Job 13 Parallel Bible Translations

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1 All this my eye has seen; my ear has heard and perceived 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 What you know, I also know; I do not fall short of 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 But I would speak with the Almighty; I want to argue with 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 gloss over falsehoods, you are worthless physicians, every one of you! 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 Oh, that you would be altogether silent; that for you 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 Hear now my argument and listen to the accusations from my lips. Hear now my argument and listen to the pleadings of my lips. Hear now my argument; listen to the pleas of my lips.
7 Is it for God that you speak falsehood? Is it for him that you utter deceit? 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 Is it for him that you show partiality? Do you make accusations on behalf of God? 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 be well when he shall search you out? Can you deceive him as you do a mere human being? 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 He will openly rebuke you if in secret you show partiality. He will surely rebuke you if in secret you show partiality. He would surely call you to account if you secretly showed partiality.
11 Surely his majesty will frighten you and dread 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 reminders are ashy maxims, your fabrications mounds of clay. 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 silent! Let me alone that I may speak, no matter what happens to me. “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 will carry my flesh between my teeth, and take my life in my hand. 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 Slay me though he might, I will wait for him; I will defend my conduct before him. 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 shall be my salvation: no impious man can come into his presence. 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 Pay close attention to my speech, give my statement a hearing. 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 Behold, I have prepared my case, I know that I am in the right. 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 If anyone can make a case against me, then I shall be silent and expire. 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 Two things only do not use against me, then from your presence I need not hide: 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 Withdraw your hand far from me, do not let the terror of you 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 me, and I will respond; or let me speak first, and 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 What are my faults and my sins? My misdeed, my sin make known to me! 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 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 Will you harass a wind-driven leaf or pursue a withered straw? Will you frighten a driven leaf and pursue dry chaff? Will you torment a windblown leaf? Will you chase after dry chaff?
26 For you draw up bitter indictments against me, and punish in me the faults 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 the stocks; you watch all my paths and trace out all my footsteps, 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 Though I wear out like a leather bottle, like a garment the moth has consumed. 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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