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Job 19:2

New International Reader's Version

“How long will you people make me suffer? How long will you crush me with your words?

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“Job, when will you stop these speeches of yours? Be reasonable! Then we can talk.

You have already accused me many times. You have attacked me without feeling any shame.

You have seen those things yourselves. So why do you continue your useless talk?

“God hasn’t treated me fairly. The Mighty One has made my life bitter. You can be sure that God lives. And here’s something else you can be sure of.

“Job, how long will you talk like that? Your words don’t have any meaning.

Lord, how long must I wait? Will you forget me forever? How long will you turn your face away from me?

My body suffers deadly pain as my enemies make fun of me. All day long they say to me, “Where is your God?”

His talk is as smooth as butter. But he has war in his heart. His words flow like olive oil. But they are like swords ready for battle.

Listen to what pours out of their mouths. The words from their lips are like swords. They think, “Who can hear us?”

They make their tongues like sharp swords. They aim their mean words like deadly arrows.

The words of thoughtless people cut like swords. But the tongue of wise people brings healing.

Your tongue has the power of life and death. Those who love to talk will eat the fruit of their words.

They called out in a loud voice. “How long, Lord and King, holy and true?” they asked. “How long will you wait to judge those who live on the earth? How long will it be until you pay them back for killing us?”

She continued to pester him day after day. She nagged him until he was sick and tired of it.




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