Job 13 Parallel Bible Translations

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1 |My eye has certainly seen all of this! My ear has heard and understood it. “Behold, my eye has seen all this, my ear has heard and understood it. “My eyes have seen all this, my ears have heard and understood it.
2 After all, I know it as well as you do. I am not inferior to you. What you know, I also know; I am not inferior to you. What you know, I also know; I am not inferior to you.
3 However, I want to speak to the Almighty, and I wish to argue my case in front of God. But I would speak to the Almighty, and I desire to argue my case with God. But I desire to speak to the Almighty and to argue my case with God.
4 But you are smearing me with lies. All of you are worthless physicians. As for you, you whitewash with lies; worthless physicians are you all. You, however, smear me with lies; you are worthless physicians, all of you!
5 I wish you would keep silent. For you, that would be wisdom. Oh that you would keep silent, and it would be your wisdom! If only you would be altogether silent! For you, that would be wisdom.
6 Please listen to my argument, and pay attention to my plea. Hear now my argument and listen to the pleadings of my lips. Hear now my argument; listen to the pleas of my lips.
7 |Will you talk wickedly for God and talk deceitfully on his behalf? Will you speak falsely for God and speak deceitfully for him? Will you speak wickedly on God’s behalf? Will you speak deceitfully for him?
8 Will you favor him [as] if you were arguing in court on God's behalf? Will you show partiality toward him? Will you plead the case for God? Will you show him partiality? Will you argue the case for God?
9 Will it go well when he cross-examines you? Will you try to trick him as one mortal tricks another? Will it be well with you when he searches you out? Or can you deceive him, as one deceives a man? Would it turn out well if he examined you? Could you deceive him as you might deceive a mortal?
10 Will he really defend you if you secretly favor [him]? He will surely rebuke you if in secret you show partiality. He would surely call you to account if you secretly showed partiality.
11 Doesn't his majesty terrify you? Doesn't the fear of him fall upon you? Will not his majesty terrify you, and the dread of him fall upon you? Would not his splendor terrify you? Would not the dread of him fall on you?
12 |Your recollections are worthless proverbs. Your answers are absolutely useless. Your maxims are proverbs of ashes; your defenses are defenses of clay. Your maxims are proverbs of ashes; your defenses are defenses of clay.
13 Be quiet, because I want to speak. Let whatever may happen to me [happen]! “Let me have silence, and I will speak, and let come on me what may. “Keep silent and let me speak; then let come to me what may.
14 I am biting off more than I can chew and taking my life in my own hands. Why should I take my flesh in my teeth and put my life in my hand? Why do I put myself in jeopardy and take my life in my hands?
15 If God would kill me, I would have no hope [left]. Nevertheless, I will defend my behavior to his face. Though he slay me, I will hope in him; yet I will argue my ways to his face. Though he slay me, yet will I hope in him; I will surely defend my ways to his face.
16 This also will be my salvation because no godless person could face him. This will be my salvation, that the godless shall not come before him. Indeed, this will turn out for my deliverance, for no godless person would dare come before him!
17 |Listen carefully to my words. Hear my declaration. Keep listening to my words, and let my declaration be in your ears. Listen carefully to what I say; let my words ring in your ears.
18 I have prepared my case. I know that I will be declared righteous. Behold, I have prepared my case; I know that I shall be in the right. Now that I have prepared my case, I know I will be vindicated.
19 Who can make a case against me? If someone could, I'd be silent and die. Who is there who will contend with me? For then I would be silent and die. Can anyone bring charges against me? If so, I will be silent and die.
20 |Please don't do two things to me so that I won't have to hide from you: Only grant me two things, then I will not hide myself from your face: “Only grant me these two things, God, and then I will not hide from you:
21 Stop oppressing me. Don't let your terror frighten me. withdraw your hand far from me, and let not dread of you terrify me. Withdraw your hand far from me, and stop frightening me with your terrors.
22 Then call, and I'll answer. Otherwise, I'll speak, and you'll answer me. Then call, and I will answer; or let me speak, and you reply to me. Then summon me and I will answer, or let me speak, and you reply to me.
23 How many crimes and sins have I committed? Make me aware of my disobedience and my sin. How many are my iniquities and my sins? Make me know my transgression and my sin. How many wrongs and sins have I committed? Show me my offense and my sin.
24 Why do you hide your face [from me] and consider me your enemy? Why do you hide your face and count me as your enemy? Why do you hide your face and consider me your enemy?
25 Are you trying to make a fluttering leaf tremble or trying to chase dry husks? Will you frighten a driven leaf and pursue dry chaff? Will you torment a windblown leaf? Will you chase after dry chaff?
26 You write down bitter accusations against me. You make me suffer for the sins of my youth. For you write bitter things against me and make me inherit the iniquities of my youth. For you write down bitter things against me and make me reap the sins of my youth.
27 You put my feet in shackles. You follow my trail by engraving marks on the soles of my feet. You put my feet in the stocks and watch all my paths; you set a limit for the soles of my feet. You fasten my feet in shackles; you keep close watch on all my paths by putting marks on the soles of my feet.
28 I am like worn-out wineskins, like moth-eaten clothes. Man wastes away like a rotten thing, like a garment that is moth-eaten. “So man wastes away like something rotten, like a garment eaten by moths.
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