Job.8.1

Bildad from Shuhah was next to speak:

Job.8.1

Then Bildad the Shuhite replied:

Job.8.1

Then Bildad the Shuhite answered and said:

Job.8.1

Then Bildad the Shuhite replied to Job:

Job.8.2

"How can you keep on talking like this? You're talking nonsense, and noisy nonsense at that.

Job.8.2

"How long will you say such things? Your words are a blustering wind.

Job.8.2

"How long will you speak these things, And the words of your mouth be like a strong wind?

Job.8.2

"How long will you go on like this? Your words are a blustering wind.

Job.8.3

Does God mess up? Does God Almighty ever get things backwards?

Job.8.3

Does God pervert justice? Does the Almighty pervert what is right?

Job.8.3

Does God subvert judgment? Or does the Almighty pervert justice?

Job.8.3

Does God twist justice? Does the Almighty twist what is right?

Job.8.4

It's plain that your children sinned against him--otherwise, why would God have punished them?

Job.8.4

When your children sinned against him, he gave them over to the penalty of their sin.

Job.8.4

If your sons have sinned against Him, He has cast them away for their transgression.

Job.8.4

Your children obviously sinned against him, so their punishment was well deserved.

Job.8.5

Here's what you must do--and don't put it off any longer: Get down on your knees before God Almighty.

Job.8.5

But if you will look to God and plead with the Almighty,

Job.8.5

If you would earnestly seek God And make your supplication to the Almighty,

Job.8.5

But if you pray to God and seek the favor of the Almighty,

Job.8.6

If you're as innocent and upright as you say, it's not too late--he'll come running; he'll set everything right again, reestablish your fortunes.

Job.8.6

if you are pure and upright, even now he will rouse himself on your behalf and restore you to your rightful place.

Job.8.6

If you were pure and upright, Surely now He would awake for you, And prosper your rightful dwelling place.

Job.8.6

if you are pure and live with complete integrity, he will rise up and restore your happy home.

Job.8.7

Even though you're not much right now, you'll end up better than ever.

Job.8.7

Your beginnings will seem humble, so prosperous will your future be.

Job.8.7

Though your beginning was small, Yet your latter end would increase abundantly.

Job.8.7

And though you started with little, you will end with much.

Job.8.8

"Put the question to our ancestors, study what they learned from their ancestors.

Job.8.8

"Ask the former generations and find out what their fathers learned,

Job.8.8

"For inquire, please, of the former age, And consider the things discovered by their fathers;

Job.8.8

"Just ask the former generation. Pay attention to the experience of our ancestors.

Job.8.9

For we're newcomers at this, with a lot to learn, and not too long to learn it.

Job.8.9

for we were born only yesterday and know nothing, and our days on earth are but a shadow.

Job.8.9

For we were born yesterday, and know nothing, Because our days on earth are a shadow.

Job.8.9

For we were born but yesterday and know so little. Our days on earth are as transient as a shadow.

Job.8.10

So why not let the ancients teach you, tell you what's what, instruct you in what they knew from experience?

Job.8.10

Will they not instruct you and tell you? Will they not bring forth words from their understanding?

Job.8.10

Will they not teach you and tell you, And utter words from their heart?

Job.8.10

But those who came before us will teach you. They will teach you from the wisdom of former generations.

Job.8.11

Can mighty pine trees grow tall without soil? Can luscious tomatoes flourish without water?

Job.8.11

Can papyrus grow tall where there is no marsh? Can reeds thrive without water?

Job.8.11

"Can the papyrus grow up without a marsh? Can the reeds flourish without water?

Job.8.11

"Can papyrus reeds grow where there is no marsh? Can bulrushes flourish where there is no water?

Job.8.12

Blossoming flowers look great before they're cut or picked, but without soil or water they wither more quickly than grass.

Job.8.12

While still growing and uncut, they wither more quickly than grass.

Job.8.12

While it is yet green and not cut down, It withers before any other plant.

Job.8.12

While they are still flowering, not ready to be cut, they begin to wither.

Job.8.13

That's what happens to all who forget God--all their hopes come to nothing.

Job.8.13

Such is the destiny of all who forget God; so perishes the hope of the godless.

Job.8.13

So are the paths of all who forget God; And the hope of the hypocrite shall perish,

Job.8.13

Such is the fate of all who forget God. The hope of the godless comes to nothing.

Job.8.14

They hang their life from one thin thread, they hitch their fate to a spider web.

Job.8.14

What he trusts in is fragile; what he relies on is a spider's web.

