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Job Says His Friends’ Proverbs Are Ashes | ||||
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| 1 "Behold, my eye has seen all this, My ear has heard and understood it. | 1 Lo, mine eye hath seen all this, mine ear hath heard and understood it. | 1 "My eye has certainly seen all of this! My ear has heard and understood it. | 1 "Behold, my eye has seen all this. My ear has heard and understood it. | 1 Lo, mine eye hath seen all this, mine ear hath heard and understood it. | 2 "What you know I also know; I am not inferior to you. | 2 What ye know, the same do I know also: I am not inferior unto you. | 2 After all, I know it as well as you do. I am not inferior to you. | 2 What you know, I know also. I am not inferior to you. | 2 What ye know, I know also: I am not inferior to you. | 3 "But I would speak to the Almighty, And I desire to argue with God. | 3 Surely I would speak to the Almighty, and I desire to reason with God. | 3 However, I want to speak to the Almighty, and I wish to argue my case in front of God. | 3 "Surely I would speak to the Almighty. I desire to reason with God. | 3 But I will speak to the Almighty, and will find pleasure in reasoning with �God; | 4 "But you smear with lies; You are all worthless physicians. | 4 But ye are forgers of lies, ye are all physicians of no value. | 4 But you are smearing me with lies. All of you are worthless physicians. | 4 But you are forgers of lies. You are all physicians of no value. | 4 For ye indeed are forgers of lies, ye are all physicians of no value. | 5 "O that you would be completely silent, And that it would become your wisdom! | 5 O that ye would altogether hold your peace! and it should be your wisdom. | 5 I wish you would keep silent. For you, that would be wisdom. | 5 Oh that you would be completely silent! Then you would be wise. | 5 Oh that ye would be altogether silent! and it would be your wisdom. | NASB | KJV | GWT | WEB | DBY |
| 6 "Please hear my argument And listen to the contentions of my lips. | 6 Hear now my reasoning, and hearken to the pleadings of my lips. | 6 Please listen to my argument, and pay attention to my plea. | 6 Hear now my reasoning. Listen to the pleadings of my lips. | 6 Hear now my defence, and hearken to the pleadings of my lips. | 7 "Will you speak what is unjust for God, And speak what is deceitful for Him? | 7 Will ye speak wickedly for God? and talk deceitfully for him? | 7 "Will you talk wickedly for God and talk deceitfully on his behalf? | 7 Will you speak unrighteously for God, and talk deceitfully for him? | 7 Will ye speak unrighteously for �God? and for him speak deceit? | 8 "Will you show partiality for Him? Will you contend for God? | 8 Will ye accept his person? will ye contend for God? | 8 Will you favor him [as] if you were arguing in court on God's behalf? | 8 Will you show partiality to him? Will you contend for God? | 8 Will ye accept his person? will ye contend for �God? | 9 "Will it be well when He examines you? Or will you deceive Him as one deceives a man? | 9 Is it good that he should search you out? or as one man mocketh another, do ye so mock him? | 9 Will it go well when he cross-examines you? Will you try to trick him as one mortal tricks another? | 9 Is it good that he should search you out? Or as one deceives a man, will you deceive him? | 9 Will it be well if he should search you out? or as one mocketh at a man, will ye mock at him? | 10 "He will surely reprove you If you secretly show partiality. | 10 He will surely reprove you, if ye do secretly accept persons. | 10 Will he really defend you if you secretly favor [him]? | 10 He will surely reprove you if you secretly show partiality. | 10 He will certainly reprove you, if ye do secretly accept persons. | NASB | KJV | GWT | WEB | DBY |
| 11 "Will not His majesty terrify you, And the dread of Him fall on you? | 11 Shall not his excellency make you afraid? and his dread fall upon you? | 11 Doesn't his majesty terrify you? Doesn't the fear of him fall upon you? | 11 Shall not his majesty make you afraid, And his dread fall on you? | 11 Shall not his excellency terrify you? and his dread fall upon you? | 12 "Your memorable sayings are proverbs of ashes, Your defenses are defenses of clay. | 12 Your remembrances are like unto ashes, your bodies to bodies of clay. | 12 "Your recollections are worthless proverbs. Your answers are absolutely useless. | 12 Your memorable sayings are proverbs of ashes, Your defenses are defenses of clay. | 12 Your memorable sayings are proverbs of ashes, your bulwarks are bulwarks of mire. | Job Is Sure He Will Be Vindicated |
| 13 "Be silent before me so that I may speak; Then let come on me what may. | 13 Hold your peace, let me alone, that I may speak, and let come on me what will. | 13 Be quiet, because I want to speak. Let whatever may happen to me [happen]! | 13 "Be silent, leave me alone, that I may speak. Let come on me what will. | 13 Hold your peace from me, and I will speak, and let come on me what will! | 14 "Why should I take my flesh in my teeth And put my life in my hands? | 14 Wherefore do I take my flesh in my teeth, and put my life in mine hand? | 14 I am biting off more than I can chew and taking my life in my own hands. | 14 Why should I take my flesh in my teeth, and put my life in my hand? | 14 Wherefore should I take my flesh in my teeth, and put my life in my hand? | 15 "Though He slay me, I will hope in Him. Nevertheless I will argue my ways before Him. | 15 Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him: but I will maintain mine own ways before him. | 15 If God would kill me, I would have no hope [left]. Nevertheless, I will defend my behavior to his face. | 15 Behold, he will kill me. I have no hope. Nevertheless, I will maintain my ways before him. | 15 Behold, if he slay me, yet would I trust in him; but I will defend mine own ways before him. | NASB | KJV | GWT | WEB | DBY |
