New American Standard Bible 1995 | King James Bible |
1Then Job answered, | 1But Job answered and said, |
2"Oh that my grief were actually weighed And laid in the balances together with my calamity! | 2Oh that my grief were throughly weighed, and my calamity laid in the balances together! |
3"For then it would be heavier than the sand of the seas; Therefore my words have been rash. | 3For now it would be heavier than the sand of the sea: therefore my words are swallowed up. |
4"For the arrows of the Almighty are within me, Their poison my spirit drinks; The terrors of God are arrayed against me. | 4For the arrows of the Almighty are within me, the poison whereof drinketh up my spirit: the terrors of God do set themselves in array against me. |
5"Does the wild donkey bray over his grass, Or does the ox low over his fodder? | 5Doth the wild ass bray when he hath grass? or loweth the ox over his fodder? |
6"Can something tasteless be eaten without salt, Or is there any taste in the white of an egg? | 6Can that which is unsavoury be eaten without salt? or is there any taste in the white of an egg? |
7"My soul refuses to touch them; They are like loathsome food to me. | 7The things that my soul refused to touch are as my sorrowful meat. |
8"Oh that my request might come to pass, And that God would grant my longing! | 8Oh that I might have my request; and that God would grant me the thing that I long for! |
9"Would that God were willing to crush me, That He would loose His hand and cut me off! | 9Even that it would please God to destroy me; that he would let loose his hand, and cut me off! |
10"But it is still my consolation, And I rejoice in unsparing pain, That I have not denied the words of the Holy One. | 10Then should I yet have comfort; yea, I would harden myself in sorrow: let him not spare; for I have not concealed the words of the Holy One. |
11"What is my strength, that I should wait? And what is my end, that I should endure? | 11What is my strength, that I should hope? and what is mine end, that I should prolong my life? |
12"Is my strength the strength of stones, Or is my flesh bronze? | 12Is my strength the strength of stones? or is my flesh of brass? |
13"Is it that my help is not within me, And that deliverance is driven from me? | 13Is not my help in me? and is wisdom driven quite from me? |
14"For the despairing man there should be kindness from his friend; So that he does not forsake the fear of the Almighty. | 14To him that is afflicted pity should be shewed from his friend; but he forsaketh the fear of the Almighty. |
15"My brothers have acted deceitfully like a wadi, Like the torrents of wadis which vanish, | 15My brethren have dealt deceitfully as a brook, and as the stream of brooks they pass away; |
16Which are turbid because of ice And into which the snow melts. | 16Which are blackish by reason of the ice, and wherein the snow is hid: |
17"When they become waterless, they are silent, When it is hot, they vanish from their place. | 17What time they wax warm, they vanish: when it is hot, they are consumed out of their place. |
18"The paths of their course wind along, They go up into nothing and perish. | 18The paths of their way are turned aside; they go to nothing, and perish. |
19"The caravans of Tema looked, The travelers of Sheba hoped for them. | 19The troops of Tema looked, the companies of Sheba waited for them. |
20"They were disappointed for they had trusted, They came there and were confounded. | 20They were confounded because they had hoped; they came thither, and were ashamed. |
21"Indeed, you have now become such, You see a terror and are afraid. | 21For now ye are nothing; ye see my casting down, and are afraid. |
22"Have I said, 'Give me something,' Or, 'Offer a bribe for me from your wealth,' | 22Did I say, Bring unto me? or, Give a reward for me of your substance? |
23Or, 'Deliver me from the hand of the adversary,' Or, 'Redeem me from the hand of the tyrants '? | 23Or, Deliver me from the enemy's hand? or, Redeem me from the hand of the mighty? |
24"Teach me, and I will be silent; And show me how I have erred. | 24Teach me, and I will hold my tongue: and cause me to understand wherein I have erred. |
25"How painful are honest words! But what does your argument prove? | 25How forcible are right words! but what doth your arguing reprove? |
26"Do you intend to reprove my words, When the words of one in despair belong to the wind? | 26Do ye imagine to reprove words, and the speeches of one that is desperate, which are as wind? |
27"You would even cast lots for the orphans And barter over your friend. | 27Yea, ye overwhelm the fatherless, and ye dig a pit for your friend. |
28"Now please look at me, And see if I lie to your face. | 28Now therefore be content, look upon me; for it is evident unto you if I lie. |
29"Desist now, let there be no injustice; Even desist, my righteousness is yet in it. | 29Return, I pray you, let it not be iniquity; yea, return again, my righteousness is in it. |
30"Is there injustice on my tongue? Cannot my palate discern calamities? | 30Is there iniquity in my tongue? cannot my taste discern perverse things? |
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