Job.8.14

Whose confidence shall be cut off, And whose trust is a spider's web.

Job.8.14

Everything they count on will collapse. They are leaning on a spiderweb.

Job.8.15

One jiggle and the thread breaks, one jab and the web collapses.

Job.8.15

He leans on his web, but it gives way; he clings to it, but it does not hold.

Job.8.15

He leans on his house, but it does not stand. He holds it fast, but it does not endure.

Job.8.15

They cling to their home for security, but it won't last. They try to hold it fast, but it will not endure.

Job.8.16

Or they're like weeds springing up in the sunshine, invading the garden,

Job.8.16

He is like a well-watered plant in the sunshine, spreading its shoots over the garden;

Job.8.16

He grows green in the sun, And his branches spread out in his garden.

Job.8.16

The godless seem so strong, like a lush plant growing in the sunshine, its branches spreading across the garden.

Job.8.17

Spreading everywhere, overtaking the flowers, getting a foothold even in the rocks.

Job.8.17

it entwines its roots around a pile of rocks and looks for a place among the stones.

Job.8.17

His roots wrap around the rock heap, And look for a place in the stones.

Job.8.17

Its roots grow down through a pile of rocks to hold it firm.

Job.8.18

But when the gardener rips them out by the roots, the garden doesn't miss them one bit.

Job.8.18

But when it is torn from its spot, that place disowns it and says, 'I never saw you.'

Job.8.18

If he is destroyed from his place, Then it will deny him, saying, "I have not seen you.'

Job.8.18

But when it is uprooted, it isn't even missed!

Job.8.19

The sooner the godless are gone, the better; then good plants can grow in their place.

Job.8.19

Surely its life withers away, and from the soil other plants grow.

Job.8.19

"Behold, this is the joy of His way, And out of the earth others will grow.

Job.8.19

That is the end of its life, and others spring up from the earth to replace it.

Job.8.20

"There's no way that God will reject a good person, and there is no way he'll help a bad one.

Job.8.20

"Surely God does not reject a blameless man or strengthen the hands of evildoers.

Job.8.20

Behold, God will not cast away the blameless, Nor will He uphold the evildoers.

Job.8.20

"But look! God will not reject a person of integrity, nor will he make evildoers prosper.

Job.8.21

God will let you laugh again; you'll raise the roof with shouts of joy,

Job.8.21

He will yet fill your mouth with laughter and your lips with shouts of joy.

Job.8.21

He will yet fill your mouth with laughing, And your lips with rejoicing.

Job.8.21

He will yet fill your mouth with laughter and your lips with shouts of joy.

Job.8.22

With your enemies thoroughly discredited, their house of cards collapsed." HKJob ContinuesHK How Can Mere Mortals Get Right with God?

Job.8.22

Your enemies will be clothed in shame, and the tents of the wicked will be no more."

Job.8.22

Those who hate you will be clothed with shame, And the dwelling place of the wicked will come to nothing."

Job.8.22

Those who hate you will be clothed with shame, and the tent of the wicked will be destroyed."

Job.9.1

Job continued by saying:

Job.9.1

Then Job replied:

Job.9.1

Then Job answered and said:

Job.9.1

Then Job spoke again:

Job.9.2

"So what's new? I know all this. The question is, "How can mere mortals get right with God?'

Job.9.2

"Indeed, I know that this is true. But how can a mortal be righteous before God?

Job.9.2

"Truly I know it is so, But how can a man be righteous before God?

Job.9.2

"Yes, I know this is all true in principle. But how can a person be declared innocent in the eyes of God?

Job.9.3

If we wanted to bring our case before him, what chance would we have? Not one in a thousand!

Job.9.3

Though one wished to dispute with him, he could not answer him one time out of a thousand.

Job.9.3

If one wished to contend with Him, He could not answer Him one time out of a thousand.

Job.9.3

If someone wanted to take God to court, would it be possible to answer him even once in a thousand times?

Job.9.4

God's wisdom is so deep, God's power so immense, who could take him on and come out in one piece?

Job.9.4

His wisdom is profound, his power is vast. Who has resisted him and come out unscathed?

Job.9.4

God is wise in heart and mighty in strength. Who has hardened himself against Him and prospered?

Job.9.4

For God is so wise and so mighty. Who has ever challenged him successfully?

Job.9.5

He moves mountains before they know what's happened, flips them on their heads on a whim.

Job.9.5

He moves mountains without their knowing it and overturns them in his anger.

Job.9.5

He removes the mountains, and they do not know When He overturns them in His anger;

Job.9.5

"Without warning, he moves the mountains, overturning them in his anger.

