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| 1. | Then Job answered and said, | Then Job answered, | And Job made answer and said, | ||
| 2. | I know it is so of a truth: but how should man be just with God? | "Truly I know that it is so, but how can man be just with God? | Truly, I see that it is so: and how is it possible for a man to get his right before God? | ||
| 3. | If he will contend with him, he cannot answer him one of a thousand. | If he is pleased to contend with him, he can't answer him one time in a thousand. | If a man was desiring to go to law with him, he would not be able to give him an answer to one out of a thousand questions. | ||
| 4. | He is wise in heart, and mighty in strength: who hath hardened himself against him, and hath prospered? | God who is wise in heart, and mighty in strength: who has hardened himself against him, and prospered? | He is wise in heart and great in strength: who ever made his face hard against him, and any good came of it? | ||
| 5. | Which removeth the mountains, and they know not: which overturneth them in his anger. | He removes the mountains, and they don't know it, when he overturns them in his anger. | It is he who takes away the mountains without their knowledge, overturning them in his wrath: | ||
| 6. | Which shaketh the earth out of her place, and the pillars thereof tremble. | He shakes the earth out of its place. Its pillars tremble. | Who is moving the earth out of its place, so that its pillars are shaking: | ||
| 7. | Which commandeth the sun, and it riseth not; and sealeth up the stars. | He commands the sun, and it doesn't rise, and seals up the stars. | Who gives orders to the sun, and it does not give its light; and who keeps the stars from shining. | ||
| 8. | Which alone spreadeth out the heavens, and treadeth upon the waves of the sea. | He alone stretches out the heavens, and treads on the waves of the sea. | By whose hand the heavens were stretched out, and who is walking on the waves of the sea: | ||
| 9. | Which maketh Arcturus, Orion, and Pleiades, and the chambers of the south. | He makes the Bear, Orion, and the Pleiades, and the chambers of the south. | Who made the Bear and Orion, and the Pleiades, and the store-houses of the south: | ||
| 10. | Which doeth great things past finding out; yea, and wonders without number. | He does great things past finding out; yes, marvelous things without number. | Who does great things not to be searched out; yes, wonders without number. | ||
| 11. | Lo, he goeth by me, and I see him not: he passeth on also, but I perceive him not. | Behold, he goes by me, and I don't see him. He passes on also, but I don't perceive him. | See, he goes past me and I see him not: he goes on before, but I have no knowledge of him. | ||
| 12. | Behold, he taketh away, who can hinder him? who will say unto him, What doest thou? | Behold, he snatches away. Who can hinder him? Who will ask him, 'What are you doing?' | If he puts out his hand to take, by whom may it be turned back? who may say to him, What are you doing? | ||
| 13. | If God will not withdraw his anger, the proud helpers do stoop under him. | "God will not withdraw his anger. The helpers of Rahab stoop under him. | God's wrath may not be turned back; the helpers of Rahab were bent down under him. | ||
| 14. | How much less shall I answer him, and choose out my words to reason with him? | How much less shall I answer him, And choose my words to argue with him? | How much less may I give an answer to him, using the right words in argument with him? | ||
| 15. | Whom, though I were righteous, yet would I not answer, but I would make supplication to my judge. | Though I were righteous, yet I wouldn't answer him. I would make supplication to my judge. | Even if my cause was good, I would not be able to give an answer; I would make request for grace from him who was against me. | ||
| 16. | If I had called, and he had answered me; yet would I not believe that he had hearkened unto my voice. | If I had called, and he had answered me, yet I wouldn't believe that he listened to my voice. | If I had sent for him to be present, and he had come, I would have no faith that he would give ear to my voice. | ||
| 17. | For he breaketh me with a tempest, and multiplieth my wounds without cause. | For he breaks me with a storm, and multiplies my wounds without cause. | For I would be crushed by his storm, my wounds would be increased without cause. | ||
| 18. | He will not suffer me to take my breath, but filleth me with bitterness. | He will not allow me to catch my breath, but fills me with bitterness. | He would not let me take my breath, but I would be full of bitter grief. | ||
