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| 1. | Lo, mine eye hath seen all this, mine ear hath heard and understood it. | "Behold, my eye has seen all this. My ear has heard and understood it. | Truly, my eye has seen all this, word of it has come to my ear, and I have knowledge of it. | ||
| 2. | What ye know, the same do I know also: I am not inferior unto you. | What you know, I know also. I am not inferior to you. | The same things are in my mind as in yours; I am equal to you. | ||
| 3. | Surely I would speak to the Almighty, and I desire to reason with God. | "Surely I would speak to the Almighty. I desire to reason with God. | But I would have talk with the Ruler of all, and my desire is to have an argument with God. | ||
| 4. | But ye are forgers of lies, ye are all physicians of no value. | But you are forgers of lies. You are all physicians of no value. | But you put a false face on things; all your attempts to put things right are of no value. | ||
| 5. | O that ye would altogether hold your peace! and it should be your wisdom. | Oh that you would be completely silent! Then you would be wise. | If only you would keep quiet, it would be a sign of wisdom! | ||
| 6. | Hear now my reasoning, and hearken to the pleadings of my lips. | Hear now my reasoning. Listen to the pleadings of my lips. | Give ear to the argument of my mouth, and take note of the words of my lips. | ||
| 7. | Will ye speak wickedly for God? and talk deceitfully for him? | Will you speak unrighteously for God, and talk deceitfully for him? | Will you say in God's name what is not right, and put false words into his mouth? | ||
| 8. | Will ye accept his person? will ye contend for God? | Will you show partiality to him? Will you contend for God? | Will you have respect for God's person in this cause, and put yourselves forward as his supporters? | ||
| 9. | Is it good that he should search you out? or as one man mocketh another, do ye so mock him? | Is it good that he should search you out? Or as one deceives a man, will you deceive him? | Will it be good for you to be searched out by him, or have you the thought that he may be guided into error like a man? | ||
| 10. | He will surely reprove you, if ye do secretly accept persons. | He will surely reprove you if you secretly show partiality. | He will certainly put you right, if you have respect for persons in secret. | ||
| 11. | Shall not his excellency make you afraid? and his dread fall upon you? | Shall not his majesty make you afraid, And his dread fall on you? | Will not his glory put you in fear, so that your hearts will be overcome before him? | ||
| 12. | Your remembrances are like unto ashes, your bodies to bodies of clay. | Your memorable sayings are proverbs of ashes, Your defenses are defenses of clay. | Your wise sayings are only dust, and your strong places are only earth. | ||
| 13. | Hold your peace, let me alone, that I may speak, and let come on me what will. | "Be silent, leave me alone, that I may speak. Let come on me what will. | Keep quiet, and let me say what is in my mind, whatever may come to me. | ||
| 14. | Wherefore do I take my flesh in my teeth, and put my life in mine hand? | Why should I take my flesh in my teeth, and put my life in my hand? | I will take my flesh in my teeth, and put my life in my hand. | ||
| 15. | Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him: but I will maintain mine own ways before him. | Behold, he will kill me. I have no hope. Nevertheless, I will maintain my ways before him. | Truly, he will put an end to me; I have no hope; but I will not give way in argument before him; | ||
| 16. | He also shall be my salvation: for an hypocrite shall not come before him. | This also shall be my salvation, that a godless man shall not come before him. | And that will be my salvation, for an evil-doer would not come before him, | ||
| 17. | Hear diligently my speech, and my declaration with your ears. | Hear diligently my speech. Let my declaration be in your ears. | Give ear with care to my words, and keep what I say in your minds. | ||
| 18. | Behold now, I have ordered my cause; I know that I shall be justified. | See now, I have set my cause in order. I know that I am righteous. | See now, I have put my cause in order, and I am certain that I will be seen to be right. | ||
| 19. | Who is he that will plead with me? for now, if I hold my tongue, I shall give up the ghost. | Who is he who will contend with me? For then would I hold my peace and give up the spirit. | Is any one able to take up the argument against me? If so, I would keep quiet and give up my breath. | ||
| 20. | Only do not two things unto me: then will I not hide myself from thee. | "Only don't do two things to me; then I will not hide myself from your face: | Only two things do not do to me, then I will come before your face: | ||
| 21. | Withdraw thine hand far from me: and let not thy dread make me afraid. | withdraw your hand far from me; and don't let your terror make me afraid. | Take your hand far away from me; and let me not be overcome by fear of you. | ||
| 22. | Then call thou, and I will answer: or let me speak, and answer thou me. | Then call, and I will answer; or let me speak, and you answer me. | Then at the sound of your voice I will give answer; or let me put forward my cause for you to give me an answer. | ||
| 23. | How many are mine iniquities and sins? make me to know my transgression and my sin. | How many are my iniquities and sins? Make me know my disobedience and my sin. | What is the number of my evil-doings and my sins? give me knowledge of them. | ||
| 24. | Wherefore hidest thou thy face, and holdest me for thine enemy? | Why hide you your face, and hold me for your enemy? | Why is your face veiled from me, as if I was numbered among your haters? | ||
| 25. | Wilt thou break a leaf driven to and fro? and wilt thou pursue the dry stubble? | Will you harass a driven leaf? Will you pursue the dry stubble? | Will you be hard on a leaf in flight before the wind? will you make a dry stem go more quickly on its way? | ||
| 26. | For thou writest bitter things against me, and makest me to possess the iniquities of my youth. | For you write bitter things against me, and make me inherit the iniquities of my youth: | For you put bitter things on record against me, and send punishment on me for the sins of my early years; | ||
| 27. | Thou puttest my feet also in the stocks, and lookest narrowly unto all my paths; thou settest a print upon the heels of my feet. | You also put my feet in the stocks, and mark all my paths. You set a bound to the soles of my feet, | And you put chains on my feet, watching all my ways, and making a limit for my steps; | ||
| 28. | And he, as a rotten thing, consumeth, as a garment that is moth eaten. | though I am decaying like a rotten thing, like a garment that is moth-eaten. | Though a man comes to nothing like a bit of dead wood, or like a robe which has become food for the worm. | ||