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Job Despairs of God’s Dealings | ||||
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| 1 "I loathe my own life; I will give full vent to my complaint; I will speak in the bitterness of my soul. | 1 My soul is weary of my life; I will leave my complaint upon myself; I will speak in the bitterness of my soul. | 1 "I hate my life. I will freely express my complaint. I will speak as bitterly as I feel. | 1 "My soul is weary of my life. I will give free course to my complaint. I will speak in the bitterness of my soul. | 1 My soul is weary of my life: I will give free course to my complaint; I will speak in the bitterness of my soul. | 2 "I will say to God, 'Do not condemn me; Let me know why You contend with me. | 2 I will say unto God, Do not condemn me; shew me wherefore thou contendest with me. | 2 I will say to God, 'Don't condemn me. Let me know why you are quarreling with me. | 2 I will tell God, 'Do not condemn me. Show me why you contend with me. | 2 I will say unto +God, Do not condemn me; shew me wherefore thou strivest with me. | 3 'Is it right for You indeed to oppress, To reject the labor of Your hands, And to look favorably on the schemes of the wicked? | 3 Is it good unto thee that thou shouldest oppress, that thou shouldest despise the work of thine hands, and shine upon the counsel of the wicked? | 3 What do you gain by mistreating me, by rejecting the work of your hands while you favor the plans of the wicked? | 3 Is it good to you that you should oppress, that you should despise the work of your hands, and smile on the counsel of the wicked? | 3 Doth it please thee to oppress, that thou shouldest despise the work of thy hands, and shine upon the counsel of the wicked? | 4 'Have You eyes of flesh? Or do You see as a man sees? | 4 Hast thou eyes of flesh? or seest thou as man seeth? | 4 Do you actually have human eyes? Do you see as a mortal sees? | 4 Do you have eyes of flesh? Or do you see as man sees? | 4 Hast thou eyes of flesh? or seest thou as man seeth? | 5 'Are Your days as the days of a mortal, Or Your years as man's years, | 5 Are thy days as the days of man? are thy years as man's days, | 5 Are your days like a mortal's days? Are your years like a human's years? | 5 Are your days as the days of mortals, or your years as man's years, | 5 Are thy days as the days of a mortal? are thy years as a man's days, | NASB | KJV | GWT | WEB | DBY |
| 6 That You should seek for my guilt And search after my sin? | 6 That thou enquirest after mine iniquity, and searchest after my sin? | 6 Is that why you look for guilt in me and search for sin in me? | 6 that you inquire after my iniquity, and search after my sin? | 6 That thou searchest after mine iniquity, and inquirest into my sin; | 7 'According to Your knowledge I am indeed not guilty, Yet there is no deliverance from Your hand. | 7 Thou knowest that I am not wicked; and there is none that can deliver out of thine hand. | 7 You know I'm not guilty, but there is no one to rescue me from your hands. | 7 Although you know that I am not wicked, there is no one who can deliver out of your hand. | 7 Since thou knowest that I am not wicked, and that there is none that delivereth out of thy hand? | 8 'Your hands fashioned and made me altogether, And would You destroy me? | 8 Thine hands have made me and fashioned me together round about; yet thou dost destroy me. | 8 " 'Your hands formed me and made every part of me, then you turned to destroy me. | 8 "'Your hands have framed me and fashioned me altogether, yet you destroy me. | 8 Thy hands have bound me together and made me as one, round about; yet dost thou swallow me up! | 9 'Remember now, that You have made me as clay; And would You turn me into dust again? | 9 Remember, I beseech thee, that thou hast made me as the clay; and wilt thou bring me into dust again? | 9 Please remember that you made me out of clay and that you will return me to the dust again. | 9 Remember, I beg you, that you have fashioned me as clay. Will you bring me into dust again? | 9 Remember, I beseech thee, that thou hast made me as clay, and wilt bring me into dust again. | 10 'Did You not pour me out like milk And curdle me like cheese; | 10 Hast thou not poured me out as milk, and curdled me like cheese? | 10 Didn't you pour me out like milk and curdle me like cheese? | 10 Haven't you poured me out like milk, and curdled me like cheese? | 10 Hast thou not poured me out as milk, and curdled me like cheese? | NASB | KJV | GWT | WEB | DBY |
| 11 Clothe me with skin and flesh, And knit me together with bones and sinews? | 11 Thou hast clothed me with skin and flesh, and hast fenced me with bones and sinews. | 11 Didn't you dress me in skin and flesh and weave me together with bones and tendons? | 11 You have clothed me with skin and flesh, and knit me together with bones and sinews. | 11 Thou hast clothed me with skin and flesh, and knit me together with bones and sinews; | 12 'You have granted me life and lovingkindness; And Your care has preserved my spirit. | 12 Thou hast granted me life and favour, and thy visitation hath preserved my spirit. | 12 You gave me life and mercy. Your watchfulness has preserved my spirit. | 12 You have granted me life and loving kindness. Your visitation has preserved my spirit. | 12 Thou hast granted me life