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Job’s Life Seems Futile | ||||
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| 1 "Is not man forced to labor on earth, And are not his days like the days of a hired man? | 1 Is there not an appointed time to man upon earth? are not his days also like the days of an hireling? | 1 Is there not a warfare to man upon earth? And are not his days like the days of a hireling? | 1 The life of man upon earth is a warfare, and his days are like the days of a hireling. | 1 Is there not a warfare to man on earth? And as the days of an hireling his days? | 2 "As a slave who pants for the shade, And as a hired man who eagerly waits for his wages, | 2 As a servant earnestly desireth the shadow, and as an hireling looketh for the reward of his work: | 2 As a servant that earnestly desireth the shadow, And as a hireling that looketh for his wages: | 2 As a servant longeth for the shade, as the hireling looketh for the end of his work; | 2 As a servant desireth the shadow, And as a hireling expecteth his wage, | 3 So am I allotted months of vanity, And nights of trouble are appointed me. | 3 So am I made to possess months of vanity, and wearisome nights are appointed to me. | 3 So am I made to possess months of misery, And wearisome nights are appointed to me. | 3 So I also have had empty months, and have numbered to myself wearisome nights. | 3 So I have been caused to inherit months of vanity, And nights of misery they numbered to me. | 4 "When I lie down I say, 'When shall I arise?' But the night continues, And I am continually tossing until dawn. | 4 When I lie down, I say, When shall I arise, and the night be gone? and I am full of tossings to and fro unto the dawning of the day. | 4 When I lie down, I say, When shall I arise, and the night be gone? And I am full of tossings to and fro unto the dawning of the day. | 4 If I lie down to sleep, I shall say: When shall arise? and again I shall look for the evening, and shall be filled with sorrows even till darkness. | 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. | 5 "My flesh is clothed with worms and a crust of dirt, My skin hardens and runs. | 5 My flesh is clothed with worms and clods of dust; my skin is broken, and become loathsome. | 5 My flesh is clothed with worms and clods of dust; My skin closeth up, and breaketh out afresh. | 5 My flesh is clothed with rottenness and the filth of dust, my skin is withered and drawn together. | 5 Clothed hath been my flesh with worms, And a clod of dust, My skin hath been shrivelled and is loathsome, | NASB | KJV | ASV | DRB | YLT |
| 6 "My days are swifter than a weaver's shuttle, And come to an end without hope. | 6 My days are swifter than a weaver's shuttle, and are spent without hope. | 6 My days are swifter than a weaver's shuttle, And are spent without hope. | 6 My days have passed more swiftly than the web is cut by the weaver, and are consumed without any hope. | 6 My days swifter than a weaving machine, And they are consumed without hope. | 7 "Remember that my life is but breath; My eye will not again see good. | 7 O remember that my life is wind: mine eye shall no more see good. | 7 Oh remember that my life is a breath: Mine eye shall no more see good. | 7 Remember that my life is but wind, and my eyes shall not return to see good things. | 7 Remember Thou that my life is a breath, Mine eye turneth not back to see good. | 8 "The eye of him who sees me will behold me no longer; Your eyes will be on me, but I will not be. | 8 The eye of him that hath seen me shall see me no more: thine eyes are upon me, and I am not. | 8 The eye of him that seeth me shall behold me no more; Thine eyes shall be upon me, but I shall not be. | 8 Nor shall the sight of man behold me: thy eyes are upon me, and I shall be no more. | 8 The eye of my beholder beholdeth me not. Thine eyes are upon me -- and I am not. | 9 "When a cloud vanishes, it is gone, So he who goes down to Sheol does not come up. | 9 As the cloud is consumed and vanisheth away: so he that goeth down to the grave shall come up no more. | 9 As the cloud is consumed and vanisheth away, So he that goeth down to Sheol shall come up no more. | 9 As a cloud is consumed, and passeth away: so he that shall go down to hell shall not come up. | 9 Consumed hath been a cloud, and it goeth, So he who is going down to Sheol cometh not up. | 10 "He will not return again to his house, Nor will his place know him anymore. | 10 He shall return no more to his house, neither shall his place know him any more. | 10 He shall return no more to his house, Neither shall his place know him any more. | 10 Nor shall he return my more into his house, neither shall his place know him any more. | 10 He turneth not again to his house, Nor doth his place discern him again. | NASB | KJV | ASV | DRB | YLT |