Job.9.6

He gives the earth a good shaking up, rocks it down to its very foundations.

Job.9.6

He shakes the earth from its place and makes its pillars tremble.

Job.9.6

He shakes the earth out of its place, And its pillars tremble;

Job.9.6

He shakes the earth from its place, and its foundations tremble.

Job.9.7

He tells the sun, "Don't shine,' and it doesn't; he pulls the blinds on the stars.

Job.9.7

He speaks to the sun and it does not shine; he seals off the light of the stars.

Job.9.7

He commands the sun, and it does not rise; He seals off the stars;

Job.9.7

If he commands it, the sun won't rise and the stars won't shine.

Job.9.8

All by himself he stretches out the heavens and strides on the waves of the sea.

Job.9.8

He alone stretches out the heavens and treads on the waves of the sea.

Job.9.8

He alone spreads out the heavens, And treads on the waves of the sea;

Job.9.8

He alone has spread out the heavens and marches on the waves of the sea.

Job.9.9

He designed the Big Dipper and Orion, the Pleiades and Alpha Centauri.

Job.9.9

He is the Maker of the Bear and Orion, the Pleiades and the constellations of the south.

Job.9.9

He made the Bear, Orion, and the Pleiades, And the chambers of the south;

Job.9.9

He made all the stars--the Bear, Orion, the Pleiades, and the constellations of the southern sky.

Job.9.10

We'll never comprehend all the great things he does; his miracle-surprises can't be counted.

Job.9.10

He performs wonders that cannot be fathomed, miracles that cannot be counted.

Job.9.10

He does great things past finding out, Yes, wonders without number.

Job.9.10

His great works are too marvelous to understand. He performs miracles without number.

Job.9.11

Somehow, though he moves right in front of me, I don't see him; quietly but surely he's active, and I miss it.

Job.9.11

When he passes me, I cannot see him; when he goes by, I cannot perceive him.

Job.9.11

If He goes by me, I do not see Him; If He moves past, I do not perceive Him;

Job.9.11

"Yet when he comes near, I cannot see him. When he moves on, I do not see him go.

Job.9.12

If he steals you blind, who can stop him? Who's going to say, "Hey, what are you doing?'

Job.9.12

If he snatches away, who can stop him? Who can say to him, 'What are you doing?'

Job.9.12

If He takes away, who can hinder Him? Who can say to Him, "What are You doing?'

Job.9.12

If he sends death to snatch someone away, who can stop him? Who dares to ask him, `What are you doing?'

Job.9.13

God doesn't hold back on his anger; even dragon-bred monsters cringe before him.

Job.9.13

God does not restrain his anger; even the cohorts of Rahab cowered at his feet.

Job.9.13

God will not withdraw His anger, The allies of the proud lie prostrate beneath Him.

Job.9.13

And God does not restrain his anger. The mightiest forces against him are crushed beneath his feet.

Job.9.14

"So how could I ever argue with him, construct a defense that would influence God?

Job.9.14

"How then can I dispute with him? How can I find words to argue with him?

Job.9.14

"How then can I answer Him, And choose my words to reason with Him?

Job.9.14

"And who am I, that I should try to answer God or even reason with him?

Job.9.15

Even though I'm innocent I could never prove it; I can only throw myself on the Judge's mercy.

Job.9.15

Though I were innocent, I could not answer him; I could only plead with my Judge for mercy.

Job.9.15

For though I were righteous, I could not answer Him; I would beg mercy of my Judge.

Job.9.15

Even if I were innocent, I would have no defense. I could only plead for mercy.

Job.9.16

If I called on God and he himself answered me, then, and only then, would I believe that he'd heard me.

Job.9.16

Even if I summoned him and he responded, I do not believe he would give me a hearing.

Job.9.16

If I called and He answered me, I would not believe that He was listening to my voice.

Job.9.16

And even if I summoned him and he responded, he would never listen to me.

Job.9.17

As it is, he knocks me about from pillar to post, beating me up, black and blue, for no good reason.

Job.9.17

He would crush me with a storm and multiply my wounds for no reason.

Job.9.17

For He crushes me with a tempest, And multiplies my wounds without cause.

Job.9.17

For he attacks me without reason, and he multiplies my wounds without cause.

Job.9.18

He won't even let me catch my breath, piles bitterness upon bitterness.

Job.9.18

He would not let me regain my breath but would overwhelm me with misery.

Job.9.18

He will not allow me to catch my breath, But fills me with bitterness.

