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Job’s Present State Is Humiliating | ||||
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| 1 "But now those younger than I mock me, Whose fathers I disdained to put with the dogs of my flock. | 1 But now they that are younger than I have me in derision, whose fathers I would have disdained to have set with the dogs of my flock. | 1 "But now those who are younger than I am laugh at me. I didn't think their fathers were fit to sit with the dogs of my flock. | 1 "But now those who are younger than I have me in derision, whose fathers I would have disdained to put with my sheep dogs. | 1 But now they that are younger than I have me in derision, whose fathers I would have disdained to set with the dogs of my flock. | 2 "Indeed, what good was the strength of their hands to me? Vigor had perished from them. | 2 Yea, whereto might the strength of their hands profit me, in whom old age was perished? | 2 Of what use to me was the strength of their hands? Their strength is gone. | 2 Of what use is the strength of their hands to me, men in whom ripe age has perished? | 2 Yea, whereto should the strength of their hands profit me, men in whom vigour hath perished? | 3 "From want and famine they are gaunt Who gnaw the dry ground by night in waste and desolation, | 3 For want and famine they were solitary; fleeing into the wilderness in former time desolate and waste. | 3 Shriveled up from need and hunger, they gnaw at the dry and barren ground during the night. | 3 They are gaunt from lack and famine. They gnaw the dry ground, in the gloom of waste and desolation. | 3 Withered up through want and hunger, they flee into waste places long since desolate and desert: | 4 Who pluck mallow by the bushes, And whose food is the root of the broom shrub. | 4 Who cut up mallows by the bushes, and juniper roots for their meat. | 4 They pick saltwort from the underbrush, and the roots of the broom plant are their food. | 4 They pluck salt herbs by the bushes. The roots of the broom are their food. | 4 They gather the salt-wort among the bushes, and the roots of the broom for their food. | 5 "They are driven from the community; They shout against them as against a thief, | 5 They were driven forth from among men, (they cried after them as after a thief;) | 5 They are driven from the community. People shout at them in the same way they shout at thieves. | 5 They are driven out from the midst of men. They cry after them as after a thief; | 5 They are driven forth from among men they cry after them as after a thief -- | NASB | KJV | GWT | WEB | DBY |
| 6 So that they dwell in dreadful valleys, In holes of the earth and of the rocks. | 6 To dwell in the cliffs of the valleys, in caves of the earth, and in the rocks. | 6 They have to live in dry riverbeds, in holes in the ground, and among rocks. | 6 So that they dwell in frightful valleys, and in holes of the earth and of the rocks. | 6 To dwell in gloomy gorges, in caves of the earth and the rocks: | 7 "Among the bushes they cry out; Under the nettles they are gathered together. | 7 Among the bushes they brayed; under the nettles they were gathered together. | 7 They howl in bushes and huddle together under thornbushes. | 7 Among the bushes they bray; and under the nettles they are gathered together. | 7 They bray among the bushes; under the brambles they are gathered together: | 8 "Fools, even those without a name, They were scourged from the land. | 8 They were children of fools, yea, children of base men: they were viler than the earth. | 8 Godless fools and worthless people are forced out of the land with whips. | 8 They are children of fools, yes, children of base men. They were flogged out of the land. | 8 Sons of fools, and sons of nameless sires, they are driven out of the land. | 9 "And now I have become their taunt, I have even become a byword to them. | 9 And now am I their song, yea, I am their byword. | 9 "And now they make fun of me with songs. I have become a joke to them. | 9 "Now I have become their song. Yes, I am a byword to them. | 9 And now I am their song, yea, I am their byword. | 10 "They abhor me and stand aloof from me, And they do not refrain from spitting at my face. | 10 They abhor me, they flee far from me, and spare not to spit in my face. | 10 Since they consider me disgusting, they keep their distance from me and don't hesitate to spit in my face. | 10 They abhor me, they stand aloof from me, and don't hesitate to spit in my face. | 10 They abhor me, they stand aloof from me, yea, they spare not to spit in my face. | NASB | KJV | GWT | WEB | DBY |