and favour, and thy care hath preserved my spirit; | 13 'Yet these things You have concealed in Your heart; I know that this is within You: | 13 And these things hast thou hid in thine heart: I know that this is with thee. | 13 But in your heart you hid these things. I know this is what you did. | 13 Yet you hid these things in your heart. I know that this is with you: | 13 And these things didst thou hide in thy heart; I know that this was with thee. | 14 If I sin, then You would take note of me, And would not acquit me of my guilt. | 14 If I sin, then thou markest me, and thou wilt not acquit me from mine iniquity. | 14 " 'If I sin, you watch me and will not free me from my guilt. | 14 if I sin, then you mark me. You will not acquit me from my iniquity. | 14 If I sinned, thou wouldest mark me, and thou wouldest not acquit me of mine iniquity. | 15 If I am wicked, woe to me! And if I am righteous, I dare not lift up my head. I am sated with disgrace and conscious of my misery. | 15 If I be wicked, woe unto me; and if I be righteous, yet will I not lift up my head. I am full of confusion; therefore see thou mine affliction; | 15 How terrible it will be for me if I'm guilty! Even if I'm righteous, I dare not lift up my head. I am filled with disgrace while I look on my misery. | 15 If I am wicked, woe to me. If I am righteous, I still shall not lift up my head, being filled with disgrace, and conscious of my affliction. | 15 If I were wicked, woe unto me! and righteous, I will not lift up my head, being so full of shame, and beholding mine affliction; -- | NASB | KJV | GWT | WEB | DBY |
| 16 Should my head be lifted up, You would hunt me like a lion; And again You would show Your power against me. | 16 For it increaseth. Thou huntest me as a fierce lion: and again thou shewest thyself marvellous upon me. | 16 Like a proud, ferocious lion you hunt me down. You keep working your miracles against me. | 16 If my head is held high, you hunt me like a lion. Again you show yourself powerful to me. | 16 And it increaseth: thou huntest me as a fierce lion; and ever again thou shewest thy marvellous power upon me. | 17 'You renew Your witnesses against me And increase Your anger toward me; Hardship after hardship is with me. | 17 Thou renewest thy witnesses against me, and increasest thine indignation upon me; changes and war are against me. | 17 You keep finding new witnesses against me. You keep increasing your anger toward me. You keep bringing new armies against me. | 17 You renew your witnesses against me, and increase your indignation on me. Changes and warfare are with me. | 17 Thou renewest thy witnesses before me and increasest thy displeasure against me; successions of evil and a time of toil are with me. | 18 'Why then have You brought me out of the womb? Would that I had died and no eye had seen me! | 18 Wherefore then hast thou brought me forth out of the womb? Oh that I had given up the ghost, and no eye had seen me! | 18 " 'Why did you take me out of the womb? I wish I had breathed my last breath before anyone had laid eyes on me. | 18 "'Why, then, have you brought me forth out of the womb? I wish I had given up the spirit, and no eye had seen me. | 18 And wherefore didst thou bring me forth out of the womb? I had expired, and no eye had seen me. | 19 'I should have been as though I had not been, Carried from womb to tomb.' | 19 I should have been as though I had not been; I should have been carried from the womb to the grave. | 19 Then it would be as if I had never existed, as if I had been carried from the womb to the tomb. | 19 I should have been as though I had not been. I should have been carried from the womb to the grave. | 19 I should be as though I had not been; I should have been carried from the womb to the grave. | 20 "Would He not let my few days alone? Withdraw from me that I may have a little cheer | 20 Are not my days few? cease then, and let me alone, that I may take comfort a little, | 20 " 'Isn't my life short enough? So stop [this], and leave me alone. Let me smile a little | 20 Aren't my days few? Cease then. Leave me alone, that I may find a little comfort, | 20 Are not my days few? cease then and let me alone, that I may revive a little, | NASB | KJV | GWT | WEB | DBY |
| 21 Before I go-- and I shall not return-- To the land of darkness and deep shadow, | 21 Before I go whence I shall not return, even to the land of darkness and the shadow of death; | 21 before I go away to a land of darkness and gloom, | 21 before I go where I shall not return from, to the land of darkness and of the shadow of death; | 21 Before I go, and never to return, to the land of darkness and the shadow of death; | 22 The land of utter gloom as darkness itself, Of deep shadow without order, And which shines as the darkness." | 22 A land of darkness, as darkness itself; and of the shadow of death, without any order, and where the light is as darkness. | 22 to a dismal land of long shadows and confusion where light is as bright as darkness. I'll never return.' " Your Words Call for an Answer, Job | 22 the land dark as midnight, of the shadow of death, without any order, where the light is as midnight.'" | 22 A land of gloom, as darkness itself; of the shadow of death, without any order, where the light is as thick darkness. |
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