Job.9.18

He will not let me catch my breath, but fills me instead with bitter sorrows.

Job.9.19

If it's a question of who's stronger, he wins, hands down! If it's a question of justice, who'll serve him the subpoena?

Job.9.19

If it is a matter of strength, he is mighty! And if it is a matter of justice, who will summon him?

Job.9.19

If it is a matter of strength, indeed He is strong; And if of justice, who will appoint my day in court?

Job.9.19

As for strength, he has it. As for justice, who can challenge him?

Job.9.20

Even though innocent, anything I say incriminates me; blameless as I am, my defense just makes me sound worse.

Job.9.20

Even if I were innocent, my mouth would condemn me; if I were blameless, it would pronounce me guilty.

Job.9.20

Though I were righteous, my own mouth would condemn me; Though I were blameless, it would prove me perverse.

Job.9.20

Though I am innocent, my own mouth would pronounce me guilty. Though I am blameless, it would prove me wicked.

Job.9.21

"Believe me, I'm blameless. I don't understand what's going on. I hate my life!

Job.9.21

"Although I am blameless, I have no concern for myself; I despise my own life.

Job.9.21

"I am blameless, yet I do not know myself; I despise my life.

Job.9.21

"I am innocent, but it makes no difference to me--I despise my life.

Job.9.22

Since either way it ends up the same, I can only conclude that God destroys the good right along with the bad.

Job.9.22

It is all the same; that is why I say, 'He destroys both the blameless and the wicked.'

Job.9.22

It is all one thing; Therefore I say, "He destroys the blameless and the wicked.'

Job.9.22

Innocent or wicked, it is all the same to him. That is why I say, `He destroys both the blameless and the wicked.'

Job.9.23

When calamity hits and brings sudden death, he folds his arms, aloof from the despair of the innocent.

Job.9.23

When a scourge brings sudden death, he mocks the despair of the innocent.

Job.9.23

If the scourge slays suddenly, He laughs at the plight of the innocent.

Job.9.23

He laughs when a plague suddenly kills the innocent.

Job.9.24

He lets the wicked take over running the world, he installs judges who can't tell right from wrong. If he's not responsible, who is?

Job.9.24

When a land falls into the hands of the wicked, he blindfolds its judges. If it is not he, then who is it?

Job.9.24

The earth is given into the hand of the wicked. He covers the faces of its judges. If it is not He, who else could it be?

Job.9.24

The whole earth is in the hands of the wicked, and God blinds the eyes of the judges and lets them be unfair. If not he, then who?

Job.9.25

"My time is short--what's left of my life races off too fast for me to even glimpse the good.

Job.9.25

"My days are swifter than a runner; they fly away without a glimpse of joy.

Job.9.25

"Now my days are swifter than a runner; They flee away, they see no good.

Job.9.25

"My life passes more swiftly than a runner. It flees away, filled with tragedy.

Job.9.26

My life is going fast, like a ship under full sail, like an eagle plummeting to its prey.

Job.9.26

They skim past like boats of papyrus, like eagles swooping down on their prey.

Job.9.26

They pass by like swift ships, Like an eagle swooping on its prey.

Job.9.26

It disappears like a swift boat, like an eagle that swoops down on its prey.

Job.9.27

Even if I say, "I'll put all this behind me, I'll look on the bright side and force a smile,'

Job.9.27

If I say, 'I will forget my complaint, I will change my expression, and smile,'

Job.9.27

If I say, "I will forget my complaint, I will put off my sad face and wear a smile,'

Job.9.27

If I decided to forget my complaints, if I decided to end my sadness and be cheerful,

Job.9.28

All these troubles would still be like grit in my gut since it's clear you're not going to let up.

Job.9.28

I still dread all my sufferings, for I know you will not hold me innocent.

Job.9.28

I am afraid of all my sufferings; I know that You will not hold me innocent.

Job.9.28

I would dread all the pain he would send. For I know you will not hold me innocent, O God.

Job.9.29

The verdict has already been handed down-"Guilty!'- so what's the use of protests or appeals?

Job.9.29

Since I am already found guilty, why should I struggle in vain?

Job.9.29

If I am condemned, Why then do I labor in vain?

Job.9.29

Whatever happens, I will be found guilty. So what's the use of trying?

Job.9.30

Even if I scrub myself all over and wash myself with the strongest soap I can find,

Job.9.30

Even if I washed myself with soap and my hands with washing soda,

Job.9.30

If I wash myself with snow water, And cleanse my hands with soap,

Job.9.30

Even if I were to wash myself with soap and cleanse my hands with lye to make them absolutely clean,

Job.9.31

It wouldn't last--you'd push me into a pigpen, or worse, so nobody could stand me for the stink.

