Job 6 Parallel Bible Translations

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1 In rebuttal, Job replied: Then Job answered and said: Then Job replied:
2 |If only my grief could be weighed; or my calamity piled together on a balance scale! “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 It would weigh more than the sand on the seashore! Here's why I've talked so rashly: 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 |The arrows of the Almighty have pierced me; my spirit absorbs their poison; God's terrors have been arranged just for 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 |Will the wild donkey bray from hunger if fresh grass is beside him? Will the ox low from distress if it is near its feed? 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 Tasteless food isn't eaten without salt, is it? Is there any taste in an egg white? 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 cannot bring myself to touch them; food like this makes me sick.| 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 |Who will grant my wish? I wish God would grant 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 just be willing to crush me; that he would let loose and eliminate me! 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 At least I could still take comfort and rejoice in unceasing anguish, for I didn't conceal what the Holy One has to say. 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 |Do I have the strength to wait? And why should I be patient? 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 Am I as strong as a rock? Am I some kind of iron man? Is my strength the strength of stones, or is my flesh bronze? Do I have the strength of stone? Is my flesh bronze?
13 There is no help within me, is there? My resources have been driven away from me, haven't they? 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 The friend shows gracious love for his friend, even if he has forsaken 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 But my brothers have acted treacherously like a cascading river, like torrential rivers that overflow. 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 Filled with waters made cold by ice, they are where the snow goes to hide. which are dark with ice, and where the snow hides itself. when darkened by thawing ice and swollen with melting snow,
17 But then the snow melts, and they disappear; when warmed, they evaporate from their stream beds. 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 Travelers divert in their route; they go into a wasteland and die. 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 Travelers from Tema search intently; caravans from Sheba hope to find 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 For all their expectations, they are doomed to disappointment; even though they have come and searched this far. 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 |And now you're all just like them, aren't you? You see my terror and are terrified. 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 When did I ever ask you for anything, say 'Offer a bribe for me 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 say 'Deliver me from my enemy's control,' or 'Redeem me from the domination of ruthless people'?| 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 |Instruct me, and I'll remain silent. Help me understand where I've gone astray. “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 The truth can be painful, but what has your argument proven? How forceful are upright words! But what does reproof from you reprove? How painful are honest words! But what do your arguments prove?
26 Did you intend your words to reprove, even though the speech of a desperate person is just 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 Indeed, you would gamble to buy an orphan; and barter to buy 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 Now be willing to face me, and 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 Repent! Let there be no injustice; Change your ways! My vindication is at stake. 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 Have I said anything that's unjust? I can discern evil, can't I?| 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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