Job 6 Parallel Bible Translations

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1 And Job answers and says: Then Job answered and said: Then Job replied:
2 “O that my provocation were thoroughly weighed, || And my calamity in balances || They would lift up together! “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 now it is heavier than the sands of the sea, || Therefore my words have been rash. 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 arrows of the Mighty [are] with me, || Whose poison is drinking up my spirit. Terrors of God array themselves [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 Does a wild donkey bray over tender grass? Does an ox low over his provender? 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 an insipid thing eaten without salt? Is there sense in the drivel of dreams? 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 My soul is refusing to touch! They [are] as my sickening food. 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 O that my request may come, || That God may grant my hope! “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 please—and bruise me, || Loose His hand 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 And yet it is my comfort || (And I exult in pain—He does not spare), || That I have not hidden || The sayings 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 [is] my power that I should hope? And what [is] my end that 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? Is my flesh 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 Is my help not with me, || And substance driven 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 To a despiser of his friends [is] shame, || And the fear of the Mighty he forsakes. “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 deceived as a brook, || As a stream of brooks they pass 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 That are black because of ice, || By them snow hides itself. which are dark with ice, and where the snow hides itself. when darkened by thawing ice and swollen with melting snow,
17 By the time they are warm they have been cut off, || By its being hot they have been || Extinguished from their place. 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 The paths turn aside of their way, || They ascend into emptiness, and are lost. 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 Passengers of Tema looked expectingly, || Travelers of Sheba hoped 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 were ashamed that one has trusted, || They have come to it and are confounded. 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 now you have become the same! You see a downfall, and 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 Is it because I said, Give to me? And, By your power bribe for me? 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, Deliver me from the hand of an adversary? And, Ransom me from the hand of terrible ones? 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 Show me, and I keep silent, || And what I have erred, let me understand. “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 powerful have been upright sayings, || And what reproof from you reproves? How forceful are upright words! But what does reproof from you reprove? How painful are honest words! But what do your arguments prove?
26 For reproof—do you reckon words? And for wind—sayings of the desperate? 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 You cause anger to fall on the fatherless, || And are strange to 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 And now, please, look on me, || Even to your face do I lie? “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 turn back, let it not be perverseness, || Indeed, turn back again—my righteousness [is] in it. 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 perverseness in my tongue? Does my palate not discern calamity?” 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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