Job.9.31

you would plunge me into a slime pit so that even my clothes would detest me.

Job.9.31

Yet You will plunge me into the pit, And my own clothes will abhor me.

Job.9.31

you would plunge me into a muddy ditch, and I would be so filthy my own clothing would hate me.

Job.9.32

"God and I are not equals; I can't bring a case against him. We'll never enter a courtroom as peers.

Job.9.32

"He is not a man like me that I might answer him, that we might confront each other in court.

Job.9.32

"For He is not a man, as I am, That I may answer Him, And that we should go to court together.

Job.9.32

"God is not a mortal like me, so I cannot argue with him or take him to trial.

Job.9.33

How I wish we had an arbitrator to step in and let me get on with life--

Job.9.33

If only there were someone to arbitrate between us, to lay his hand upon us both,

Job.9.33

Nor is there any mediator between us, Who may lay his hand on us both.

Job.9.33

If only there were a mediator who could bring us together, but there is none.

Job.9.34

To break God's death grip on me, to free me from this terror so I could breathe again.

Job.9.34

someone to remove God's rod from me, so that his terror would frighten me no more.

Job.9.34

Let Him take His rod away from me, And do not let dread of Him terrify me.

Job.9.34

The mediator could make God stop beating me, and I would no longer live in terror of his punishment.

Job.9.35

Then I'd speak up and state my case boldly. As things stand, there is no way I can do it.

Job.9.35

Then I would speak up without fear of him, but as it now stands with me, I cannot.

Job.9.35

Then I would speak and not fear Him, But it is not so with me.

Job.9.35

Then I could speak to him without fear, but I cannot do that in my own strength.

Job.10.1

"I can't stand my life--I hate it! -I'm putting it all out on the table, all the bitterness of my life--I'm holding back nothing."

Job.10.1

"I loathe my very life; therefore I will give free rein to my complaint and speak out in the bitterness of my soul.

Job.10.1

"My soul loathes my life; I will give free course to my complaint, I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.

Job.10.1

"I am disgusted with my life. Let me complain freely. I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.

Job.10.2

Job prayed: "Here's what I want to say: Don't, God, bring in a verdict of guilty without letting me know the charges you're bringing.

Job.10.2

I will say to God: Do not condemn me, but tell me what charges you have against me.

Job.10.2

I will say to God, "Do not condemn me; Show me why You contend with me.

Job.10.2

I will say to God, `Don't simply condemn me--tell me the charge you are bringing against me.

Job.10.3

How does this fit into what you once called "good'--giving me a hard time, spurning me, a life you shaped by your very own hands, and then blessing the plots of the wicked?

Job.10.3

Does it please you to oppress me, to spurn the work of your hands, while you smile on the schemes of the wicked?

Job.10.3

Does it seem good to You that You should oppress, That You should despise the work of Your hands, And smile on the counsel of the wicked?

Job.10.3

What do you gain by oppressing me? Why do you reject me, the work of your own hands, while sending joy and prosperity to the wicked?

Job.10.4

You don't look at things the way we mortals do. You're not taken in by appearances, are you?

Job.10.4

Do you have eyes of flesh? Do you see as a mortal sees?

Job.10.4

Do You have eyes of flesh? Or do You see as man sees?

Job.10.4

Are your eyes only those of a human? Do you see things as people see them?

Job.10.5

Unlike us, you're not working against a deadline. You have all eternity to work things out.

Job.10.5

Are your days like those of a mortal or your years like those of a man,

Job.10.5

Are Your days like the days of a mortal man? Are Your years like the days of a mighty man,

Job.10.5

Is your lifetime merely human? Is your life so short

Job.10.6

So what's this all about, anyway--this compulsion to dig up some dirt, to find some skeleton in my closet?

Job.10.6

that you must search out my faults and probe after my sin-

Job.10.6

That You should seek for my iniquity And search out my sin,

Job.10.6

that you are in a hurry to probe for my guilt, to search for my sin?

Job.10.7

You know good and well I'm not guilty. You also know no one can help me.

Job.10.7

though you know that I am not guilty and that no one can rescue me from your hand?

Job.10.7

Although You know that I am not wicked, And there is no one who can deliver from Your hand?

Job.10.7

Although you know I am not guilty, no one can rescue me from your power.

Job.10.8

"You made me like a handcrafted piece of pottery--and now are you going to smash me to pieces?

