2 "Listen diligently to my speech. Let this be your consolation.
2 “Listen carefully to my speech,And let this be your way of consolation.
2 Hear diligently my speech, and let this be your consolations.
2 Pay close attention to my words;let this be the consolation you offer.
2 "Listen carefully to my words; let this encourage all of you.
8 Their child is established with them in their sight, their offspring before their eyes.
8 “Their (d)(H)descendants are established with them in their sight,And their offspring before their eyes,
8 Their seed is established in their sight with them, and their offspring before their eyes.
8 Their children are established while they are still alive,(a)and their descendants, before their eyes.
8 Their children grow up while they're alive, and they live to see their grandchildren.
10 Their bulls breed without fail. Their cows calve, and don't miscarry.
10 Their bull gendereth, and faileth not; their cow calveth, and casteth not her calf.
10 Their bulls breed without fail;their cows calve and do not miscarry.
10 Their bull breeds without fail, and their cows calve without miscarriages.
11 They send forth their little ones like a flock. Their children dance.
11 “They send forth their little ones like the flock,And their children skip about.
11 They send forth their little ones like a flock, and their children dance.
11 They let their little ones run around like lambs;their children skip about,
11 They release their children to play like sheep; their young ones dance about,
15 What is the Almighty, that we should serve him? What profit should we have, if we pray to him?'
15 ‘(i)Who is (j)the Almighty, that we should serve Him,And (L)what would we gain if we entreat Him?’
15 What is the Almighty, that we should serve him? and what profit should we have, if we pray unto him?
15 Who is the Almighty, that we should serve him? Where's the profit in talking to him?'
17 "How often is it that the lamp of the wicked is put out, that their calamity comes on them, that God distributes sorrows in his anger?
17 “How often is (N)the lamp of the wicked put out,Or does their (O)calamity fall on them?Does (k)God apportion destruction in His anger?
17 How oft is the candle of the wicked put out! and how oft cometh their destruction upon them! God distributeth sorrows in his anger.
17 How often is the lamp(L) of the wicked put out?Does disaster(c) come on them?Does He apportion destruction in His anger?
17 "How often do the wicked have their lights put out? Does calamity ever fall on them? Will God in his anger ever apportion their destruction?
19 You say, 'God lays up his iniquity for his children.' Let him recompense it to himself, that he may know it.
19 “You say, ‘(R)God stores away (l)a man’s iniquity for his sons.’Let (m)God repay him so that he may know it.
19 God layeth up his iniquity for his children: he rewardeth him, and he shall know it.
19 God reserves a person’s punishment for his children.(N)Let God repay the person himself, so that he may know it.
19 God stores up their iniquity to repay their children; making them repay so that they may be aware.
21 For what does he care for his house after him, when the number of his months is cut off?
21 For what pleasure hath he in his house after him, when the number of his months is cut off in the midst?
21 For what does he care about his family once he is dead,(P)when the number of his months has run out?(Q)
21 What will they care for their household after them, when the number of his months comes to an end?"
27 "Behold, I know your thoughts, the devices with which you would wrong me.
27 “Behold, I know your thoughts,And the plans by which you would wrong me.
27 Behold, I know your thoughts, and the devices which ye wrongfully imagine against me.
27 I know your thoughts very well,the schemes you would wrong me with.
27 "Look! I know your thoughts, your plans are going to harm me.
28 For you say, 'Where is the house of the prince? Where is the tent in which the wicked lived?'
28 “For you say, ‘Where is the house of (AA)the nobleman,And where is the (AB)tent, the dwelling places of the wicked?’
28 For ye say, Where is the house of the prince? and where are the dwelling places of the wicked?
28 For you say, “Where now is the nobleman’s house?”and “Where are the tents(U) the wicked lived in?”
28 You ask, "Where is the noble person's house?' and "Where are the tents where the wicked live?'
30 that the evil man is reserved to the day of calamity, That they are led forth to the day of wrath?
30 “For the (AC)wicked is reserved for the day of calamity;They will be led forth at (AD)the day of fury.
30 That the wicked is reserved to the day of destruction? they shall be brought forth to the day of wrath.
30 Indeed, the evil man is spared from the day of disaster,rescued from the day of wrath.
30 that the wicked person is spared from times of calamity, that he is rescued on the day of wrath?
32 Yet he will be borne to the grave. Men shall keep watch over the tomb.
32 “While he is carried to the grave,Men will keep watch over his tomb.
32 Yet shall he be brought to the grave, and shall remain in the tomb.
32 He is carried to the grave,and someone keeps watch over his tomb.
32 when he is carried away to the cemetery and guardians are placed to watch his tomb?
33 The clods of the valley shall be sweet to him. All men shall draw after him, as there were innumerable before him.
33 “The (AE)clods of the valley will (u)gently cover him;Moreover, (AF)all men will (v)follow after him,While countless ones go before him.
33 The clods of the valley shall be sweet unto him, and every man shall draw after him, as there are innumerable before him.
33 The dirt on his grave is(k) sweet to him.Everyone follows behind him,and those who go before him are without number.
33 The runoff from the streams will seem sweet to him; everyone will follow after him; countless crows march ahead of him.
34 So how can you comfort me with nonsense, because in your answers there remains only falsehood?"
34 How then comfort ye me in vain, seeing in your answers there remaineth falsehood?
34 So how can you offer me such futile comfort?Your answers are deceptive.
34 How then, can you console me so worthlessly? What is left of your answers is treachery."
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