Job 7 Parallel Bible Translations

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1 Is not the life of man upon earth a state of trial? and his existence as that of a hireling by the day? “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 Or as a servant that fears his master, and one who has grasped a shadow? or as a hireling waiting 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 have I also endured months of vanity, and nights of pain have been appointed 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 Whenever I lie down, I say, When will it be day? and whenever I rise up, again I say when will it be evening? and I am full of pains from evening to morning. 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 And my body is covered with loathsome worms; and I waste away, scraping off clods of dust from my eruption. 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 And my life is lighter than a word, and has perished in vain 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 then that my life is breath, and mine eye shalt not yet again see 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 him that sees me shall not see me again : thine eyes are upon me, and I am no more. 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 I am as a cloud that is cleared away from the sky: for if a man go down to the grave, he shall not come up 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 and he shall surely not return to his own house, neither shall his place know him any more. 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 Then neither will I refrain my mouth: I will speak being in distress; being in anguish I will disclose 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 a sea, or a serpent, that thou hast set a watch over me? 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 I said that my bed should comfort me, and I would privately counsel with myself on my couch. 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 Thou scarest me with dreams, and dost 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 Thou wilt separate life from my spirit; and yet keep my bones from death. 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 For I shall not live for ever, that I should patiently endure: depart from me, for my life is vain. 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 For what is man, that thou hast magnified him? or that thou givest heed 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 Wilt thou visit him till the morning, and judge him till the time of rest? visit him every morning and test him every moment? that you examine them every morning and test them every moment?
19 How long dost thou not let me alone, nor let me go, until I shall swallow down my spittle? 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 shall I be able to do, O thou that understandest the mind of men? why hast thou made me as thine accuser, and why am I a burden to thee? 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 hast thou not forgotten my iniquity, and purged my sin? but now I shall depart to the earth; and in the morning I am no more. 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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