Job.10.8

"Your hands shaped me and made me. Will you now turn and destroy me?

Job.10.8

"Your hands have made me and fashioned me, An intricate unity; Yet You would destroy me.

Job.10.8

" `You formed me with your hands; you made me, and yet you completely destroy me.

Job.10.9

Don't you remember how beautifully you worked my clay? Will you reduce me now to a mud pie?

Job.10.9

Remember that you molded me like clay. Will you now turn me to dust again?

Job.10.9

Remember, I pray, that You have made me like clay. And will You turn me into dust again?

Job.10.9

Remember that I am made of dust--will you turn me back to dust so soon?

Job.10.10

Oh, that marvel of conception as you stirred together semen and ovum--

Job.10.10

Did you not pour me out like milk and curdle me like cheese,

Job.10.10

Did You not pour me out like milk, And curdle me like cheese,

Job.10.10

You guided my conception and formed me in the womb.

Job.10.11

What a miracle of skin and bone, muscle and brain!

Job.10.11

clothe me with skin and flesh and knit me together with bones and sinews?

Job.10.11

Clothe me with skin and flesh, And knit me together with bones and sinews?

Job.10.11

You clothed me with skin and flesh, and you knit my bones and sinews together.

Job.10.12

You gave me life itself, and incredible love. You watched and guarded every breath I took.

Job.10.12

You gave me life and showed me kindness, and in your providence watched over my spirit.

Job.10.12

You have granted me life and favor, And Your care has preserved my spirit.

Job.10.12

You gave me life and showed me your unfailing love. My life was preserved by your care.

Job.10.13

"But you never told me about this part. I should have known that there was more to it--

Job.10.13

"But this is what you concealed in your heart, and I know that this was in your mind:

Job.10.13

"And these things You have hidden in Your heart; I know that this was with You:

Job.10.13

" `Yet your real motive--I know this was your intent--

Job.10.14

That if I so much as missed a step, you'd notice and pounce, wouldn't let me get by with a thing.

Job.10.14

If I sinned, you would be watching me and would not let my offense go unpunished.

Job.10.14

If I sin, then You mark me, And will not acquit me of my iniquity.

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was to watch me, and if I sinned, you would not forgive my iniquity.

Job.10.15

If I'm truly guilty, I'm doomed. But if I'm innocent, it's no better--I'm still doomed. My belly is full of bitterness. I'm up to my ears in a swamp of affliction.

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If I am guilty-woe to me! Even if I am innocent, I cannot lift my head, for I am full of shame and drowned in my affliction.

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If I am wicked, woe to me; Even if I am righteous, I cannot lift up my head. I am full of disgrace; See my misery!

Job.10.15

If I am guilty, too bad for me. And even if I'm innocent, I am filled with shame and misery so that I can't hold my head high.

Job.10.16

I try to make the best of it, try to brave it out, but you're too much for me, relentless, like a lion on the prowl.

Job.10.16

If I hold my head high, you stalk me like a lion and again display your awesome power against me.

Job.10.16

If my head is exalted, You hunt me like a fierce lion, And again You show Yourself awesome against me.

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And if I hold my head high, you hunt me like a lion and display your awesome power against me.

Job.10.17

You line up fresh witnesses against me. You compound your anger and pile on the grief and pain!

Job.10.17

You bring new witnesses against me and increase your anger toward me; your forces come against me wave upon wave.

Job.10.17

You renew Your witnesses against me, And increase Your indignation toward me; Changes and war are ever with me.

Job.10.17

Again and again you witness against me. You pour out an ever-increasing volume of anger upon me and bring fresh armies against me.

Job.10.18

"So why did you have me born? I wish no one had ever laid eyes on me!

Job.10.18

"Why then did you bring me out of the womb? I wish I had died before any eye saw me.

Job.10.18

"Why then have You brought me out of the womb? Oh, that I had perished and no eye had seen me!

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" `Why, then, did you bring me out of my mother's womb? Why didn't you let me die at birth?

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I wish I'd never lived--a stillborn, buried without ever having breathed.

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If only I had never come into being, or had been carried straight from the womb to the grave!

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I would have been as though I had not been. I would have been carried from the womb to the grave.

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Then I would have been spared this miserable existence. I would have gone directly from the womb to the grave.

