17.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JOB.17.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">&#8220;Give me, O God, the pledge you demand.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JOB.17.3"><span class="content">Who else will put up security for me?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JOB.17.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JOB.17.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">You have closed their minds to understanding;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JOB.17.4"><span class="content">therefore you will not let them triumph.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JOB.17.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JOB.17.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">If anyone denounces their friends for reward,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JOB.17.5"><span class="content">the eyes of their children will fail.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JOB.17.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JOB.17.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">&#8220;God has made me a byword to everyone,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JOB.17.6"><span class="content">a man in whose face people spit.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JOB.17.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JOB.17.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">My eyes have grown dim with grief;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JOB.17.7"><span class="content">my whole frame is but a shadow.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JOB.17.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JOB.17.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">The upright are appalled at this;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JOB.17.8"><span class="content">the innocent are aroused against the ungodly.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JOB.17.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JOB.17.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Nevertheless, the righteous will hold to their ways,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JOB.17.9"><span class="content">and those with clean hands will grow stronger.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JOB.17.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JOB.17.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">&#8220;But come on, all of you, try again!</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JOB.17.10"><span class="content">I will not find a wise man among you.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JOB.17.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JOB.17.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">My days have passed, my plans are shattered.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JOB.17.11"><span class="content">Yet the desires of my heart</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JOB.17.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOB.17.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">turn night into day;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOB.17.12"><span class="content">in the face of the darkness light is near.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOB.17.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOB.17.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">If the only home I hope for is the grave,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOB.17.13"><span class="content">if I spread out my bed in the realm of darkness,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOB.17.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JOB.17.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">if I say to corruption, &#8216;You are my father,&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JOB.17.14"><span class="content">and to the worm, &#8216;My mother&#8217; or &#8216;My sister,&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JOB.17.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JOB.17.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">where then is my hope&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JOB.17.15"><span class="content">who can see any hope for me?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JOB.17.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JOB.17.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">Will it go down to the gates of death?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JOB.17.16"><span class="content">Will we descend together into the dust?&#8221;</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">18</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Bildad</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JOB.18.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Then Bildad the Shuhite replied:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JOB.18.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JOB.18.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">&#8220;When will you end these speeches?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JOB.18.2"><span class="content">Be sensible, and then we can talk.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JOB.18.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JOB.18.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Why are we regarded as cattle</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JOB.18.3"><span class="content">and considered stupid in your sight?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JOB.18.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JOB.18.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">You who tear yourself to pieces in your anger,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JOB.18.4"><span class="content">is the earth to be abandoned for your sake?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JOB.18.4"><span class="content">Or must the rocks be moved from their place?</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JOB.18.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JOB.18.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">&#8220;The lamp of a wicked man is snuffed out;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JOB.18.5"><span class="content">the flame of his fire stops burning.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JOB.18.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JOB.18.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">The light in his tent becomes dark;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JOB.18.6"><span class="content">the lamp beside him goes out.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JOB.18.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JOB.18.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">The vigor of his step is weakened;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JOB.18.7"><span class="content">his own schemes throw him down.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JOB.18.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JOB.18.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">His feet thrust him into a net;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JOB.18.8"><span class="content">he wanders into its mesh.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JOB.18.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JOB.18.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">A trap seizes him by the heel;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JOB.18.9"><span class="content">a snare holds him fast.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JOB.18.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JOB.18.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">A noose is hidden for him on the ground;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JOB.18.10"><span class="content">a trap lies in his path.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JOB.18.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JOB.18.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Terrors startle him on every side</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JOB.18.11"><span class="content">and dog his every step.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JOB.18.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOB.18.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Calamity is hungry for him;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOB.18.12"><span class="content">disaster is ready for him when he falls.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOB.18.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOB.18.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">It eats away parts of his skin;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOB.18.13"><span class="content">death&#8217;s firstborn devours his limbs.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOB.18.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JOB.18.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">He is torn from the security of his tent</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JOB.18.14"><span class="content">and marched off to the king of terrors.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JOB.18.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JOB.18.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Fire resides</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">18:15 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">Nothing he had remains</span></span></span><span class="content"> in his tent;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JOB.18.15"><span class="content">burning sulfur is scattered over his dwelling.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JOB.18.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JOB.18.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">His roots dry up below</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JOB.18.16"><span class="content">and his branches wither above.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JOB.18.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JOB.18.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">The memory of him perishes from the earth;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JOB.18.17"><span class="content">he has no name in the land.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JOB.18.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JOB.18.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">He is driven from light into the realm of darkness</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JOB.18.18"><span class="content">and is banished from the world.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JOB.18.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JOB.18.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">He has no offspring or descendants among his people,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JOB.18.19"><span class="content">no survivor where once he lived.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JOB.18.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JOB.18.