Job 10

Job Continues His Response To Bildad 

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                                    1 My soul doth loathe my life, - I let loose my complaint, I speak, in the bitterness of my soul.                                

                                    1 My soul is weary of my life; I will leave my complaint upon myself; I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.                                

                                    1 “(a)(A)I loathe my own life;I will give full vent to (B)my complaint;I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.                                

                                    1 I am disgusted with my life.(A)I will express my complaintand speak in the bitterness of my soul.                                

                                    1 "I am disgusted with living, so I'm going to talk about my complaint freely. I'll speak out from the bitterness of my soul.                                
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                                    2 I say unto GOD, Do not hold me guilty, Let me know, on what account thou contendest with me!                                

                                    2 I will say unto God, Do not condemn me; shew me wherefore thou contendest with me.                                

                                    2 “I will say to God, ‘(C)Do not condemn me;Let me know why You contend with me.                                

                                    2 I will say to God:“Do not declare me guilty!Let me know why You prosecute me.                                

                                    2 I'll say to God, "Don't condemn me! Let me know why you are fighting me.                                
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                                    3 Is it seemly in thee, that thou shouldst oppress? that thou shouldst despise the labour of thine own hand, when, upon the counsel of the lawless, thou hast shone?                                

                                    3 Is it good unto thee that thou shouldest oppress, that thou shouldest despise the work of thine hands, and shine upon the counsel of the wicked?                                

                                    3 ‘Is it (b)right for You indeed to (D)oppress,To reject (E)the labor of Your hands,And (c)to look favorably on (F)the schemes of the wicked?                                

                                    3 Is it good for You to oppress,to reject the work of Your hands,and favor(a) the plans of the wicked?                                

                                    3 Does it delight you to oppress or despise what you have made, while you smile at the plans of the wicked?                                
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                                    4 Eyes of flesh, hast thou? or, as a mortal seeth, seest thou?                                

                                    4 Hast thou eyes of flesh? or seest thou as man seeth?                                

                                    4 ‘Have You eyes of flesh?Or do You (G)see as a man sees?                                

                                    4 Do You have eyes of flesh,or do You see as a human sees?                                

                                    4 Do you have eyes made of flesh? Can you look at things as humans do?                                
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                                    5 As the days of a mortal, are thy days? or, thy years, as the days of a man?                                

                                    5 Are thy days as the days of man? are thy years as man's days,                                

                                    5 ‘Are Your days as the days of a mortal,Or (H)Your years as man’s years,                                

                                    5 Are Your days like those of a human,or Your years like those of a man,(B)                                

                                    5 Can you live only as long as a human being? Or live the years of a mortal man?                                
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                                    6 That thou shouldst seek for mine iniquity, and, for my sin, shouldst make search:                                

                                    6 That thou inquirest after mine iniquity, and searchest after my sin?                                

                                    6 That (I)You should seek for my guiltAnd search after my sin?                                

                                    6 that You look for my wrongdoing(C)and search for my sin,                                

                                    6 ""For you seek out my iniquity and search for my sin.                                
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                                    7 Though it is, within thine own knowledge, that I would not be lawless, and, none, out of thy hand, can deliver?                                

                                    7 Thou knowest that I am not wicked; and there is none that can deliver out of thine hand.                                

                                    7 ‘According to Your knowledge (J)I am indeed not guilty,Yet there is (K)no deliverance from Your hand.                                

                                    7 even though You know that I am not wickedand that there is no one who can deliver from Your hand?                                

                                    7 Although you know that I'm not guilty, there's no one to deliver me from you!                                
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                                    8 Thine own hands, shaped me, and made me, all in unison round about, and yet thou hast confounded me.                                

                                    8 Thine hands have made me and fashioned me together round about; yet thou dost destroy me.                                

                                    8 ‘(L)Your hands fashioned and made me (d)altogether,(M)And would You destroy me?                                

                                    8 “Your hands shaped me and formed me.Will You now turn and destroy me?                                

                                    8 Your hands formed and fashioned me, but then you have destroyed me all at once on all sides.                                
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                                    9 Remember, I pray thee, that, as clay, thou didst make me, and, unto dust, thou wilt cause me to return.                                

                                    9 Remember, I beseech thee, that thou hast made me as the clay; and wilt thou bring me into dust again?                                

                                    9 ‘Remember now, that You have made me as (N)clay;And would You (O)turn me into dust again?                                

                                    9 Please remember that You formed me like clay.Will You now return me to dust?(D)                                

                                    9 ""Please remember that you've made me like clay and you'll return me to dust.                                
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                                    10 Didst thou not, like milk, pour me forth? and, as cheese, curdle me?                                

                                    10 Hast thou not poured me out as milk, and curdled me like cheese?                                

                                    10 ‘Did You not pour me out like milkAnd curdle me like cheese;                                

                                    10 Did You not pour me out like milkand curdle me like cheese?                                

                                    10 Didn't you pour me out like milk and let me congeal like cheese?                                
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                                    11 With skin and flesh, clothe me? and, with bones and sinews, interweave me?                                

                                    11 Thou hast clothed me with skin and flesh, and hast fenced me with bones and sinews.                                

                                    11 Clothe me with skin and flesh,And knit me together with bones and sinews?                                

                                    11 You clothed me with skin and flesh,and wove me together with bones and tendons.                                

                                    11 You covered me with skin and flesh, weaving me together with bones and sinews.                                
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                                    12 Life and lovingkindness, thou didst bestow upon me, - and, thy watchful care, preserved my breath.                                

                                    12 Thou hast granted me life and favour, and thy visitation hath preserved my spirit.                                

                                    12 ‘You have (P)granted me life and lovingkindness;And Your care has preserved my spirit.                                

