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==Job 19:13-25 (Neal's translation, with deference to C.L. Seow's==
 
==Job 19:13-25 (Neal's translation, with deference to C.L. Seow's==
  
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  13 He has distanced my family from me;    and those who know me best are now strangers.
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  13 My family bonds he has severed;    I'm a stranger to ones who were close.
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  14 My relatives and closest friends are no more;    the guests in my house have forgotten me.
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  14 My kin-folk and friends are all gone;    I'm forgotten guests in my home.
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  15 Even the house-maids don't know me;    I am an outsider in their eyes.
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  15 Even the house-maids don't know me;    In their eyes I'm an outsider now.
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  16 I call to my servant, but he doesn't answer;    with my lips I beg for him to come.
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  16 I call to my servant, but he's silent;    crying, I beg him to come.
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  17 My spirit is strange to my wife;    and I yearn for the children of my body.  
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  17 My spirit is strange to my wife;    and I long for the children I've lost.  
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  18 Even the foolish despise me;    when I rise they ridicule me.
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  18 Even the foolish revile me;    when I rise up they ridicule me.
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  19 My innermost circle of friends reject me;    and those whom I love turn their backs.
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  19 My closest counselors dismiss me;    those dearest to me turn away.
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  20 My flesh hangs by skin and bones;    and I am left with the skin of my teeth.
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  20 This flesh hangs loose upon bone;    by the skin of my teeth I am left.
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  21 Take pity, take pity on me, you who are my friends;    for the hand of God has struck me!
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  21 Have sympathy--have sympathy--my friends!  For the fist of the Lord strikes me down.
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  22 Why do you, like God, hound me;   unsatisfied with my flesh?
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  22 Why do you hound me (as He does),   unhappy to feast on my flesh?
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  23 If only my words were written down!    If only they were inscribed for all to see
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  23 If only my words were written!    A witness inscribed for the world
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  24 With iron and lead;    etched in stone for all eternity!
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  24 With iron and lead engraved;    eternally etched in stone!
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  25 For I know that my redeemer lives;    and he--the Last One--will rise over the dust.  
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  25 For I know my redeemer lives:    The Last One--he will rise on the dust.  
 
   
 
   
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==Two Preachers and a Trucker: Redeemer==
 
==Two Preachers and a Trucker: Redeemer==

Revision as of 18:43, 21 March 2019

Job 19:13-25 (Neal's translation, with deference to C.L. Seow's

13 My family bonds he has severed;    I'm a stranger to ones who were close.
14 My kin-folk and friends are all gone;    I'm forgotten guests in my home.
15 Even the house-maids don't know me;    In their eyes I'm an outsider now.
16 I call to my servant, but he's silent;    crying, I beg him to come.
17 My spirit is strange to my wife;    and I long for the children I've lost. 
18 Even the foolish revile me;    when I rise up they ridicule me.
19 My closest counselors dismiss me;    those dearest to me turn away.
20 This flesh hangs loose upon bone;     by the skin of my teeth I am left.
21 Have sympathy--have sympathy--my friends!  For the fist of the Lord strikes me down.
22 Why do you hound me (as He does),    unhappy to feast on my flesh?
23 If only my words were written!    A witness inscribed for the world
24 With iron and lead engraved;     eternally etched in stone!
25 For I know my redeemer lives:    The Last One--he will rise on the dust.


Two Preachers and a Trucker: Redeemer

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(final word) JOB:

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