Job 6 Parallel Bible Translations

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1 And Job will answer and say, Then Job answered and said: Then Job replied:
2 I would weighing, my anger shall be weighed, and my falls shall be lifted up in the balances 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 will be heavy above the sand of the seas: for this my words were 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 the arrows of the Almighty are with me, which their anger drank up my spirit: the terrors of God will be prepared 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 Shall the wild ass bray at grass? if the ox will 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 Shall that unseasoned be eaten without salt? if there is taste in purslain slime? 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 refused to touch these as the loathsomeness of my bread. 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 give my asking shall come? and will God give my expectation? “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 God will, and he will crush me; will he let his hand remain, and will he 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 it will yet be my consolation, and I shall exult in pain: he will not spare; for I hid not the words of 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 For what my strength that I shall wait and what my end, that I shall prolong my soul? 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 If my strength the strength of stones? if my flesh of brass? Is my strength the strength of stones, or is my flesh bronze? Do I have the strength of stone? Is my flesh bronze?
13 And if not my help in me? and deliverance fled 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 him melting, mercy from his friend; and he will forsake 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 brethren dealt faithlessly as a torrent; as a channel of torrents they shall 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 Being darkened because of ice, upon them the snow will be hid: which are dark with ice, and where the snow hides itself. when darkened by thawing ice and swollen with melting snow,
17 In the time they will flow of they became extinct: in its heat they were 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 of their way will turn aside; they will go up into desolation 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 Behold the paths of Tema; the goings of Sheba, wait ye 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 for trusting; they came even to it, they will be put to shame. 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 ye were not: ye shall see the terror and be 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 For did I say, Give to me? and from your strength make ye a present 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 the enemy? and from the hand of the strong ye shall redeem 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 each ye me, and I will be silent: and what I erred in, cause me to 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 forcible were words of uprightness! and what will reproving from you 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 Will ye purpose to reprove words, and for the spirit of the words of him despairing? 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 But ye will cause the orphans to fall, and ye will dig for 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 be content, look upon me; and before your face if I shall 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 Turn ye back now, it shall not be iniquity; and turn back yet, my justice 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 iniquity in my tongue? if my palate shall not understand calamities. 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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