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| [1]THEN Job answered and said, |
[1]But Job answered and said, |
| [2]Oh that my grief were weighed, and my calamity laid in the balances against it! |
[2]Oh that one would indeed weigh the wrath that is upon me, and take up my griefs in a balance together! |
| [3]For then it would be heavier than the sand of the seas; therefore my words are restrained. |
[3]And verily they would be heavier than the sand by the seashore: but, as it seems, my words are vain. |
| [4]For the arrows of the Almighty are in my flesh, and their poison drinks up my spirit; the terrors of God have frightened me. |
[4]For the arrows of the Lord are in my body, whose violence drinks up my blood: whenever I am going to speak, they pierce me. |
| [5]Does the wild ass bray over grass? Or does the ox low over the fodder? |
[5]What then? will the wild ass bray for nothing, if he is not seeking food? or again, will the ox low at the manger, when he has a fodder? |
| [6]Or can that which is unsavory be eaten without salt? Or is there any taste in the white of an egg? |
[6]Shall bread be eaten without salt? or again, is there taste in empty words? |
| [7]My soul is weary of its troubles, I lament like a drunken man in my affliction |
[7]For my wrath cannot cease; for I perceive my food as the smell of a lion to be loathsome. |
| [8]Oh that I might have my request; and that God would grant me the thing that I long for! |
[8]For oh that he would grant my desire, and my petition might come, and the Lord would grant my hope! |
| [9]So that God would hearken to cleanse me, and to spread out his hand and make me whole; |
[9]Let the Lord begin and wound me, but let him not utterly destroy me. |
| [10]And to be again my comfort, so that I may be restored to my strength without measure; for I have not lied against the words of the Holy One. |
[10]Let the grave be my city, upon the walls of which I have leaped: I will not shrink from it; for I have not denied the holy words of my God. |
| [11]What is my strength, that I should endure? And what is my end, that I should be patient? |
[11]For what is my strength, that I continue? what is my time, that my soul endures? |
| [12]Is my strength the strength of stones? Or is my flesh of brass? |
[12]Is my strength the strength of stones? or is my flesh of brass? |
| [13]Behold, his help is not in me, and his salvation is far off from me |
[13]Or have I not trusted in him? but help is far from me. |
| [14]He who withholds peace from his friend, forsakes the worship of the Almighty. |
[14]Mercy has rejected me; and the visitation of the Lord has disregarded me. |
| [15]My brethren have dealt deceitfully like dry brooks, like torrents which pass away. |
[15]My nearest relations have not regarded me; they have passed me by like a failing brook, or like a wave. |
| [16]Those who were afraid of ice, much snow has fallen upon them. |
[16]They who used to reverence me, now have come against me like snow or congealed ice. |
| [17]When the sun shines over them, they melt; when it is hot, they melt and disappear from their place. |
[17]When it has melted at the approach of heat, it is not known what it was. |
| [18]The paths of their ways are winding; they go astray from their course and perish. |
[18]Thus I also have been deserted of all; and I am ruined, and become an outcast. |
| [19]For they have looked toward the roads of the south, and have waited for the paths of Sheba. |
[19]Behold the ways of the Thaemanites, ye that mark the paths of the Sabaeans. |
| [20]They are ashamed in what they had hoped; they came there, and were confounded. |
[20]They too that trust in cities and riches shall come to shame. |
| [21]You also have become such to me; because before you saw terror, you were afraid |
[21]But ye also have come to me without pity; so that beholding my wound ye are afraid. |
| [22]Did I say, Bring me a present? Or from your wealth offer a bribe for my sake? |
[22]What? have I made any demand of you? or do I ask for strength from you, |
| [23]Or rescue me from my oppressor's hands; or deliver me from the hand of the mighty? |
[23]to deliver me from enemies, or to rescue me from the hand of the mighty ones? |
| [24]Teach me, and I will be silent; and cause me to understand wherein I have erred. |
[24]Teach ye me, and I will be silent: if in anything I have erred, tell me. |
| [25]Why do you reject the words of truth? Who of you are able to rebuke and chastise? |
[25]But as it seems, the words of a true man are vain, because I do not ask strength of you. |
| [26]Behold you are seeking to find words with which to reprove, and against my soul you are conjuring up words. |
[26]Neither will your reproof cause me to cease my words, for neither will I endure the sound of your speech. |
| [27]Behold, you overwhelm the fatherless, and you grieve your friend. |
[27]Even because ye attack the fatherless, and insult your friend. |
| [28]Now therefore listen and take heed, and I will speak in your presence, and will not lie. |
[28]But now, having looked upon your countenances, I will not lie. |
| [29]Repent, I pray you, and do not become like ungodly men; repent therefore and be justified. |
[29]Sit down now, and let there not be unrighteousness; and unite again with the just. |
| [30]Is there iniquity in my tongue? Or does not my mouth speak truth |
[30]For there is no injustice in my tongue; and does not my throat meditate understanding? |