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1 Then Job replied [to his friends], Then Job answered and said: Then Job replied:
2 |If only my grief could be weighed, if only my misery could be laid on the scales with it, “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 then they would be heavier than the sand of the seas. I spoke carelessly 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 because the arrows of the Almighty [have found their target] in me, and my spirit is drinking their poison. God's terrors line up in battle 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 |Does a wild donkey bray when it's [eating] grass, or does an ox make a sound over its hay? 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 Is tasteless food eaten without salt, or is there any flavor in the white of an egg? 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 I refuse to touch such things. They are disgusting to me. 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 |How I wish that my prayer would be answered- that God would give me what I'm hoping 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 God would [finally] be willing to crush me, that he would reach out to 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 I would still have comfort. I would be happy despite my endless pain, because I have not rejected the words 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 strength do I have [left] that I can go on hoping? What goal do I have that I would want to 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 Do I have the strength of rocks? Does my body have the strength of bronze? Is my strength the strength of stones, or is my flesh bronze? Do I have the strength of stone? Is my flesh bronze?
13 Am I not completely helpless? Haven't my skills been taken away 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 |A friend should treat a troubled person kindly, even if he abandons the fear of the Almighty. “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 brothers have been as deceptive as seasonal rivers, like the seasonal riverbeds that flood. 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 They are dark with ice. They are hidden by snow. which are dark with ice, and where the snow hides itself. when darkened by thawing ice and swollen with melting snow,
17 They vanish during a scorching summer. In the heat their riverbeds dry up. 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 They change their course. They go into a wasteland and disappear. 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 Caravans from Tema look for them. Travelers from Sheba search 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 They are ashamed because they relied on the streams. Arriving there, they are disappointed. 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 |So you are as unreliable to me [as they are]. You see something terrifying, and you are afraid. 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 Did I ever say, 'Give me a gift,' or 'Offer me a bribe from your wealth,' 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 or 'Rescue me from an enemy,' or 'Ransom me from a tyrant'? 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'll be silent. Show me where I've been wrong. “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 How painful an honest discussion can be! In correcting me, you correct yourselves! How forceful are upright words! But what does reproof from you reprove? How painful are honest words! But what do your arguments prove?
26 Do you think my words need correction? Do you think they're what a desperate person says to the wind? 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 Would you also throw dice for an orphan? Would you buy and sell your friend? 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 |But now, if you're willing, look at me. I won't lie to 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 Please change your mind. Don't permit any injustice. Change your mind because I am still right about this! 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 injustice on my tongue, or is my mouth unable to tell the difference between right and wrong? 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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