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Job Feels Insulted | ||||
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| 1 Then Job responded, | 1 Then Job answered and said, | 1 Then Job replied [to his friends], | 1 Then Job answered, | 1 And Job answered and said, | 2 "How long will you torment me And crush me with words? | 2 How long will ye vex my soul, and break me in pieces with words? | 2 "How long will you torment me and depress me with words? | 2 "How long will you torment me, and crush me with words? | 2 How long will ye vex my soul, and crush me with words? | 3 "These ten times you have insulted me; You are not ashamed to wrong me. | 3 These ten times have ye reproached me: ye are not ashamed that ye make yourselves strange to me. | 3 You have insulted me ten times now. You're not even ashamed of mistreating me. | 3 You have reproached me ten times. You aren't ashamed that you attack me. | 3 These ten times have ye reproached me; ye are not ashamed to stupefy me. | 4 "Even if I have truly erred, My error lodges with me. | 4 And be it indeed that I have erred, mine error remaineth with myself. | 4 Even if it were true that I've made a mistake without realizing it, my mistake would affect only me. | 4 If it is true that I have erred, my error remains with myself. | 4 And be it that I have erred, mine error remaineth with myself. | 5 "If indeed you vaunt yourselves against me And prove my disgrace to me, | 5 If indeed ye will magnify yourselves against me, and plead against me my reproach: | 5 If you are trying to make yourselves look better than me by using my disgrace as an argument against me, | 5 If indeed you will magnify yourselves against me, and plead against me my reproach; | 5 If indeed ye will magnify yourselves against me, and prove against me my reproach, | NASB | KJV | GWT | WEB | DBY |
| 6 Know then that God has wronged me And has closed His net around me. | 6 Know now that God hath overthrown me, and hath compassed me with his net. | 6 then I want you to know that God has wronged me and surrounded me with his net. | 6 know now that God has subverted me, and has surrounded me with his net. | 6 Know now that +God hath overthrown me, and hath surrounded me with his net. | Everything Is against Him |
| 7 "Behold, I cry, 'Violence!' but I get no answer; I shout for help, but there is no justice. | 7 Behold, I cry out of wrong, but I am not heard: I cry aloud, but there is no judgment. | 7 Indeed, I cry, 'Help! I'm being attacked!' but I get no response. I call for help, but there is no justice. | 7 "Behold, I cry out of wrong, but I am not heard. I cry for help, but there is no justice. | 7 Behold, I cry out of wrong, and I am not heard; I cry aloud, but there is no judgment. | 8 "He has walled up my way so that I cannot pass, And He has put darkness on my paths. | 8 He hath fenced up my way that I cannot pass, and he hath set darkness in my paths. | 8 "God has blocked my path so that I can't go on. He has made my paths dark. | 8 He has walled up my way so that I can't pass, and has set darkness in my paths. | 8 He hath hedged up my way that I cannot pass, and he hath set darkness in my paths. | 9 "He has stripped my honor from me And removed the crown from my head. | 9 He hath stripped me of my glory, and taken the crown from my head. | 9 He has stripped me of my honor. He has taken the crown off my head. | 9 He has stripped me of my glory, and taken the crown from my head. | 9 He hath stripped me of my glory, and taken the crown from my head. | 10 "He breaks me down on every side, and I am gone; And He has uprooted my hope like a tree. | 10 He hath destroyed me on every side, and I am gone: and mine hope hath he removed like a tree. | 10 He beats me down on every side until I'm gone. He uproots my hope like a tree. | 10 He has broken me down on every side, and I am gone. My hope he has plucked up like a tree. | 10 He breaketh me down on every side, and I am gone; and my hope hath he torn up as a tree. | NASB | KJV | GWT | WEB | DBY |
| 11 "He has also kindled His anger against me And considered me as His enemy. | 11 He hath also kindled his wrath against me, and he counteth me unto him as one of his enemies. | 11 He is very angry at me. He considers me to be his enemy. | 11 He has also kindled his wrath against me. He counts me among his adversaries. | 11 And he hath kindled his anger against me, and hath counted me unto him as one of his enemies. | 12 "His troops come together, And build up their way against me And camp around my tent. | 12 His troops come together, and raise up their way against me, and encamp round about my tabernacle. | 12 His troops assemble against me. They build a ramp to attack me and camp around my tent. | 12 His troops come on together, build a siege ramp against me, and encamp around my tent. | 12 His troops have come together and cast up their way against me, and have encamped round about my tent. | 13 "He has removed my brothers far from me, And my acquaintances are completely estranged from me. | 13 He hath put my brethren far from me, and mine acquaintance are verily estranged from me. | 13 "My brothers stay far away from me. My friends are complete strangers to me. | 13 "He has put my brothers far from me. My acquaintances are wholly estranged from me. | 13 He hath put my brethren far from me, and mine acquaintance are quite estranged from me. | 14 "My relatives have failed, And my intimate friends have forgotten me. | 14 My kinsfolk have failed, and my familiar friends have forgotten me. | 14 My relatives and my closest friends have stopped coming. My house guests have forgotten me. | 14 My relatives have gone away. My familiar friends have forgotten me. | 14 My kinsfolk have failed, and my known friends have forgotten me. | 15 "Those who live in my house and my maids consider me a stranger. I am a foreigner in their sight. | 15 They that dwell in mine house, and my maids, count me for a stranger: I am an alien in their sight. | 15 My female slaves consider me to be a stranger. I am like a foreigner to them. | 15 Those who dwell in my house, and my maids, count me for a stranger. I am an alien in their sight. | 15 The sojourners in my house and my maids count me as a stranger; I am an alien in their sight. | NASB | KJV | GWT | WEB | DBY |