| 19. | If I speak of strength, lo, he is strong: and if of judgment, who shall set me a time to plead? | If it is a matter of strength, behold, he is mighty! If of justice, 'Who,' says he, 'will summon me?' | If it is a question of strength, he says, Here I am! and if it is a question of a cause at law, he says, Who will give me a fixed day? | ||
| 20. | If I justify myself, mine own mouth shall condemn me: if I say, I am perfect, it shall also prove me perverse. | Though I am righteous, my own mouth shall condemn me. Though I am blameless, it shall prove me perverse. | Though I was in the right, he would say that I was in the wrong; I have done no evil; but he says that I am a sinner. | ||
| 21. | Though I were perfect, yet would I not know my soul: I would despise my life. | I am blameless. I don't respect myself. I despise my life. | I have done no wrong; I give no thought to what becomes of me; I have no desire for life. | ||
| 22. | This is one thing, therefore I said it, He destroyeth the perfect and the wicked. | "It is all the same. Therefore I say he destroys the blameless and the wicked. | It is all the same to me; so I say, He puts an end to the sinner and to him who has done no wrong together. | ||
| 23. | If the scourge slay suddenly, he will laugh at the trial of the innocent. | If the scourge kills suddenly, he will mock at the trial of the innocent. | If death comes suddenly through disease, he makes sport of the fate of those who have done no wrong. | ||
| 24. | The earth is given into the hand of the wicked: he covereth the faces of the judges thereof; if not, where, and who is he? | The earth is given into the hand of the wicked. He covers the faces of its judges. If not he, then who is it? | The land is given into the power of the evil-doer; the faces of its judges are covered; if not by him, then who has done it? | ||
| 25. | Now my days are swifter than a post: they flee away, they see no good. | "Now my days are swifter than a runner. They flee away, they see no good, | My days go quicker than a post-runner: they go in flight, they see no good. | ||
| 26. | They are passed away as the swift ships: as the eagle that hasteth to the prey. | They have passed away as the swift ships, as the eagle that swoops on the prey. | They go rushing on like reed-boats, like an eagle dropping suddenly on its food. | ||
| 27. | If I say, I will forget my complaint, I will leave off my heaviness, and comfort myself: | If I say, 'I will forget my complaint, I will put off my sad face, and cheer up;' | If I say, I will put my grief out of mind, I will let my face be sad no longer and I will be bright; | ||
| 28. | I am afraid of all my sorrows, I know that thou wilt not hold me innocent. | I am afraid of all my sorrows, I know that you will not hold me innocent. | I go in fear of all my pains; I am certain that I will not be free from sin in your eyes. | ||
| 29. | If I be wicked, why then labour I in vain? | I shall be condemned. Why then do I labor in vain? | You will not let me be clear of sin! why then do I take trouble for nothing? | ||
| 30. | If I wash myself with snow water, and make my hands never so clean; | If I wash myself with snow, and cleanse my hands with lye, | If I am washed with snow water, and make my hands clean with soap; | ||
| 31. | Yet shalt thou plunge me in the ditch, and mine own clothes shall abhor me. | yet you will plunge me in the ditch. My own clothes shall abhor me. | Then you will have me pushed into the dust, so that I will seem disgusting to my very clothing. | ||
| 32. | For he is not a man, as I am, that I should answer him, and we should come together in judgment. | For he is not a man, as I am, that I should answer him, that we should come together in judgment. | For he is not a man as I am, that I might give him an answer, that we might come together before a judge. | ||
| 33. | Neither is there any daysman betwixt us, that might lay his hand upon us both. | There is no umpire between us, that might lay his hand on us both. | There is no one to give a decision between us, who might have control over us. | ||
| 34. | Let him take his rod away from me, and let not his fear terrify me: | Let him take his rod away from me. Let his terror not make me afraid; | Let him take away his rod from me and not send his fear on me: | ||
| 35. | Then would I speak, and not fear him; but it is not so with me. | then I would speak, and not fear him, for I am not so in myself. | Then I would say what is in my mind without fear of him; for there is no cause of fear in myself. | ||