New International Version

Job 19:11-21 New International Version (NIV)

11. His anger burns against me; he counts me among his enemies.

12. His troops advance in force; they build a siege ramp against me and encamp around my tent.

13. “He has alienated my family from me; my acquaintances are completely estranged from me.

14. My relatives have gone away; my closest friends have forgotten me.

15. My guests and my female servants count me a foreigner; they look on me as on a stranger.

16. I summon my servant, but he does not answer, though I beg him with my own mouth.

17. My breath is offensive to my wife; I am loathsome to my own family.

18. Even the little boys scorn me; when I appear, they ridicule me.

19. All my intimate friends detest me; those I love have turned against me.

20. I am nothing but skin and bones; I have escaped only by the skin of my teeth.

21. “Have pity on me, my friends, have pity, for the hand of God has struck me.