Job 13 Parallel Bible Translations

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1 Behold all mine eye saw, and mine ear heard, and it will understand for 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 According to your knowledge I knew also: I fall not more than 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 will speak to the Almighty; I shall delight to plead before 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 And on the contrary, ye devise falsehood; physicians all of you for nothing. 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 Who will give silence? Ye shall be silent, and it shall be to you for 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 proof, and attend to the pleadings of 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 Will ye speak wickedness for God? and will ye speak deceit to him? 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 ye accept his face? will ye contend for 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 Is it good that he shall search you out? or as he mocking against a man; will ye mock against him? 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 Reproving, he will reprove you if in secret ye lift up faces. He will surely rebuke you if in secret you show partiality. He would surely call you to account if you secretly showed partiality.
11 Shall not his majesty make you afraid? and his terror 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 remembrances being likened to ashes, your backs to backs 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 from me and I will speak what shall pass upon 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 For what shall I lift up my flesh in my teeth, and shall I put my soul 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 If he shall slay me shall I not hope? only I will prove my ways 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 Also he is to me for salvation for a profane one shall not come before 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 Hearing, hear ye my words, and my declaration in your ears. 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 now I set in order judgment; I knew that I shall be justified. 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 is he will contend with me? for now shall I 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 Only two things thou wilt not do with me: then I shall not hide from thy face. 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 Remove thy hand far from me, and thy terror shall not make me afraid. 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 And call and I will answer, and I shall speak, and turn thou to 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 iniquities and sins to me? make known to me my transgression 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 wilt thou hide thy face, and reckon me for an enemy to thee? Why do you hide your face and count me as your enemy? Why do you hide your face and consider me your enemy?
25 Wilt thou terrify the scattered leaf? and wilt thou pursue the dry 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 thou wilt write bitter things against me; and thou wilt give me to inherit the iniquities 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 And thou wilt set my feet in the stocks, and thou wilt watch all my paths; thou wilt dig round the roots 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 And he as rottenness will fall away; as a garment the moth ate it. 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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