Job 9 Parallel Bible Translations

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1 Then Iob answered, and sayd, Then Job answered and said: Then Job replied:
2 I knowe verily that it is so: for howe should 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 I would dispute with him, hee could not answere him one thing of a thousand. 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 wise in heart, & mighty in stregth: who hath bene fierce against him & 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 remoueth the mountaines, and they feele not when he 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 Hee remooueth the earth out of her place, that the pillars thereof doe shake. 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 commandeth the sunne, & it riseth not: hee 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 Hee himselfe alone spreadeth out the heauens, and walketh vpon the height 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 starres Arcturus, Orion, and Pleiades, and the climates 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 doeth great things, and vnsearcheable: yea, marueilous things without nomber. 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 see him not: and when he passeth by, I perceiue him not. 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 Behold, when he taketh a pray, who can make him to restore it? who shall say vnto him, 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 withdrawe his anger, and the most mightie helpes doe stoupe vnder him. “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 answere him? or howe should I finde out my words 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 iust, yet could I not answere, but I would make supplicatio to 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 cry, and he answere me, yet woulde I not beleeue, that he heard 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 For he destroyeth mee with a tempest, and woundeth me without 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 wil 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 we speake of strength, behold, he is strog: if we 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 woulde iustifie my selfe, mine owne mouth shall condemne mee: if I would be perfite, he shall iudge me wicked. 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 Though I were perfite, yet I knowe not my soule: therefore abhorre I my life. 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 point: therefore I said, Hee destroyeth the perfite and the wicked. 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 If the scourge should suddely slay, should God 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 The earth is giuen into the hand of ye wicked: he couereth the faces of the iudges therof: if not, where is he? or who is he? 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 haue bene more swift then a post: they haue fled, and 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 as with the most swift ships, and as the eagle that flyeth 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 wil forget my complaynt, I will cease from my wrath, and comfort mee, 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 I am afrayd of all my sorowes, knowing 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 labour I thus in vaine? 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 wash my selfe with snowe water, and purge mine hands most cleane, 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 plunge mee in the pit, and mine owne clothes shal make me filthie. 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 is not a man as I am, that I shoulde answere him, if we come together to iudgement. 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 Neyther is there any vmpire that might lay his hand vpon vs both. 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 him take his rod away from me, and let not his feare astonish me: 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 Then will I speake, & feare him not: 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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