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1 Then Job responded: Then Job answered and said: Then Job replied:
2 |Oh, if only my grief could be weighed, and my misfortune laid on the scales too! “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 But because it is heavier than the sand of the sea, that is why my words have been wild. 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 arrows of the Almighty are within me; my spirit drinks their poison; God's sudden terrors are arrayed 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 the wild donkey bray when it is near grass? Or does the ox low near its 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 Can food that is tasteless be eaten without salt? Or is there any taste 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 have refused to touch such things; they are like loathsome food 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 |Oh that my request would be realized, and that God would grant me what 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 And that God would be willing to crush me, that he would let loose his hand and kill 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 Then I would yet have my comfort, then I would rejoice, in spite of pitiless pain, for I have not concealed 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 is my strength, that I should wait? 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 like that of stones? or is my flesh made 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 Is not my power to help myself nothing, and has not every resource been 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 the one in despair, kindness should come from his friend even if he forsakes 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 treacherous as a seasonal stream, and as the riverbeds of the intermittent streams that flow 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 They are dark because of ice; snow is piled up over them. which are dark with ice, and where the snow hides itself. when darkened by thawing ice and swollen with melting snow,
17 When they are scorched, they dry up, when it is hot, they vanish 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 Caravans turn aside from their routes; they go into the wasteland 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 The caravans of Tema looked intently for these streams; the traveling merchants 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 distressed, because each one had been so confident; they arrived there, but were 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 For now you have become like these streams that are no help; you see a terror, 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 |Have I ever said, 'Give me something, and from your fortune make gifts in my favor'? 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 'Deliver me from the enemy's power, and from the hand of tyrants ransom me'? 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, for my part, will be silent; explain to me how I have been mistaken. “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 are honest words! But what does your reproof prove? 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 intend to criticize mere words, and treat the words of a despairing man as 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 Yes, you would gamble for the fatherless, and auction off 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 then, be good enough to look at me; and I will not 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 Relent, let there be no falsehood; reconsider, for my righteousness is intact! 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 any falsehood on my lips? Can my mouth not discern evil things? 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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