Job 10 Parallel Bible Translations

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1 MY soul is weary of my life; I have reasoned in my judgment; I will speak in the bitterness of my soul. “I loathe my life; I will give free utterance to my complaint; I will speak in the bitterness of my soul. “I loathe my very life; therefore I will give free rein to my complaint and speak out in the bitterness of my soul.
2 I will say to God. Do not condemn me; show me why thou dost contend with me. I will say to God, Do not condemn me; let me know why you contend against me. I say to God: Do not declare me guilty, but tell me what charges you have against me.
3 Is it not enough to thee that thou shouldst oppress, that thou shouldst despise the work of thy hands, and regard the counsel of the wicked? Does it seem good to you to oppress, to despise the work of your hands and favor the designs of the wicked? Does it please you to oppress me, to spurn the work of your hands, while you smile on the plans of the wicked?
4 Hast thou eyes of flesh? Or seest thou as a man sees? Have you eyes of flesh? Do you see as man sees? Do you have eyes of flesh? Do you see as a mortal sees?
5 Are thy days as the days of men? Are thy years as man's days? Are your days as the days of man, or your years as a man’s years, Are your days like those of a mortal or your years like those of a strong man,
6 That thou enquirest after my iniquity, and searchest after my sins? that you seek out my iniquity and search for my sin, that you must search out my faults and probe after my sin—
7 Thou knowest that I am innocent; and there is none that can deliver himself out of thy hands. although you know that I am not guilty, and there is none to deliver out of your hand? though you know that I am not guilty and that no one can rescue me from your hand?
8 Thy hands have made me and fashioned me: and afterward thou wishest to condemn me, and to destroy me. Your hands fashioned and made me, and now you have destroyed me altogether. “Your hands shaped me and made me. Will you now turn and destroy me?
9 Remember that thou hast made me as clay; and wilt thou bring me into dust again? Remember that you have made me like clay; and will you return me to the dust? Remember that you molded me like clay. Will you now turn me to dust again?
10 Thou hast churned me as milk, and curdled me as cheese. Did you not pour me out like milk and curdle me like cheese? Did you not pour me out like milk and curdle me like cheese,
11 Thou hast clothed me with skin and flesh, and hast strengthened me with bones and sinews. You clothed me with skin and flesh, and knit me together with bones and sinews. clothe me with skin and flesh and knit me together with bones and sinews?
12 Thou hast granted me life and peace, and thy commandments have preserved my spirit. You have granted me life and steadfast love, and your care has preserved my spirit. You gave me life and showed me kindness, and in your providence watched over my spirit.
13 And these things hast thou hid in thy heart; I know that this is in thy mind. Yet these things you hid in your heart; I know that this was your purpose. “But this is what you concealed in your heart, and I know that this was in your mind:
14 if I sin, then thou dost watch me, and thou dost not acquit me from my iniquity. If I sin, you watch me and do not acquit me of my iniquity. If I sinned, you would be watching me and would not let my offense go unpunished.
15 If I be wicked, woe is me! and if I be righteous, still I cannot lift up my head. I have enough of reproach; I have seen my affliction. If I am guilty, woe to me! If I am in the right, I cannot lift up my head, for I am filled with disgrace and look on my affliction. If I am guilty—woe to me! Even if I am innocent, I cannot lift my head, for I am full of shame and drowned in my affliction.
16 And if I exalt myself, thou dost hunt me like a lion, and then thou dost turn and show thyself gigantic over me. And were my head lifted up, you would hunt me like a lion and again work wonders against me. If I hold my head high, you stalk me like a lion and again display your awesome power against me.
17 Thou hast set thy armor against me, and increasest thy indignation toward me. Thou dost array one host after another against me. You renew your witnesses against me and increase your vexation toward me; you bring fresh troops against me. You bring new witnesses against me and increase your anger toward me; your forces come against me wave upon wave.
18 Wherefore then hast thou brought me forth out of the womb? Would that I had died, and no eye had seen me! “Why did you bring me out from the womb? Would that I had died before any eye had seen me “Why then did you bring me out of the womb? I wish I had died before any eye saw me.
19 I should have been as though I had not lived; I should have been carried from the womb to the grave. and were as though I had not been, carried from the womb to the grave. If only I had never come into being, or had been carried straight from the womb to the grave!
20 The days of my life are few; let me alone, that I may be quiet and rest a little Are not my days few? Then cease, and leave me alone, that I may find a little cheer Are not my few days almost over? Turn away from me so I can have a moment’s joy
21 Before I go from whence I shall not return, even to the land of darkness and the shadow of death. before I go—and I shall not return— to the land of darkness and deep shadow, before I go to the place of no return, to the land of gloom and utter darkness,
22 A land of loneliness and deep darkness, and of the shadow of death, without any order or time; wearisome like a deep pit. the land of gloom like thick darkness, like deep shadow without any order, where light is as thick darkness.” to the land of deepest night, of utter darkness and disorder, where even the light is like darkness.”
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