Job 19 Parallel Bible Translations

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1 And Job answereth and saith: -- Then Job answered and said: Then Job replied:
2 Till when do ye afflict my soul, And bruise me with words? “How long will you torment me and break me in pieces with words? “How long will you torment me and crush me with words?
3 These ten times ye put me to shame, ye blush not. Ye make yourselves strange to me -- These ten times you have cast reproach upon me; are you not ashamed to wrong me? Ten times now you have reproached me; shamelessly you attack me.
4 And also -- truly, I have erred, With me doth my error remain. And even if it be true that I have erred, my error remains with myself. If it is true that I have gone astray, my error remains my concern alone.
5 If, truly, over me ye magnify yourselves, And decide against me my reproach; If indeed you magnify yourselves against me and make my disgrace an argument against me, If indeed you would exalt yourselves above me and use my humiliation against me,
6 Know now, that God turned me upside down, And His net against me hath set round, know then that God has put me in the wrong and closed his net about me. then know that God has wronged me and drawn his net around me.
7 Lo, I cry out -- violence, and am not answered, I cry aloud, and there is no judgment. Behold, I cry out, ‘Violence!’ but I am not answered; I call for help, but there is no justice. “Though I cry, ‘Violence!’ I get no response; though I call for help, there is no justice.
8 My way He hedged up, and I pass not over, And on my paths darkness He placeth. He has walled up my way, so that I cannot pass, and he has set darkness upon my paths. He has blocked my way so I cannot pass; he has shrouded my paths in darkness.
9 Mine honour from off me He hath stripped, And He turneth the crown from my head. He has stripped from me my glory and taken the crown from my head. He has stripped me of my honor and removed the crown from my head.
10 He breaketh me down round about, and I go, And removeth like a tree my hope. He breaks me down on every side, and I am gone, and my hope has he pulled up like a tree. He tears me down on every side till I am gone; he uproots my hope like a tree.
11 And He kindleth against me His anger, And reckoneth me to Him as His adversaries. He has kindled his wrath against me and counts me as his adversary. His anger burns against me; he counts me among his enemies.
12 Come in do His troops together, And they raise up against me their way, And encamp round about my tent. His troops come on together; they have cast up their siege ramp against me and encamp around my tent. His troops advance in force; they build a siege ramp against me and encamp around my tent.
13 My brethren from me He hath put far off, And mine acquaintances surely Have been estranged from me. “He has put my brothers far from me, and those who knew me are wholly estranged from me. “He has alienated my family from me; my acquaintances are completely estranged from me.
14 Ceased have my neighbours And my familiar friends have forgotten me, My relatives have failed me, my close friends have forgotten me. My relatives have gone away; my closest friends have forgotten me.
15 Sojourners of my house and my maids, For a stranger reckon me: An alien I have been in their eyes. The guests in my house and my maidservants count me as a stranger; I have become a foreigner in their eyes. My guests and my female servants count me a foreigner; they look on me as on a stranger.
16 To my servant I have called, And he doth not answer, With my mouth I make supplication to him. I call to my servant, but he gives me no answer; I must plead with him with my mouth for mercy. I summon my servant, but he does not answer, though I beg him with my own mouth.
17 My spirit is strange to my wife, And my favours to the sons of my mother's womb. My breath is strange to my wife, and I am a stench to the children of my own mother. My breath is offensive to my wife; I am loathsome to my own family.
18 Also sucklings have despised me, I rise, and they speak against me. Even young children despise me; when I rise they talk against me. Even the little boys scorn me; when I appear, they ridicule me.
19 Abominate me do all the men of my counsel, And those I have loved, Have been turned against me. All my intimate friends abhor me, and those whom I loved have turned against me. All my intimate friends detest me; those I love have turned against me.
20 To my skin and to my flesh Cleaved hath my bone, And I deliver myself with the skin of my teeth. My bones stick to my skin and to my flesh, and I have escaped by the skin of my teeth. I am nothing but skin and bones; I have escaped only by the skin of my teeth.
21 Pity me, pity me, ye my friends, For the hand of God hath stricken against me. Have mercy on me, have mercy on me, O you my friends, for the hand of God has touched me! “Have pity on me, my friends, have pity, for the hand of God has struck me.
22 Why do you pursue me as God? And with my flesh are not satisfied? Why do you, like God, pursue me? Why are you not satisfied with my flesh? Why do you pursue me as God does? Will you never get enough of my flesh?
23 Who doth grant now, That my words may be written? Who doth grant that in a book they may be graven? “Oh that my words were written! Oh that they were inscribed in a book! “Oh, that my words were recorded, that they were written on a scroll,
24 With a pen of iron and lead -- For ever in a rock they may be hewn. Oh that with an iron pen and lead they were engraved in the rock forever! that they were inscribed with an iron tool on lead, or engraved in rock forever!
25 That -- I have known my Redeemer, The Living and the Last, For the dust he doth rise. For I know that my Redeemer lives, and at the last he will stand upon the earth. I know that my redeemer lives, and that in the end he will stand on the earth.
26 And after my skin hath compassed this body, Then from my flesh I see God: And after my skin has been thus destroyed, yet in my flesh I shall see God, And after my skin has been destroyed, yet in my flesh I will see God;
27 Whom I -- I see on my side, And mine eyes have beheld, and not a stranger, Consumed have been my reins in my bosom. whom I shall see for myself, and my eyes shall behold, and not another. My heart faints within me! I myself will see him with my own eyes—I, and not another. How my heart yearns within me!
28 But ye say, 'Why do we pursue after him?' And the root of the matter hath been found in me. If you say, ‘How we will pursue him!’ and, ‘The root of the matter is found in him,’ “If you say, ‘How we will hound him, since the root of the trouble lies in him,’
29 Be ye afraid because of the sword, For furious are the punishments of the sword, That ye may know that there is a judgment. be afraid of the sword, for wrath brings the punishment of the sword, that you may know there is a judgment.” you should fear the sword yourselves; for wrath will bring punishment by the sword, and then you will know that there is judgment.”
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