                                    12 You gave me life and faithful love,and Your care has guarded my life.                                

                                    12 You gave life and gracious love to me; your providential care has preserved my spirit.                                
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                                    13 Yet, these things, thou didst hide in thy heart, I know that, this, hath been with thee!                                

                                    13 And these things hast thou hid in thine heart: I know that this is with thee.                                

                                    13 ‘Yet (Q)these things You have concealed in Your heart;I know that this is within You:                                

                                    13 “Yet You concealed these thoughts in Your heart;I know that this was Your hidden plan:(b)                                

                                    13 But you've hidden these things in your heart      I know this was your purpose:                                
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                                    14 If I have sinned, then couldst thou watch me, and, from mine iniquity, thou wouldst not acquit me:                                

                                    14 If I sin, then thou markest me, and thou wilt not acquit me from mine iniquity.                                

                                    14 If I sin, then You would (R)take note of me,And (S)would not acquit me of my guilt.                                

                                    14 if I sin, You would notice,(c)and would not acquit me of my wrongdoing.(E)                                

                                    14 If I sin, you watch me and won't acquit me for my iniquity.                                
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                                    15 If I have been lawless, alas for me! Or, if I am righteous, I will not lift up my head, Surfeited with shame, look thou then on my humiliation.                                

                                    15 If I be wicked, woe unto me; and if I be righteous, yet will I not lift up my head. I am full of confusion; therefore see thou mine affliction;                                

                                    15 ‘If (T)I am wicked, woe to me!And (U)if I am righteous, I dare not lift up my head.I am sated with disgrace and (e)conscious of my misery.                                

                                    15 If I am wicked, woe to me!And even if I am righteous, I cannot lift up my head.I am filled with shameand aware of my affliction.(F)                                

                                    15 ""Woe to me if I'm guilty! If I'm innocent, I cannot lift my head, because I am filled with disgrace. Look at my affliction!                                
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                                    16 When it is lifted up, like a howling lion, thou dost hunt me, Then again thou dost shew thyself marvellous against me.                                

                                    16 For it increaseth. Thou huntest me as a fierce lion: and again thou shewest thyself marvellous upon me.                                

                                    16 ‘Should my head be lifted up, (V)You would hunt me like a lion;And again You would show Your (W)power against me.                                

                                    16 If I am proud,(d) You hunt me like a lionand again display Your miraculous power against me.(G)                                

                                    16 But if I do lift up my head, you will hunt me like a lion! You will perform miracles in order to fight against me.                                
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                                    17 Thou renewest thy witnesses before me, and dost increase thy vexation with me, Relays - yea an army, is with me.                                

                                    17 Thou renewest thy witnesses against me, and increasest thine indignation upon me; changes and war are against me.                                

                                    17 ‘You renew (X)Your witnesses against meAnd increase Your anger toward me;(f)(Y)Hardship after hardship is with me.                                

                                    17 You produce new witnesses(e) against meand multiply Your anger toward me.Hardships assault me, wave after wave.(f)                                

                                    17 ""You have brought new witnesses against me, you're even more angry with me      you've brought fresh troops to attack me!                                
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                                    18 Wherefore then, from the womb, didst thou bring me forth? I might have breathed my last, and, no eye, have seen me.                                

                                    18 Wherefore then hast thou brought me forth out of the womb? Oh that I had given up the ghost, and no eye had seen me!                                

                                    18 ‘(Z)Why then have You brought me out of the womb?Would that I had died and no eye had seen me!                                

                                    18 “Why did You bring me out of the womb?(H)I should have died and never been seen.                                

                                    18 So why did you bring me out from the womb? I wish I had died, before anyone had seen me,                                
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                                    19 As though I had not been, should I have become, - from the womb to the grave, might I have been borne.                                

                                    19 I should have been as though I had not been; I should have been carried from the womb to the grave.                                

                                    19 ‘I should have been as though I had not been,Carried from womb to tomb.’                                

                                    19 I wish(g) I had never existedbut had been carried from the womb to the grave.(I)                                

                                    19 as if I had never existed; carried from the womb to the grave.                                
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                                    20 Are not my days, few? - then forbear, and set me aside, that I may brighten up for a little;                                

                                    20 Are not my days few? cease then, and let me alone, that I may take comfort a little,                                

                                    20 “Would He not let (AA)my few days alone?(g)(AB)Withdraw from me that I may have a little cheer                                

                                    20 Are my days not few? Stop it!(h)Leave me alone, so that I can smile a little                                

                                    20 My days are so few, aren't they? So leave me alone, then, so I can smile a little                                
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                                    21 Before I go, and not return, unto a land of darkness and death-shade:                                

                                    21 Before I go whence I shall not return, even to the land of darkness and the shadow of death;                                

                                    21 Before I go—(AC)and I shall not return—(AD)To the land of darkness and (AE)deep shadow,                                

                                    21 before I go to a land of darkness and gloom,(J)never to return.                                

                                    21 before I go, never to return, leaving for the land of deep darkness and shadow.                                
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                                    22 A land of obscurity, like thick darkness, of death-shade and disorder, and which shineth like thick darkness.                                

                                    22 A land of darkness, as darkness itself; and of the shadow of death, without any order, and where the light is as darkness.                                

                                    22 The land of utter gloom as darkness itself,Of deep shadow without order,And which shines as the darkness.”                                

                                    22 It is a land of blackness like the deepest darkness,gloomy and chaotic,where even the light is like(i) the darkness.”                                

                                    22 It's a gloomy land, like deepest darkness; where there's no order, and where even the brightness is like darkness.'"