Job 6 Parallel Bible Translations

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Geneva Bible of 1587
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1 Bvt Iob answered, and said, Then Job answered and said: Then Job replied:
2 Oh that my griefe were well weighed, and my miseries were layed together in the balance. “Oh that my vexation were weighed, and all my calamity laid in the balances! “If only my anguish could be weighed and all my misery be placed on the scales!
3 For it woulde be nowe heauier then the sande of the sea: therefore my wordes are swallowed vp. For then it would be heavier than the sand of the sea; therefore my words have been rash. It would surely outweigh the sand of the seas— no wonder my words have been impetuous.
4 For the arrowes of the Almightie are in me, the venime whereof doeth drinke vp my spirit, and the terrours of God fight against me. For the arrows of the Almighty are in me; my spirit drinks their poison; the terrors of God are arrayed against me. The arrows of the Almighty are in me, my spirit drinks in their poison; God’s terrors are marshaled against me.
5 Doeth the wilde asse bray when he hath grasse? or loweth the oxe when he hath fodder? Does the wild donkey bray when he has grass, or the ox low over his fodder? Does a wild donkey bray when it has grass, or an ox bellow when it has fodder?
6 That which is vnsauerie, shall it be eaten without salt? or is there any taste in the white of an egge? Can that which is tasteless be eaten without salt, or is there any taste in the juice of the mallow? Is tasteless food eaten without salt, or is there flavor in the sap of the mallow?
7 Such things as my soule refused to touch, as were sorowes, are my meate. My appetite refuses to touch them; they are as food that is loathsome to me. I refuse to touch it; such food makes me ill.
8 Oh that I might haue my desire, and that God would grant me the thing that I long for! “Oh that I might have my request, and that God would fulfill my hope, “Oh, that I might have my request, that God would grant what I hope for,
9 That is, that God would destroy me: that he would let his hand go, and cut me off. that it would please God to crush me, that he would let loose his hand and cut me off! that God would be willing to crush me, to let loose his hand and cut off my life!
10 Then should I yet haue comfort, (though I burne with sorowe, let him not spare) because I haue not denyed the wordes of the Holy one. This would be my comfort; I would even exult in pain unsparing, for I have not denied the words of the Holy One. Then I would still have this consolation— my joy in unrelenting pain— that I had not denied the words of the Holy One.
11 What power haue I that I should endure? or what is mine end, if I should prolong my life? What is my strength, that I should wait? And what is my end, that I should be patient? “What strength do I have, that I should still hope? What prospects, that I should be patient?
12 Is my strength the strength of stones? or is my flesh of brasse? Is my strength the strength of stones, or is my flesh bronze? Do I have the strength of stone? Is my flesh bronze?
13 Is it not so, that there is in me no helpe? and that strength is taken from me? Have I any help in me, when resource is driven from me? Do I have any power to help myself, now that success has been driven from me?
14 He that is in miserie, ought to be comforted of his neighbour: but men haue forsaken the feare of the Almightie. “He who withholds kindness from a friend forsakes the fear of the Almighty. “Anyone who withholds kindness from a friend forsakes the fear of the Almighty.
15 My brethre haue deceiued me as a brook, and as the rising of the riuers they passe away. My brothers are treacherous as a torrent-bed, as torrential streams that pass away, But my brothers are as undependable as intermittent streams, as the streams that overflow
16 Which are blackish with yee, and wherein the snowe is hid. which are dark with ice, and where the snow hides itself. when darkened by thawing ice and swollen with melting snow,
17 But in time they are dryed vp with heate and are consumed: and when it is hote they faile out of their places, When they melt, they disappear; when it is hot, they vanish from their place. but that stop flowing in the dry season, and in the heat vanish from their channels.
18 Or they depart from their way and course, yea, they vanish and perish. The caravans turn aside from their course; they go up into the waste and perish. Caravans turn aside from their routes; they go off into the wasteland and perish.
19 They that go to Tema, considered them, and they that goe to Sheba, waited for them. The caravans of Tema look, the travelers of Sheba hope. The caravans of Tema look for water, the traveling merchants of Sheba look in hope.
20 But they were confounded: when they hoped, they came thither and were ashamed. They are ashamed because they were confident; they come there and are disappointed. They are distressed, because they had been confident; they arrive there, only to be disappointed.
21 Surely nowe are ye like vnto it: ye haue seene my fearefull plague, and are afraide. For you have now become nothing; you see my calamity and are afraid. Now you too have proved to be of no help; you see something dreadful and are afraid.
22 Was it because I said, Bring vnto me? or giue a rewarde to me of your substance? Have I said, ‘Make me a gift’? Or, ‘From your wealth offer a bribe for me’? Have I ever said, ‘Give something on my behalf, pay a ransom for me from your wealth,
23 And deliuer me from the enemies hande, or ransome me out of the hand of tyrants? Or, ‘Deliver me from the adversary’s hand’? Or, ‘Redeem me from the hand of the ruthless’? deliver me from the hand of the enemy, rescue me from the clutches of the ruthless’?
24 Teach me, and I wil hold my tongue: & cause me to vnderstande, wherein I haue erred. “Teach me, and I will be silent; make me understand how I have gone astray. “Teach me, and I will be quiet; show me where I have been wrong.
25 Howe stedfast are the wordes of righteousnes? and what can any of you iustly reproue? How forceful are upright words! But what does reproof from you reprove? How painful are honest words! But what do your arguments prove?
26 Doe ye imagine to reproue wordes, that the talke of the afflicted should be as the winde? Do you think that you can reprove words, when the speech of a despairing man is wind? Do you mean to correct what I say, and treat my desperate words as wind?
27 Ye make your wrath to fall vpon the fatherlesse, and dig a pit for your friende. You would even cast lots over the fatherless, and bargain over your friend. You would even cast lots for the fatherless and barter away your friend.
28 Nowe therefore be content to looke vpon me: for I will not lie before your face. “But now, be pleased to look at me, for I will not lie to your face. “But now be so kind as to look at me. Would I lie to your face?
29 Turne, I pray you, let there be none iniquitie: returne, I say, and ye shall see yet my righteousnesse in that behalfe. Please turn; let no injustice be done. Turn now; my vindication is at stake. Relent, do not be unjust; reconsider, for my integrity is at stake.
30 Is there iniquitie in my tongue? doeth not my mouth feele sorowes? Is there any injustice on my tongue? Cannot my palate discern the cause of calamity? Is there any wickedness on my lips? Can my mouth not discern malice?
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