| 11 "Because He has loosed His bowstring and afflicted me, They have cast off the bridle before me. | 11 Because he hath loosed my cord, and afflicted me, they have also let loose the bridle before me. | 11 Because God has untied my cord and has made me suffer, they are no longer restrained in my presence. | 11 For he has untied his cord, and afflicted me; and they have thrown off restraint before me. | 11 For he hath loosed my cord and afflicted me; so they cast off the bridle before me. | 12 "On the right hand their brood arises; They thrust aside my feet and build up against me their ways of destruction. | 12 Upon my right hand rise the youth; they push away my feet, and they raise up against me the ways of their destruction. | 12 They have attacked me on my right side like a mob. They trip my feet and then prepare ways to destroy me. | 12 On my right hand rise the rabble. They thrust aside my feet, They cast up against me their ways of destruction. | 12 At my right hand rise the young brood; they push away my feet, and raise up against me their pernicious ways; | 13 "They break up my path, They profit from my destruction; No one restrains them. | 13 They mar my path, they set forward my calamity, they have no helper. | 13 Yes, they remove all traces of my path in order to destroy me. No one is there to help me against them. | 13 They mar my path, They set forward my calamity, without anyone's help. | 13 They mar my path, they set forward my calamity, without any to help them; | 14 "As through a wide breach they come, Amid the tempest they roll on. | 14 They came upon me as a wide breaking in of waters: in the desolation they rolled themselves upon me. | 14 They come through a wide hole [in the wall]. They crawl through the ruins. | 14 As through a wide breach they come, in the midst of the ruin they roll themselves in. | 14 They come in as through a wide breach: amid the confusion they roll themselves onward. | 15 "Terrors are turned against me; They pursue my honor as the wind, And my prosperity has passed away like a cloud. | 15 Terrors are turned upon me: they pursue my soul as the wind: and my welfare passeth away as a cloud. | 15 Terrors are directed toward me. They blow away my dignity like the wind. My prosperity vanishes like a cloud. | 15 Terrors have turned on me. They chase my honor as the wind. My welfare has passed away as a cloud. | 15 Terrors are turned against me; they pursue mine honour as the wind; and my welfare is passed away like a cloud. | NASB | KJV | GWT | WEB | DBY |
| 16 "And now my soul is poured out within me; Days of affliction have seized me. | 16 And now my soul is poured out upon me; the days of affliction have taken hold upon me. | 16 "Now my life is pouring out of me. Days of suffering seize me. | 16 "Now my soul is poured out within me. Days of affliction have taken hold on me. | 16 And now my soul is poured out in me; days of affliction have taken hold upon me. | 17 "At night it pierces my bones within me, And my gnawing pains take no rest. | 17 My bones are pierced in me in the night season: and my sinews take no rest. | 17 At night God pierces my bones. My body doesn't rest. | 17 In the night season my bones are pierced in me, and the pains that gnaw me take no rest. | 17 The night pierceth through my bones and detacheth them from me, and my gnawing pains take no rest: | 18 "By a great force my garment is distorted; It binds me about as the collar of my coat. | 18 By the great force of my disease is my garment changed: it bindeth me about as the collar of my coat. | 18 With great strength he grabs my clothes. He seizes me by the collar of my robe. | 18 By great force is my garment disfigured. It binds me about as the collar of my coat. | 18 By their great force they have become my raiment; they bind me about as the collar of my coat. | 19 "He has cast me into the mire, And I have become like dust and ashes. | 19 He hath cast me into the mire, and I am become like dust and ashes. | 19 He throws me into the dirt so that I become like dust and ashes. | 19 He has cast me into the mire. I have become like dust and ashes. | 19 He hath cast me into the mire, and I have become like dust and ashes. | 20 "I cry out to You for help, but You do not answer me; I stand up, and You turn Your attention against me. | 20 I cry unto thee, and thou dost not hear me: I stand up, and thou regardest me not. | 20 "I call to you for help, but you don't answer me. I stand up, but you just look at me. | 20 I cry to you, and you do not answer me. I stand up, and you gaze at me. | 20 I cry unto thee, and thou answerest me not; I stand up, and thou lookest at me. | NASB | KJV | GWT | WEB | DBY |