Job.10.20

Isn't it time to call it quits on my life? Can't you let up, and let me smile just once

Job.10.20

Are not my few days almost over? Turn away from me so I can have a moment's joy

Job.10.20

Are not my days few? Cease! Leave me alone, that I may take a little comfort,

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I have only a little time left, so leave me alone--that I may have a little moment of comfort

Job.10.21

Before I die and am buried, before I'm nailed into my coffin, sealed in the ground,

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before I go to the place of no return, to the land of gloom and deep shadow,

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Before I go to the place from which I shall not return, To the land of darkness and the shadow of death,

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before I leave for the land of darkness and utter gloom, never to return.

Job.10.22

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to the land of deepest night, of deep shadow and disorder, where even the light is like darkness."

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A land as dark as darkness itself, As the shadow of death, without any order, Where even the light is like darkness."'

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It is a land as dark as midnight, a land of utter gloom where confusion reigns and the light is as dark as midnight.'"

Matt.19.16

Another day, a man stopped Jesus and asked, "Teacher, what good thing must I do to get eternal life?"

Matt.19.16

Now a man came up to Jesus and asked, "Teacher, what good thing must I do to get eternal life?"

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Now behold, one came and said to Him, "Good Teacher, what good thing shall I do that I may have eternal life?"

Matt.19.16

Someone came to Jesus with this question: "Teacher, what good things must I do to have eternal life?"

Matt.19.17

Jesus said, "Why do you question me about what's good? God is the One who is good. If you want to enter the life of God, just do what he tells you."

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"Why do you ask me about what is good?" Jesus replied. "There is only One who is good. If you want to enter life, obey the commandments."

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So He said to him, "Why do you call Me good? No one is good but One, that is, God. But if you want to enter into life, keep the commandments."

Matt.19.17

"Why ask me about what is good?" Jesus replied. "Only God is good. But to answer your question, you can receive eternal life if you keep the commandments."

Matt.19.18

The man asked, "What in particular?" Jesus said, "Don't murder, don't commit adultery, don't steal, don't lie,

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"Which ones?" the man inquired.

Matt.19.18

He said to Him, "Which ones?" Jesus said, ""You shall not murder,' "You shall not commit adultery,' "You shall not steal,' "You shall not bear false witness,'

Matt.19.18

"Which ones?" the man asked. And Jesus replied: "'Do not murder. Do not commit adultery. Do not steal. Do not testify falsely.

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honor your father and mother, and love your neighbor as you do yourself."

Matt.19.19

Jesus replied, "'Do not murder, do not commit adultery, do not steal, do not give false testimony, honor your father and mother,' and 'love your neighbor as yourself.'"

Matt.19.19

"Honor your father and your mother,' and, "You shall love your neighbor as yourself."'

Matt.19.19

Honor your father and mother. Love your neighbor as yourself.'"

Matt.19.20

The young man said, "I've done all that. What's left?"

Matt.19.20

"All these I have kept," the young man said. "What do I still lack?"

Matt.19.20

The young man said to Him, "All these things I have kept from my youth. What do I still lack?"

Matt.19.20

"I've obeyed all these commandments," the young man replied. "What else must I do?"

Matt.19.21

"If you want to give it all you've got," Jesus replied, "go sell your possessions; give everything to the poor. All your wealth will then be in heaven. Then come follow me."

Matt.19.21

Jesus answered, "If you want to be perfect, go, sell your possessions and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me."

Matt.19.21

Jesus said to him, "If you want to be perfect, go, sell what you have and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow Me."

Matt.19.21

Jesus told him, "If you want to be perfect, go and sell all you have and give the money to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me."

Matt.19.22

That was the last thing the young man expected to hear. And so, crestfallen, he walked away. He was holding on tight to a lot of things, and he couldn't bear to let go.

Matt.19.22

When the young man heard this, he went away sad, because he had great wealth.

Matt.19.22

But when the young man heard that saying, he went away sorrowful, for he had great possessions.

Matt.19.22

But when the young man heard this, he went sadly away because he had many possessions.

Matt.19.23

As he watched him go, Jesus told his disciples, "Do you have any idea how difficult it is for the rich to enter God's kingdom?

Matt.19.23

Then Jesus said to his disciples, "I tell you the truth, it is hard for a rich man to enter the kingdom of heaven.

Matt.19.23

Then Jesus said to His disciples, "Assuredly, I say to you that it is hard for a rich man to enter the kingdom of heaven.

Matt.19.23

Then Jesus said to his disciples, "I tell you the truth, it is very hard for a rich person to get into the Kingdom of Heaven.

Matt.19.24

Let me tell you, it's easier to gallop a camel through a needle's eye than for the rich to enter God's kingdom."

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Again I tell you, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God."

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And again I say to you, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God."