| 16 "This also will be my salvation, For a godless man may not come before His presence. | 16 He also shall be my salvation: for an hypocrite shall not come before him. | 16 This also will be my salvation because no godless person could face him. | 16 This also shall be my salvation, that a godless man shall not come before him. | 16 This also shall be my salvation, that a profane man shall not come before his face. | 17 "Listen carefully to my speech, And let my declaration fill your ears. | 17 Hear diligently my speech, and my declaration with your ears. | 17 "Listen carefully to my words. Hear my declaration. | 17 Hear diligently my speech. Let my declaration be in your ears. | 17 Hear attentively my speech and my declaration with your ears. | 18 "Behold now, I have prepared my case; I know that I will be vindicated. | 18 Behold now, I have ordered my cause; I know that I shall be justified. | 18 I have prepared my case. I know that I will be declared righteous. | 18 See now, I have set my cause in order. I know that I am righteous. | 18 Behold now, I have ordered the cause; I know that I shall be justified. | 19 "Who will contend with me? For then I would be silent and die. | 19 Who is he that will plead with me? for now, if I hold my tongue, I shall give up the ghost. | 19 Who can make a case against me? If someone could, I'd be silent and die. | 19 Who is he who will contend with me? For then would I hold my peace and give up the spirit. | 19 Who is he that contendeth with me? For if I were silent now, I should expire. | 20 "Only two things do not do to me, Then I will not hide from Your face: | 20 Only do not two things unto me: then will I not hide myself from thee. | 20 "Please don't do two things to me so that I won't have to hide from you: | 20 "Only don't do two things to me; then I will not hide myself from your face: | 20 Only do not two things unto me; then will I not hide myself from thee. | NASB | KJV | GWT | WEB | DBY |
| 21 Remove Your hand from me, And let not the dread of You terrify me. | 21 Withdraw thine hand far from me: and let not thy dread make me afraid. | 21 Stop oppressing me. Don't let your terror frighten me. | 21 withdraw your hand far from me; and don't let your terror make me afraid. | 21 Withdraw thy hand far from me; and let not thy terror make me afraid: | 22 "Then call, and I will answer; Or let me speak, then reply to me. | 22 Then call thou, and I will answer: or let me speak, and answer thou me. | 22 Then call, and I'll answer. Otherwise, I'll speak, and you'll answer me. | 22 Then call, and I will answer; or let me speak, and you answer me. | 22 Then call, and I will answer; or I will speak, and answer thou me. | 23 "How many are my iniquities and sins? Make known to me my rebellion and my sin. | 23 How many are mine iniquities and sins? make me to know my transgression and my sin. | 23 How many crimes and sins have I committed? Make me aware of my disobedience and my sin. | 23 How many are my iniquities and sins? Make me know my disobedience and my sin. | 23 How many are mine iniquities and sins? Make me to know my transgression and my sin. | 24 "Why do You hide Your face And consider me Your enemy? | 24 Wherefore hidest thou thy face, and holdest me for thine enemy? | 24 Why do you hide your face [from me] and consider me your enemy? | 24 Why hide you your face, and hold me for your enemy? | 24 Wherefore dost thou hide thy face, and countest me for thine enemy? | 25 "Will You cause a driven leaf to tremble? Or will You pursue the dry chaff? | 25 Wilt thou break a leaf driven to and fro? and wilt thou pursue the dry stubble? | 25 Are you trying to make a fluttering leaf tremble or trying to chase dry husks? | 25 Will you harass a driven leaf? Will you pursue the dry stubble? | 25 Wilt thou terrify a driven leaf? and wilt thou pursue dry stubble? | NASB | KJV | GWT | WEB | DBY |
| 26 "For You write bitter things against me And make me to inherit the iniquities of my youth. | 26 For thou writest bitter things against me, and makest me to possess the iniquities of my youth. | 26 You write down bitter accusations against me. You make me suffer for the sins of my youth. | 26 For you write bitter things against me, and make me inherit the iniquities of my youth: | 26 For thou writest bitter things against me, and makest me to possess the iniquities of my youth; | 27 "You put my feet in the stocks And watch all my paths; You set a limit for the soles of my feet, | 27 Thou puttest my feet also in the stocks, and lookest narrowly unto all my paths; thou settest a print upon the heels of my feet. | 27 You put my feet in shackles. You follow my trail by engraving marks on the soles of my feet. | 27 You also put my feet in the stocks, and mark all my paths. You set a bound to the soles of my feet, | 27 And thou puttest my feet in the stocks, and markest all my paths; thou settest a bound about the soles of my feet; -- | 28 While I am decaying like a rotten thing, Like a garment that is moth-eaten. | 28 And he, as a rotten thing, consumeth, as a garment that is moth eaten. | 28 I am like worn-out wineskins, like moth-eaten clothes. | 28 though I am decaying like a rotten thing, like a garment that is moth-eaten. | 28 One who, as a rotten thing consumeth, as a garment that the moth eateth. |
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