Job 7 Parallel Bible Translations

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1 Is there not a warfare to man on earth? And as the days of an hireling his days? “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 a servant desireth the shadow, And as a hireling expecteth his wage, 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 caused to inherit months of vanity, And nights of misery they numbered 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 then I said, 'When do I rise!' And evening hath been measured, And I have been full of tossings till 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 Clothed hath been my flesh with worms, And a clod of dust, My skin hath been shrivelled and is loathsome, 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 swifter than a weaving machine, And they are consumed 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 Thou that my life is a breath, Mine eye turneth not 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 my beholder beholdeth me not. 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 Consumed hath been a cloud, and it goeth, So he who is going down to Sheol cometh not 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 turneth not again to his house, Nor doth his place discern him again. 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 -- I withhold not my mouth -- I speak in the distress of my spirit, I talk 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 A sea -monster am I, or a dragon, That thou settest over me a 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 said, 'My bed doth comfort me,' He taketh away in my talking 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 And thou hast affrighted me with dreams, And from visions thou terrifiest me, 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 chooseth 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 have wasted away -- not to the age do I live. Cease 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 dost magnify him? And that Thou settest unto him Thy heart? 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 inspectest him in the mornings, In the evenings dost try him? 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 look from me? Thou dost not desist till I swallow 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 have sinned, what do I to Thee, O watcher of man? Why hast Thou set me for a mark to Thee, And I am for a burden to myself -- and what? 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 Thou dost not take away my transgression, And cause to pass away mine iniquity, Because now, for dust I lie down: And Thou hast sought me -- and I am 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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