Job 9 Parallel Bible Translations

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Bishops' Bible of 1568
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1 Iob aunswered, and sayde, Then Job answered and said: Then Job replied:
2 I knowe it is so of a trueth: For how may a man compared vnto God be iustified? “Truly I know that it is so: But how can a man be in the right before God? “Indeed, I know that this is true. But how can mere mortals prove their innocence before God?
3 If he wil argue with hym, he can not aunswere hym one thing of a thousande. If one wished to contend with him, one could not answer him once in a thousand times. Though they wished to dispute with him, they could not answer him one time out of a thousand.
4 He is wyse in heart and mightie in strength: who hath ben fearce against hym, and hath prospered? He is wise in heart and mighty in strength—who has hardened himself against him, and succeeded?— His wisdom is profound, his power is vast. Who has resisted him and come out unscathed?
5 He translateth the mountaynes, or euer they be aware it is he that ouerthroweth them in his wrath. he who removes mountains, and they know it not, when he overturns them in his anger, He moves mountains without their knowing it and overturns them in his anger.
6 He remoueth the earth out of her place, that the pillers therof shake withall. who shakes the earth out of its place, and its pillars tremble; He shakes the earth from its place and makes its pillars tremble.
7 He commaundeth the sunne, and it ryseth not: he closeth vp the starres as vnder a signet. who commands the sun, and it does not rise; who seals up the stars; He speaks to the sun and it does not shine; he seals off the light of the stars.
8 He hym selfe alone spreadeth out the heauens, and goeth vpon the waues of the sea. who alone stretched out the heavens and trampled the waves of the sea; He alone stretches out the heavens and treads on the waves of the sea.
9 He maketh the Waynes of heauen, the Orion, the seuen starres, and the secret places of the south. who made the Bear and Orion, the Pleiades and the chambers of the south; He is the Maker of the Bear and Orion, the Pleiades and the constellations of the south.
10 He doth great thinges & vnsearcheable, yea and wonders without number. who does great things beyond searching out, and marvelous things beyond number. He performs wonders that cannot be fathomed, miracles that cannot be counted.
11 Lo, when he goeth by me, I shal not see hym, and when he passeth, I shall not perceaue hym. Behold, he passes by me, and I see him not; he moves on, but I do not perceive him. When he passes me, I cannot see him; when he goes by, I cannot perceive him.
12 If he be hastie to take away, who wil make him restore it? or who will say vnto hym, what doest thou? Behold, he snatches away; who can turn him back? Who will say to him, ‘What are you doing?’ If he snatches away, who can stop him? Who can say to him, ‘What are you doing?’
13 God will not withdraw his anger, and the most mightie helpes do stowpe vnder hym: “God will not turn back his anger; beneath him bowed the helpers of Rahab. God does not restrain his anger; even the cohorts of Rahab cowered at his feet.
14 Howe much lesse shall I aunswere him? or howe shoulde I finde out my wordes with him? How then can I answer him, choosing my words with him? “How then can I dispute with him? How can I find words to argue with him?
15 For though I were righteous, yet might I not geue him one word againe, but mekely submit my selfe to hym as my iudge. Though I am in the right, I cannot answer him; I must appeal for mercy to my accuser. Though I were innocent, I could not answer him; I could only plead with my Judge for mercy.
16 If I had called vpon hym, and he had aunswered me, yet woulde I not beleue that he hearde my voyce: If I summoned him and he answered me, I would not believe that he was listening to my voice. Even if I summoned him and he responded, I do not believe he would give me a hearing.
17 He troubleth me so with the tempest, and woundeth me out of measure without a cause, For he crushes me with a tempest and multiplies my wounds without cause; He would crush me with a storm and multiply my wounds for no reason.
18 He will not suffer me to take my breath, but filleth me with bitternesse. he will not let me get my breath, but fills me with bitterness. He would not let me catch my breath but would overwhelm me with misery.