| 16 "I call to my servant, but he does not answer; I have to implore him with my mouth. | 16 I called my servant, and he gave me no answer; I intreated him with my mouth. | 16 I call my slave, but he doesn't answer, though I beg him. | 16 I call to my servant, and he gives me no answer. I beg him with my mouth. | 16 I called my servant, and he answered not; I entreated him with my mouth. | 17 "My breath is offensive to my wife, And I am loathsome to my own brothers. | 17 My breath is strange to my wife, though I intreated for the children's sake of mine own body. | 17 My breath offends my wife. I stink to my own children. | 17 My breath is offensive to my wife. I am loathsome to the children of my own mother. | 17 My breath is strange to my wife, and my entreaties to the children of my mother's womb. | 18 "Even young children despise me; I rise up and they speak against me. | 18 Yea, young children despised me; I arose, and they spake against me. | 18 Even young children despise me. If I stand up, they make fun of me. | 18 Even young children despise me. If I arise, they speak against me. | 18 Even young children despise me; I rise up, and they speak against me. | 19 "All my associates abhor me, And those I love have turned against me. | 19 All my inward friends abhorred me: and they whom I loved are turned against me. | 19 All my closest friends are disgusted with me. Those I love have turned against me. | 19 All my familiar friends abhor me. They whom I loved have turned against me. | 19 All my intimate friends abhor me, and they whom I loved are turned against me. | 20 "My bone clings to my skin and my flesh, And I have escaped only by the skin of my teeth. | 20 My bone cleaveth to my skin and to my flesh, and I am escaped with the skin of my teeth. | 20 I am skin and bones, and I have escaped only by the skin of my teeth. | 20 My bones stick to my skin and to my flesh. I have escaped by the skin of my teeth. | 20 My bones cleave to my skin and to my flesh, and I am escaped with the skin of my teeth. | NASB | KJV | GWT | WEB | DBY |
| 21 "Pity me, pity me, O you my friends, For the hand of God has struck me. | 21 Have pity upon me, have pity upon me, O ye my friends; for the hand of God hath touched me. | 21 "Have pity on me, my friends! Have pity on me because God's hand has struck me down. | 21 "Have pity on me, have pity on me, you my friends; for the hand of God has touched me. | 21 Have pity upon me, have pity upon me, ye my friends; for the hand of +God hath touched me. | 22 "Why do you persecute me as God does, And are not satisfied with my flesh? | 22 Why do ye persecute me as God, and are not satisfied with my flesh? | 22 Why do you pursue me as God does? Why are you never satisfied with my flesh? | 22 Why do you persecute me as God, and are not satisfied with my flesh? | 22 Why do ye persecute me as �God, and are not satisfied with my flesh? | Job Says, “My Redeemer Lives” |
| 23 "Oh that my words were written! Oh that they were inscribed in a book! | 23 Oh that my words were now written! oh that they were printed in a book! | 23 "I wish now my words were written. I wish they were inscribed on a scroll. | 23 "Oh that my words were now written! Oh that they were inscribed in a book! | 23 Oh would that my words were written! oh that they were inscribed in a book! | 24 "That with an iron stylus and lead They were engraved in the rock forever! | 24 That they were graven with an iron pen and lead in the rock for ever! | 24 I wish they were forever engraved on a rock with an iron stylus and lead. | 24 That with an iron pen and lead they were engraved in the rock forever! | 24 That with an iron style and lead they were graven in the rock for ever! | 25 "As for me, I know that my Redeemer lives, And at the last He will take His stand on the earth. | 25 For I know that my redeemer liveth, and that he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth: | 25 But I know that my defender lives, and afterwards, he will rise on the earth. | 25 But as for me, I know that my Redeemer lives. In the end, he will stand upon the earth. | 25 And as for me, I know that my Redeemer liveth, and the Last, he shall stand upon the earth; | NASB | KJV | GWT | WEB | DBY |
| 26 "Even after my skin is destroyed, Yet from my flesh I shall see God; | 26 And though after my skin worms destroy this body, yet in my flesh shall I see God: | 26 Even after my skin has been stripped off my body, I will see God in my own flesh. | 26 After my skin is destroyed, then in my flesh shall I see God, | 26 And if after my skin this shall be destroyed, yet from out of my flesh shall I see +God; | 27 Whom I myself shall behold, And whom my eyes will see and not another. My heart faints within me! | 27 Whom I shall see for myself, and mine eyes shall behold, and not another; though my reins be consumed within me. | 27 I will see him with my own eyes, not with someone else's. My heart fails inside me! | 27 Whom I, even I, shall see on my side. My eyes shall see, and not as a stranger. "My heart is consumed within me. | 27 Whom I shall see for myself, and mine eyes shall behold, and not another: my reins are consumed within me. | 28 "If you say, 'How shall we persecute him?' And 'What pretext for a case against him can we find?' | 28 But ye should say, Why persecute we him, seeing the root of the matter is found in me? | 28 "You say, 'We will persecute him! The root of the problem is found in him.' | 28 If you say, 'How we will persecute him!' because the root of the matter is found in me, | 28 If ye say, How shall we persecute him? when the root of the matter is found in me, | 29 "Then be afraid of the sword for yourselves, For wrath brings the punishment of the sword, So that you may know there is judgment." | 29 Be ye afraid of the sword: for wrath bringeth the punishments of the sword, that ye may know there is a judgment. | 29 Fear death, because [your anger] is punishable by death. Then you will know there is a judge." Here Is My Answer | 29 be afraid of the sword, for wrath brings the punishments of the sword, that you may know there is a judgment." | 29 Be ye yourselves afraid of the sword! for the sword is fury against misdeeds, that ye may know there is a judgment. |
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