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| 1. | But Job answered and said, | Then Job answered, | Then Job made answer and said, | ||
| 2. | Hear diligently my speech, and let this be your consolations. | "Listen diligently to my speech. Let this be your consolation. | Give attention with care to my words; and let this be your comfort. | ||
| 3. | Suffer me that I may speak; and after that I have spoken, mock on. | Allow me, and I also will speak; After I have spoken, mock on. | Let me say what is in my mind, and after that, go on making sport of me. | ||
| 4. | As for me, is my complaint to man? and if it were so, why should not my spirit be troubled? | As for me, is my complaint to man? Why shouldn't I be impatient? | As for me, is my outcry against man? is it then to be wondered at if my spirit is troubled? | ||
| 5. | Mark me, and be astonished, and lay your hand upon your mouth. | Look at me, and be astonished. Lay your hand on your mouth. | Take note of me and be full of wonder, put your hand on your mouth. | ||
| 6. | Even when I remember I am afraid, and trembling taketh hold on my flesh. | When I remember, I am troubled. Horror takes hold of my flesh. | At the very thought of it my flesh is shaking with fear. | ||
| 7. | Wherefore do the wicked live, become old, yea, are mighty in power? | "Why do the wicked live, become old, yes, and grow mighty in power? | Why is life given to the evil-doers? why do they become old and strong in power? | ||
| 8. | Their seed is established in their sight with them, and their offspring before their eyes. | Their child is established with them in their sight, their offspring before their eyes. | Their children are ever with them, and their offspring before their eyes. | ||
| 9. | Their houses are safe from fear, neither is the rod of God upon them. | Their houses are safe from fear, neither is the rod of God upon them. | Their houses are free from fear, and the rod of God does not come on them. | ||
| 10. | Their bull gendereth, and faileth not; their cow calveth, and casteth not her calf. | Their bulls breed without fail. Their cows calve, and don't miscarry. | Their ox is ready at all times to give seed; their cow gives birth, without dropping her young. | ||
| 11. | They send forth their little ones like a flock, and their children dance. | They send forth their little ones like a flock. Their children dance. | They send out their young ones like a flock, and their children have pleasure in the dance, | ||
| 12. | They take the timbrel and harp, and rejoice at the sound of the organ. | They sing to the tambourine and harp, and rejoice at the sound of the pipe. | They make songs to the instruments of music, and are glad at the sound of the pipe. | ||
| 13. | They spend their days in wealth, and in a moment go down to the grave. | They spend their days in prosperity. In an instant they go down to Sheol{Sheol is the place of the dead.}. | Their days come to an end without trouble, and suddenly they go down to the underworld. | ||
| 14. | Therefore they say unto God, Depart from us; for we desire not the knowledge of thy ways. | They tell God, 'Depart from us, for we don't want to know about your ways. | Though they said to God, Go away from us, for we have no desire for the knowledge of your ways. | ||
| 15. | What is the Almighty, that we should serve him? and what profit should we have, if we pray unto him? | What is the Almighty, that we should serve him? What profit should we have, if we pray to him?' | What is the Ruler of all, that we may give him worship? and what profit is it to us to make prayer to him? | ||
| 16. | Lo, their good is not in their hand: the counsel of the wicked is far from me. | Behold, their prosperity is not in their hand. The counsel of the wicked is far from me. | Truly, is not their well-being in their power? (The purpose of the evil-doers is far from me.) | ||
| 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. | "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? | How frequently is the light of the evil-doers put out, or does trouble come on them? how frequently does his wrath take them with cords? | ||
| 18. | They are as stubble before the wind, and as chaff that the storm carrieth away. | How often is it that they are as stubble before the wind, as chaff that the storm carries away? | How frequently are they as dry stems before the wind, or as grass taken away by the storm-wind? | ||
| 19. | God layeth up his iniquity for his children: he rewardeth him, and he shall know it. | You say, 'God lays up his iniquity for his children.' Let him recompense it to himself, that he may know it. | You say, God keeps punishment stored up for his children. Let him send it on the man himself, so that he may have the punishment of it! | ||
| 20. | His eyes shall see his destruction, and he shall drink of the wrath of the Almighty. | Let his own eyes see his destruction. Let him drink of the wrath of the Almighty. | Let his eyes see his trouble, and let him be full of the wrath of the Ruler of all! | ||
| 21. | For what pleasure hath he in his house after him, when the number of his months is cut off in the midst? | For what does he care for his house after him, when the number of his months is cut off? | For what interest has he in his house after him, when the number of his months is ended? | ||
| 22. | Shall any teach God knowledge? seeing he judgeth those that are high. | "Shall any teach God knowledge, seeing he judges those who are high? | Is anyone able to give teaching to God? for he is the judge of those who are on high. | ||
| 23. | One dieth in his full strength, being wholly at ease and quiet. | One dies in his full strength, being wholly at ease and quiet. | One comes to his end in complete well-being, full of peace and quiet: | ||
| 24. | His breasts are full of milk, and his bones are moistened with marrow. | His pails are full of milk. The marrow of his bones is moistened. | His buckets are full of milk, and there is no loss of strength in his bones. | ||
| 25. | And another dieth in the bitterness of his soul, and never eateth with pleasure. | Another dies in bitterness of soul, and never tastes of good. | And another comes to his end with a bitter soul, without ever tasting good. | ||
| 26. | They shall lie down alike in the dust, and the worms shall cover them. | They lie down alike in the dust. The worm covers them. | Together they go down to the dust, and are covered by the worm. | ||
| 27. | Behold, I know your thoughts, and the devices which ye wrongfully imagine against me. | "Behold, I know your thoughts, the devices with which you would wrong me. | See, I am conscious of your thoughts, and of your violent purposes against me; | ||
| 28. | For ye say, Where is the house of the prince? and where are the dwelling places of the wicked? | For you say, 'Where is the house of the prince? Where is the tent in which the wicked lived?' | For you say, Where is the house of the ruler, and where is the tent of the evil-doer? | ||
| 29. | Have ye not asked them that go by the way? and do ye not know their tokens, | Haven't you asked wayfaring men? Don't you know their evidences, | Have you not put the question to the travellers, and do you not take note of their experience? | ||
| 30. | That the wicked is reserved to the day of destruction? they shall be brought forth to the day of wrath. | that the evil man is reserved to the day of calamity, That they are led forth to the day of wrath? | How the evil man goes free in the day of trouble, and has salvation in the day of wrath? | ||
| 31. | Who shall declare his way to his face? and who shall repay him what he hath done? | Who shall declare his way to his face? Who shall repay him what he has done? | Who will make his way clear to his face? and if he has done a thing, who gives him punishment for it? | ||
| 32. | Yet shall he be brought to the grave, and shall remain in the tomb. | Yet he will be borne to the grave. Men shall keep watch over the tomb. | He is taken to his last resting-place, and keeps watch over it. | ||
| 33. | The clods of the valley shall be sweet unto him, and every man shall draw after him, as there are innumerable before him. | The clods of the valley shall be sweet to him. All men shall draw after him, as there were innumerable before him. | The earth of the valley covering his bones is sweet to him, and all men come after him, as there were unnumbered before him. | ||
| 34. | How then comfort ye me in vain, seeing in your answers there remaineth falsehood? | So how can you comfort me with nonsense, seeing that in your answers there remains only falsehood?" | Why then do you give me comfort with words in which there is no profit, when you see that there is nothing in your answers but deceit? | ||