19 If men will speake of strength, lo he is strong: if men will speake of iudgement, who shall bring me in to pleade? If it is a contest of strength, behold, he is mighty! If it is a matter of justice, who can summon him? If it is a matter of strength, he is mighty! And if it is a matter of justice, who can challenge him?
20 If I will iustifie my selfe, myne owne mouth shall condempne me: if I will put foorth my selfe for a perfect man, he shall proue me a wicked doer. Though I am in the right, my own mouth would condemn me; though I am blameless, he would prove me perverse. Even if I were innocent, my mouth would condemn me; if I were blameless, it would pronounce me guilty.
21 For though I be an innocent and my conscience cleare, yet am I weery of my lyfe. I am blameless; I regard not myself; I loathe my life. “Although I am blameless, I have no concern for myself; I despise my own life.
22 This is one poynt, and therefore I sayd, He destroyeth both the perfect and vngodly. It is all one; therefore I say, ‘He destroys both the blameless and the wicked.’ It is all the same; that is why I say, ‘He destroys both the blameless and the wicked.’
23 And though he slay sodaynly with the scourge, yet will he laugh at the punishment of the innocent. When disaster brings sudden death, he mocks at the calamity of the innocent. When a scourge brings sudden death, he mocks the despair of the innocent.
24 As for the worlde it is geuen ouer into the hande of the wicked, and he shall couer the faces of the iudges therof: if not, where is he, or who is he that can shewe the contrarie? The earth is given into the hand of the wicked; he covers the faces of its judges— if it is not he, who then is it? When a land falls into the hands of the wicked, he blindfolds its judges. If it is not he, then who is it?
25 My dayes are more swyft then a runner, they are gone & haue seene no good thing. “My days are swifter than a runner; they flee away; they see no good. “My days are swifter than a runner; they fly away without a glimpse of joy.
26 They are passed away as the shippes that be good vnder sayle, & as the eagle that fleeth to the pray. They go by like skiffs of reed, like an eagle swooping on the prey. They skim past like boats of papyrus, like eagles swooping down on their prey.
27 If I say, I will forget my complayning, I will ceasse from my wrath, and comfort my selfe: If I say, ‘I will forget my complaint, I will put off my sad face, and be of good cheer,’ If I say, ‘I will forget my complaint, I will change my expression, and smile,’
28 Then am I afrayde of all my sorowes, for I knowe that thou wilt not iudge me innocent. I become afraid of all my suffering, for I know you will not hold me innocent. I still dread all my sufferings, for I know you will not hold me innocent.
29 If I be wicked, why then labour I in vayne? I shall be condemned; why then do I labor in vain? Since I am already found guilty, why should I struggle in vain?
30 If I washe my selfe with snowe water, and make myne handes neuer so cleane at the well: If I wash myself with snow and cleanse my hands with lye, Even if I washed myself with soap and my hands with cleansing powder,
31 Yet shalt thou dippe me in the myre, and mine owne clothes shal defile me. yet you will plunge me into a pit, and my own clothes will abhor me. you would plunge me into a slime pit so that even my clothes would detest me.
32 For he that I must geue aunswere vnto, and with whom I go to the lawe, is not a man as I am: For he is not a man, as I am, that I might answer him, that we should come to trial together. “He is not a mere mortal like me that I might answer him, that we might confront each other in court.
33 Neither is there any dayesman to lay his hande betweene vs. There is no arbiter between us, who might lay his hand on us both. If only there were someone to mediate between us, someone to bring us together,
34 Let hym take his rodde away from me, yea let hym make me no more afrayde of him, Let him take his rod away from me, and let not dread of him terrify me. someone to remove God’s rod from me, so that his terror would frighten me no more.
35 And then shall I aunswere hym without any feare: but because I am not so, I holde me still. Then I would speak without fear of him, for I am not so in myself. Then I would speak up without fear of him, but as it now stands with me, I cannot.
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