Job 7 Parallel Bible Translations

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1 Isn’t each person consigned to forced labor on earth? Are not his days like those of a hired worker? “Has not man a hard service on earth, and are not his days like the days of a hired hand? “Do not mortals have hard service on earth? Are not their days like those of hired laborers?
2 Like a slave he longs for shade; like a hired worker he waits for his pay. Like a slave who longs for the shadow, and like a hired hand who looks for his wages, Like a slave longing for the evening shadows, or a hired laborer waiting to be paid,
3 So I have been made to inherit months of futility, and troubled nights have been assigned to me. so I am allotted months of emptiness, and nights of misery are apportioned to me. so I have been allotted months of futility, and nights of misery have been assigned to me.
4 When I lie down I think, “When will I get up? ” But the evening drags on endlessly, and I toss and turn until dawn. When I lie down I say, ‘When shall I arise?’ But the night is long, and I am full of tossing till the dawn. When I lie down I think, ‘How long before I get up?’ The night drags on, and I toss and turn until dawn.
5 My flesh is clothed with maggots and encrusted with dirt. My skin forms scabs and then oozes. My flesh is clothed with worms and dirt; my skin hardens, then breaks out afresh. My body is clothed with worms and scabs, my skin is broken and festering.
6 My days pass more swiftly than a weaver’s shuttle; they come to an end without hope. My days are swifter than a weaver’s shuttle and come to their end without hope. “My days are swifter than a weaver’s shuttle, and they come to an end without hope.
7 Remember that my life is but a breath. My eye will never again see anything good. “Remember that my life is a breath; my eye will never again see good. Remember, O God, that my life is but a breath; my eyes will never see happiness again.
8 The eye of anyone who looks on me will no longer see me. Your eyes will look for me, but I will be gone. The eye of him who sees me will behold me no more; while your eyes are on me, I shall be gone. The eye that now sees me will see me no longer; you will look for me, but I will be no more.
9 As a cloud fades away and vanishes, so the one who goes down to Sheol will never rise again. As the cloud fades and vanishes, so he who goes down to Sheol does not come up; As a cloud vanishes and is gone, so one who goes down to the grave does not return.
10 He will never return to his house; his hometown will no longer remember him. he returns no more to his house, nor does his place know him anymore. He will never come to his house again; his place will know him no more.
11 Therefore I will not restrain my mouth. I will speak in the anguish of my spirit; I will complain in the bitterness of my soul. “Therefore I will not restrain my mouth; I will speak in the anguish of my spirit; I will complain in the bitterness of my soul. “Therefore I will not keep silent; I will speak out in the anguish of my spirit, I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.
12 Am I the sea or a sea monster, that you keep me under guard? Am I the sea, or a sea monster, that you set a guard over me? Am I the sea, or the monster of the deep, that you put me under guard?
13 When I say, “My bed will comfort me, and my couch will ease my complaint,” When I say, ‘My bed will comfort me, my couch will ease my complaint,’ When I think my bed will comfort me and my couch will ease my complaint,
14 then you frighten me with dreams, and terrify me with visions, then you scare me with dreams and terrify me with visions, even then you frighten me with dreams and terrify me with visions,
15 so that I prefer strangling — death rather than life in this body. so that I would choose strangling and death rather than my bones. so that I prefer strangling and death, rather than this body of mine.
16 I give up! I will not live forever. Leave me alone, for my days are a breath. I loathe my life; I would not live forever. Leave me alone, for my days are a breath. I despise my life; I would not live forever. Let me alone; my days have no meaning.
17 What is a mere human, that you think so highly of him and pay so much attention to him? What is man, that you make so much of him, and that you set your heart on him, “What is mankind that you make so much of them, that you give them so much attention,
18 You inspect him every morning, and put him to the test every moment. visit him every morning and test him every moment? that you examine them every morning and test them every moment?
19 Will you ever look away from me, or leave me alone long enough to swallow? How long will you not look away from me, nor leave me alone till I swallow my spit? Will you never look away from me, or let me alone even for an instant?
20 If I have sinned, what have I done to you, Watcher of humanity? Why have you made me your target, so that I have become a burden to you? If I sin, what do I do to you, you watcher of mankind? Why have you made me your mark? Why have I become a burden to you? If I have sinned, what have I done to you, you who see everything we do? Why have you made me your target? Have I become a burden to you?
21 Why not forgive my sin and pardon my iniquity? For soon I will lie down in the grave. You will eagerly seek me, but I will be gone. Why do you not pardon my transgression and take away my iniquity? For now I shall lie in the earth; you will seek me, but I shall not be.” Why do you not pardon my offenses and forgive my sins? For I will soon lie down in the dust; you will search for me, but I will be no more.”
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