| 21 "You have become cruel to me; With the might of Your hand You persecute me. | 21 Thou art become cruel to me: with thy strong hand thou opposest thyself against me. | 21 You have begun to treat me cruelly. With your mighty hand you assault me. | 21 You have turned to be cruel to me. With the might of your hand you persecute me. | 21 Thou art changed to a cruel one to me; with the strength of thy hand thou pursuest me. | 22 "You lift me up to the wind and cause me to ride; And You dissolve me in a storm. | 22 Thou liftest me up to the wind; thou causest me to ride upon it, and dissolvest my substance. | 22 You pick me up and let the wind carry me away. You toss me around with a storm. | 22 You lift me up to the wind, and drive me with it. You dissolve me in the storm. | 22 Thou liftest me up to the wind; thou causest me to be borne away, and dissolvest my substance. | 23 "For I know that You will bring me to death And to the house of meeting for all living. | 23 For I know that thou wilt bring me to death, and to the house appointed for all living. | 23 I know you will lead me to death, to the dwelling place appointed for all living beings. | 23 For I know that you will bring me to death, To the house appointed for all living. | 23 For I know that thou wilt bring me to death, and into the house of assemblage for all living. | 24 "Yet does not one in a heap of ruins stretch out his hand, Or in his disaster therefore cry out for help? | 24 Howbeit he will not stretch out his hand to the grave, though they cry in his destruction. | 24 "But God doesn't stretch out his hand against one who is ruined when that person calls for help in his disaster. | 24 "However doesn't one stretch out a hand in his fall? Or in his calamity therefore cry for help? | 24 Indeed, no prayer availeth when he stretcheth out his hand: though they cry when he destroyeth. | 25 "Have I not wept for the one whose life is hard? Was not my soul grieved for the needy? | 25 Did not I weep for him that was in trouble? was not my soul grieved for the poor? | 25 Didn't I cry for the person whose days were difficult? Didn't my soul grieve for the poor? | 25 Didn't I weep for him who was in trouble? Wasn't my soul grieved for the needy? | 25 Did not I weep for him whose days were hard? was not my soul grieved for the needy? | NASB | KJV | GWT | WEB | DBY |
| 26 "When I expected good, then evil came; When I waited for light, then darkness came. | 26 When I looked for good, then evil came unto me: and when I waited for light, there came darkness. | 26 When I waited for good, evil came. When I looked for light, darkness came. | 26 When I looked for good, then evil came; When I waited for light, there came darkness. | 26 For I expected good, and there came evil; and I waited for light, but there came darkness. | 27 "I am seething within and cannot relax; Days of affliction confront me. | 27 My bowels boiled, and rested not: the days of affliction prevented me. | 27 My insides are churning and won't calm down. Days of misery are ahead of me. | 27 My heart is troubled, and doesn't rest. Days of affliction have come on me. | 27 My bowels well up, and rest not; days of affliction have confronted me. | 28 "I go about mourning without comfort; I stand up in the assembly and cry out for help. | 28 I went mourning without the sun: I stood up, and I cried in the congregation. | 28 I walk in the dark without the sun. I stand up in public and call for help. | 28 I go mourning without the sun. I stand up in the assembly, and cry for help. | 28 I go about blackened, but not by the sun; I stand up, I cry in the congregation. | 29 "I have become a brother to jackals And a companion of ostriches. | 29 I am a brother to dragons, and a companion to owls. | 29 I'm a brother to jackals and a companion of ostriches. | 29 I am a brother to jackals, and a companion to ostriches. | 29 I am become a brother to jackals, and a companion of ostriches. | 30 "My skin turns black on me, And my bones burn with fever. | 30 My skin is black upon me, and my bones are burned with heat. | 30 My skin turns dark and peels. My body burns with fever. | 30 My skin grows black and peels from me. My bones are burned with heat. | 30 My skin is become black and falleth off me, and my bones are parched with heat. | NASB | KJV | GWT | WEB | DBY |
| 31 "Therefore my harp is turned to mourning, And my flute to the sound of those who weep. | 31 My harp also is turned to mourning, and my organ into the voice of them that weep. | 31 So my lyre is used for mourning and my flute for loud weeping. | 31 Therefore my harp has turned to mourning, and my pipe into the voice of those who weep. | 31 My harp also is turned to mourning, and my pipe into the voice of weepers. |
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