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">People of the west are appalled at his fate;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JOB.18.20"><span class="content">those of the east are seized with horror.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JOB.18.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JOB.18.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">Surely such is the dwelling of an evil man;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JOB.18.21"><span class="content">such is the place of one who does not know God.&#8221;</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">19</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Job</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JOB.19.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Then Job replied:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JOB.19.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JOB.19.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">&#8220;How long will you torment me</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JOB.19.2"><span class="content">and crush me with words?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JOB.19.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JOB.19.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Ten times now you have reproached me;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JOB.19.3"><span class="content">shamelessly you attack me.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JOB.19.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JOB.19.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">If it is true that I have gone astray,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JOB.19.4"><span class="content">my error remains my concern alone.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JOB.19.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JOB.19.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">If indeed you would exalt yourselves above me</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JOB.19.5"><span class="content">and use my humiliation against me,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JOB.19.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JOB.19.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">then know that God has wronged me</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JOB.19.6"><span class="content">and drawn his net around me.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JOB.19.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JOB.19.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">&#8220;Though I cry, &#8216;Violence!&#8217; I get no response;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JOB.19.7"><span class="content">though I call for help, there is no justice.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JOB.19.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JOB.19.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">He has blocked my way so I cannot pass;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JOB.19.8"><span class="content">he has shrouded my paths in darkness.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JOB.19.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JOB.19.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">He has stripped me of my honor</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JOB.19.9"><span class="content">and removed the crown from my head.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JOB.19.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JOB.19.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">He tears me down on every side till I am gone;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JOB.19.10"><span class="content">he uproots my hope like a tree.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JOB.19.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JOB.19.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">His anger burns against me;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JOB.19.11"><span class="content">he counts me among his enemies.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JOB.19.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOB.19.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">His troops advance in force;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOB.19.12"><span class="content">they build a siege ramp against me</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOB.19.12"><span class="content">and encamp around my tent.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOB.19.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOB.19.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">&#8220;He has alienated my family from me;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOB.19.13"><span class="content">my acquaintances are completely estranged from me.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOB.19.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JOB.19.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">My relatives have gone away;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JOB.19.14"><span class="content">my closest friends have forgotten me.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JOB.19.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JOB.19.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">My guests and my female servants count me a foreigner;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JOB.19.15"><span class="content">they look on me as on a stranger.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JOB.19.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JOB.19.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">I summon my servant, but he does not answer,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JOB.19.16"><span class="content">though I beg him with my own mouth.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JOB.19.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JOB.19.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">My breath is offensive to my wife;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JOB.19.17"><span class="content">I am loathsome to my own family.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JOB.19.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JOB.19.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">Even the little boys scorn me;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JOB.19.18"><span class="content">when I appear, they ridicule me.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JOB.19.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JOB.19.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">All my intimate friends detest me;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JOB.19.19"><span class="content">those I love have turned against me.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JOB.19.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JOB.19.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">I am nothing but skin and bones;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JOB.19.20"><span class="content">I have escaped only by the skin of my teeth.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">19:20 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">only by my gums</span></span></span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JOB.19.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JOB.19.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">&#8220;Have pity on me, my friends, have pity,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JOB.19.21"><span class="content">for the hand of God has struck me.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JOB.19.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="JOB.19.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">Why do you pursue me as God does?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="JOB.19.22"><span class="content">Will you never get enough of my flesh?</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="JOB.19.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="JOB.19.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">&#8220;Oh, that my words were recorded,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="JOB.19.23"><span class="content">that they were written on a scroll,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="JOB.19.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="JOB.19.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">that they were inscribed with an iron tool on</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">19:24 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">and</span></span></span><span class="content"> lead,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="JOB.19.24"><span class="content">or engraved in rock forever!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="JOB.19.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="JOB.19.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">I know that my redeemer</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">19:25 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">vindicator</span></span></span><span class="content"> lives,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="JOB.19.25"><span class="content">and that in the end he will stand on the earth.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">19:25 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">on my grave</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="JOB.19.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="JOB.19.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">And after my skin has been destroyed,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="JOB.19.26"><span class="content">yet</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">19:26 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">And after I awake, / though this body has been destroyed, / then</span></span></span><span class="content"> in</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">19:26 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">destroyed, / apart from</span></span></span><span class="content"> my flesh I will see God;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="JOB.19.26"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="JOB.19.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">I myself will see him</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="JOB.19.27"><span class="content">with my own eyes&#8212;I, and not another.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="JOB.19.27"><span class="content">How my heart yearns within me!</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="JOB.19.27"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="JOB.19.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">&#8220;If you say, &#8216;How we will hound him,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="JOB.19.28"><span class="content">since the root of the trouble lies in him,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">19:28 </span><span class="ft">Many Hebrew manuscripts, Septuagint and Vulgate; most Hebrew manuscripts </span><span class="fqa">me</span></span></span><span class="content">&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="JOB.19.28"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="JOB.19.