1 Then Job answered, “I have heard
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2 About these things already. All three of you are bothering me, not resting.
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3 Your long speeches never end. Why are you arguing?
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4 If your sorrows were like mine, I could tell you the same things. I could shake my head at you for saying wise things against you.
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5 But I could encourage you and give you hope in my words.
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6 But what I say does not relieve my pain, nor does silence help.
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7 Truly, O God, you have taken away my strength. You have destroyed my whole family.
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8 You have made me thin and weak, and people think I am guilty.
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9 He is wroth with me, he is angry with me, he breaketh my flesh. God is gnashing his teeth against me. My enemy is staring at me with hatred.
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10 people gathered around me. They make fun of me and slap me in the face.
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11 God has given me over to wicked people. He has hurt me from bad people.
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12 Everything was fine with me, but then God crushed me. Yes, he grabbed me by the neck and tore me to pieces. God used me to shoot.
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13 The arrows of God shoot arrows at me from all sides. He shows no mercy. He pours out my bile on the earth.
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14 God attacks me again and again. He breaks down like a soldier in battle.
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15 I am very sad, so I wear these clothes of sadness. I am sitting in the ashes and ashes and I feel defeated.
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16 My face is red with weeping. Dark circles around my eyes.
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17 I have never been cruel to anyone, but these bad things happened to me. My prayers are pure and righteous.
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18 The earth did not hide the evil things that were done to me. Don’t let anyone stop my pleas for fairness.
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19 Even now there is someone in heaven who will speak for me. There is someone above who will testify for me.
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20 My friend is speaking for me while my eyes are weeping before God.
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21 He is speaking to God for me, as a man testifies to his friend.
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22 In just a short time, I will go where no one returns.
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