Job 7 Parallel Bible Translations

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1 Is there not warfare to man upon the earth, and his days as the days of a hireling? “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 As the servant will gape for the shadow, and as the hireling will wait for his work: 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 was I caused to possess to me months of vanity, and nights of toil were allotted 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 If I lay down, and I said, When shall I arise, and the evening be measured? And I was filled with tossings even to the twilight. 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 flesh was clothed with worms, and a clod of dust; my akin was contracted and melted away. 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 were swift above a weaver's shuttle, and will finish with no more of 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 wind: mine eyes shall not turn back to 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 seeing me shall not look after me: thine eyes are upon me, and I am not. 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 The cloud will end and will go away: thus he shall go down to hades and shall not come up. 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 shall turn back no more to his house, and his place shall know him no 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 Also I will not restrain my mouth; I will speak in the straitness 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 dragon, that thou wilt 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 For I said, My bed shall comfort me; my couch shall lift up in 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 And thou didst terrify me with dreams, and thou wilt make me afraid 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 And my soul will choose strangling; death rather than my bones. 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 melted away; I shall not live forever: desist from me, for my days are vanity. 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 man that thou wilt magnify him? and that thou wilt set thy heart 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 And thou wilt review him for the mornings, and thou wilt try him for the moments. visit him every morning and test him every moment? that you examine them every morning and test them every moment?
19 How long wilt thou not look away from me? wilt thou not desist from me even to my swallowing 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 I sinned; what shall I do to thee, guarding men? wherefore didst thou set me for an assault to thee, and I shall be upon myself for a burden? 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 And why wilt thou not lift up my transgression and pass over mine iniquity? for now I shall lie down to the dust; and thou soughtest me and I was not. 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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