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">you should fear the sword yourselves;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="JOB.19.29"><span class="content">for wrath will bring punishment by the sword,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="JOB.19.29"><span class="content">and then you will know that there is judgment.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">19:29 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">sword, / that you may come to know the Almighty</span></span></span><span class="content">&#8221;</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">20</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Zophar</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JOB.20.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Then Zophar the Naamathite replied:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JOB.20.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JOB.20.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">&#8220;My troubled thoughts prompt me to answer</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JOB.20.2"><span class="content">because I am greatly disturbed.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JOB.20.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JOB.20.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">I hear a rebuke that dishonors me,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JOB.20.3"><span class="content">and my understanding inspires me to reply.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JOB.20.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JOB.20.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">&#8220;Surely you know how it has been from of old,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JOB.20.4"><span class="content">ever since mankind</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">20:4 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">Adam</span></span></span><span class="content"> was placed on the earth,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JOB.20.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JOB.20.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">that the mirth of the wicked is brief,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JOB.20.5"><span class="content">the joy of the godless lasts but a moment.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JOB.20.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JOB.20.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Though the pride of the godless person reaches to the heavens</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JOB.20.6"><span class="content">and his head touches the clouds,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JOB.20.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JOB.20.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">he will perish forever, like his own dung;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JOB.20.7"><span class="content">those who have seen him will say, &#8216;Where is he?&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JOB.20.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JOB.20.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Like a dream he flies away, no more to be found,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JOB.20.8"><span class="content">banished like a vision of the night.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JOB.20.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JOB.20.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">The eye that saw him will not see him again;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JOB.20.9"><span class="content">his place will look on him no more.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JOB.20.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JOB.20.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">His children must make amends to the poor;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JOB.20.10"><span class="content">his own hands must give back his wealth.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JOB.20.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JOB.20.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">The youthful vigor that fills his bones</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JOB.20.11"><span class="content">will lie with him in the dust.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JOB.20.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOB.20.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">&#8220;Though evil is sweet in his mouth</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOB.20.12"><span class="content">and he hides it under his tongue,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOB.20.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOB.20.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">though he cannot bear to let it go</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOB.20.13"><span class="content">and lets it linger in his mouth,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOB.20.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JOB.20.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">yet his food will turn sour in his stomach;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JOB.20.14"><span class="content">it will become the venom of serpents within him.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JOB.20.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JOB.20.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">He will spit out the riches he swallowed;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JOB.20.15"><span class="content">God will make his stomach vomit them up.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JOB.20.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JOB.20.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">He will suck the poison of serpents;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JOB.20.16"><span class="content">the fangs of an adder will kill him.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JOB.20.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JOB.20.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">He will not enjoy the streams,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JOB.20.17"><span class="content">the rivers flowing with honey and cream.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JOB.20.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JOB.20.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">What he toiled for he must give back uneaten;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JOB.20.18"><span class="content">he will not enjoy the profit from his trading.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JOB.20.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JOB.20.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">For he has oppressed the poor and left them destitute;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JOB.20.19"><span class="content">he has seized houses he did not build.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JOB.20.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JOB.20.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">&#8220;Surely he will have no respite from his craving;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JOB.20.20"><span class="content">he cannot save himself by his treasure.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JOB.20.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JOB.20.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">Nothing is left for him to devour;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JOB.20.21"><span class="content">his prosperity will not endure.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JOB.20.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="JOB.20.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">In the midst of his plenty, distress will overtake him;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="JOB.20.22"><span class="content">the full force of misery will come upon him.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="JOB.20.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="JOB.20.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">When he has filled his belly,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="JOB.20.23"><span class="content">God will vent his burning anger against him</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="JOB.20.23"><span class="content">and rain down his blows on him.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="JOB.20.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="JOB.20.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">Though he flees from an iron weapon,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="JOB.20.24"><span class="content">a bronze-tipped arrow pierces him.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="JOB.20.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="JOB.20.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">He pulls it out of his back,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="JOB.20.25"><span class="content">the gleaming point out of his liver.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="JOB.20.25"><span class="content">Terrors will come over him;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="JOB.20.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="JOB.20.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">total darkness lies in wait for his treasures.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="JOB.20.26"><span class="content">A fire unfanned will consume him</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="JOB.20.26"><span class="content">and devour what is left in his tent.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="JOB.20.26"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="JOB.20.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">The heavens will expose his guilt;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="JOB.20.27"><span class="content">the earth will rise up against him.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="JOB.20.27"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="JOB.20.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">A flood will carry off his house,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="JOB.20.28"><span class="content">rushing waters</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">20:28 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">The possessions in his house will be carried off, / washed away</span></span></span><span class="content"> on the day of God&#8217;s wrath.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="JOB.20.28"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="JOB.20.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">Such is the fate God allots the wicked,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="JOB.20.29"><span class="content">the heritage appointed for them by God.&#8221;</span></span></div>
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