| 11 "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. | 11 Therefore I will not refrain my mouth; I will speak in the anguish of my spirit; I will complain in the bitterness of my soul. | 11 Therefore I will not refrain my mouth; I will speak in the anguish of my spirit; I will complain in the bitterness of my soul. | 11 Wherefore I will not spare my month, I will speak in the affliction of my spirit: I will talk with the bitterness of my soul. | 11 Also I -- I withhold not my mouth -- I speak in the distress of my spirit, I talk in the bitterness of my soul. | 12 "Am I the sea, or the sea monster, That You set a guard over me? | 12 Am I a sea, or a whale, that thou settest a watch over me? | 12 Am I a sea, or a sea-monster, That thou settest a watch over me? | 12 Am I a sea, or a whale, that thou hast enclosed me in a prison? | 12 A sea -monster am I, or a dragon, That thou settest over me a guard? | 13 "If I say, 'My bed will comfort me, My couch will ease my complaint,' | 13 When I say, My bed shall comfort me, my couch shall ease my complaints; | 13 When I say, My bed shall comfort me, My couch shall ease my complaint; | 13 If I say: My bed shall comfort me, and I shall be relieved speaking with myself on my couch: | 13 When I said, 'My bed doth comfort me,' He taketh away in my talking my couch. | 14 Then You frighten me with dreams And terrify me by visions; | 14 Then thou scarest me with dreams, and terrifiest me through visions: | 14 Then thou scarest me with dreams, And terrifiest me through visions: | 14 Thou wilt frighten me with dreams and terrify me with visions. | 14 And thou hast affrighted me with dreams, And from visions thou terrifiest me, | 15 So that my soul would choose suffocation, Death rather than my pains. | 15 So that my soul chooseth strangling, and death rather than my life. | 15 So that my soul chooseth strangling, And death rather than these my bones. | 15 So that my soul rather chooseth hanging, and my bones death. | 15 And my soul chooseth strangling, Death rather than my bones. | NASB | KJV | ASV | DRB | YLT |
| 16 "I waste away; I will not live forever. Leave me alone, for my days are but a breath. | 16 I loathe it; I would not live alway: let me alone; for my days are vanity. | 16 I loathe my life ; I would not live alway: Let me alone; for my days are vanity. | 16 I have done with hope, I shall now live no longer: spare me, for my days are nothing. | 16 I have wasted away -- not to the age do I live. Cease from me, for my days are vanity. | 17 "What is man that You magnify him, And that You are concerned about him, | 17 What is man, that thou shouldest magnify him? and that thou shouldest set thine heart upon him? | 17 What is man, that thou shouldest magnify him, And that thou shouldest set thy mind upon him, | 17 What is a man that thou shouldst magnify him? or why dost thou set thy heart upon him? | 17 What is man that Thou dost magnify him? And that Thou settest unto him Thy heart? | 18 That You examine him every morning And try him every moment? | 18 And that thou shouldest visit him every morning, and try him every moment? | 18 And that thou shouldest visit him every morning, And try him every moment? | 18 Thou visitest him early in the morning, and thou provest him suddenly. | 18 And inspectest him in the mornings, In the evenings dost try him? | 19 "Will You never turn Your gaze away from me, Nor let me alone until I swallow my spittle? | 19 How long wilt thou not depart from me, nor let me alone till I swallow down my spittle? | 19 How long wilt thou not look away from me, Nor let me alone till I swallow down my spittle? | 19 How long wilt thou not spare me, nor suffer me to swallow down my spittle? | 19 How long dost Thou not look from me? Thou dost not desist till I swallow my spittle. | 20 "Have I sinned? What have I done to You, O watcher of men? Why have You set me as Your target, So that I am a burden to myself? | 20 I have sinned; what shall I do unto thee, O thou preserver of men? why hast thou set me as a mark against thee, so that I am a burden to myself? | 20 If I have sinned, what do I unto thee, O thou watcher of men? Why hast thou set me as a mark for thee, So that I am a burden to myself? | 20 I have sinned: what shall I do to thee, O keeper of men? why hast thou set me opposite to thee, and I am become burdensome to myself? | 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? | NASB | KJV | ASV | DRB | YLT |
| 21 "Why then do You not pardon my transgression And take away my iniquity? For now I will lie down in the dust; And You will seek me, but I will not be." | 21 And why dost thou not pardon my transgression, and take away my iniquity? for now shall I sleep in the dust; and thou shalt seek me in the morning, but I shall not be. | 21 And why dost thou not pardon my transgression, and take away mine iniquity? For now shall I lie down in the dust; And thou wilt seek me diligently, but I shall not be. | 21 Why dost thou not remove my sin, and why dost thou not take away my iniquity? Behold now I shall sleep in the dust: and if thou seek me in the morning, I shall not be. | 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! |
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