Matt.19.24

I say it again--it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to enter the Kingdom of God!"

Matt.19.25

The disciples were staggered. "Then who has any chance at all?"

Matt.19.25

When the disciples heard this, they were greatly astonished and asked, "Who then can be saved?"

Matt.19.25

When His disciples heard it, they were greatly astonished, saying, "Who then can be saved?"

Matt.19.25

The disciples were astounded. "Then who in the world can be saved?" they asked.

Matt.19.26

Jesus looked hard at them and said, "No chance at all if you think you can pull it off yourself. Every chance in the world if you trust God to do it."

Matt.19.26

Jesus looked at them and said, "With man this is impossible, but with God all things are possible."

Matt.19.26

But Jesus looked at them and said to them, "With men this is impossible, but with God all things are possible."

Matt.19.26

Jesus looked at them intently and said, "Humanly speaking, it is impossible. But with God everything is possible."

Matt.19.27

Then Peter chimed in, "We left everything and followed you. What do we get out of it?"

Matt.19.27

Peter answered him, "We have left everything to follow you! What then will there be for us?"

Matt.19.27

Then Peter answered and said to Him, "See, we have left all and followed You. Therefore what shall we have?"

Matt.19.27

Then Peter said to him, "We've given up everything to follow you. What will we get out of it?"

Matt.19.28

Jesus replied, "Yes, you have followed me. In the re-creation of the world, when the Son of Man will rule gloriously, you who have followed me will also rule, starting with the twelve tribes of Israel.

Matt.19.28

Jesus said to them, "I tell you the truth, at the renewal of all things, when the Son of Man sits on his glorious throne, you who have followed me will also sit on twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.

Matt.19.28

So Jesus said to them, "Assuredly I say to you, that in the regeneration, when the Son of Man sits on the throne of His glory, you who have followed Me will also sit on twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.

Matt.19.28

And Jesus replied, "I assure you that when I, the Son of Man, sit upon my glorious throne in the Kingdom, you who have been my followers will also sit on twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.

Matt.19.29

And not only you, but anyone who sacrifices home, family, fields--whatever-because of me will get it all back a hundred times over, not to mention the considerable bonus of eternal life.

Matt.19.29

And everyone who has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or children or fields for my sake will receive a hundred times as much and will inherit eternal life.

Matt.19.29

And everyone who has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or wife or children or lands, for My name's sake, shall receive a hundredfold, and inherit eternal life.

Matt.19.29

And everyone who has given up houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or children or property, for my sake, will receive a hundred times as much in return and will have eternal life.

Matt.19.30

This is the Great Reversal: many of the first ending up last, and the last first.

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But many who are first will be last, and many who are last will be first.

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But many who are first will be last, and the last first.

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But many who seem to be important now will be the least important then, and those who are considered least here will be the greatest then.

Prov.3.11

But don't, dear friend, resent GOD's discipline; don't sulk under his loving correction.

Prov.3.11

My son, do not despise the LORD's discipline and do not resent his rebuke,

Prov.3.11

My son, do not despise the chastening of the LORD, Nor detest His correction;

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My child, don't ignore it when the LORD disciplines you, and don't be discouraged when he corrects you.

Prov.3.12

It's the child he loves that GOD corrects; a father's delight is behind all this.

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because the LORD disciplines those he loves, as a father the son he delights in.

Prov.3.12

For whom the LORD loves He corrects, Just as a father the son in whom he delights.

Prov.3.12

For the LORD corrects those he loves, just as a father corrects a child in whom he delights.

Prov.3.13

You're blessed when you meet Lady Wisdom, when you make friends with Madame Insight.

Prov.3.13

Blessed is the man who finds wisdom, the man who gains understanding,

Prov.3.13

Happy is the man who finds wisdom, And the man who gains understanding;

Prov.3.13

Happy is the person who finds wisdom and gains understanding.

Prov.3.14

She's worth far more than money in the bank; her friendship is better than a big salary.

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for she is more profitable than silver and yields better returns than gold.

Prov.3.14

For her proceeds are better than the profits of silver, And her gain than fine gold.

Prov.3.14

For the profit of wisdom is better than silver, and her wages are better than gold.

Prov.3.15

Her value exceeds all the trappings of wealth; nothing you could wish for holds a candle to her.

Prov.3.15

She is more precious than rubies; nothing you desire can compare with her.

Prov.3.15

She is more precious than rubies, And all the things you may desire cannot compare with her.

Prov.3.15

Wisdom is more precious than rubies; nothing you desire can compare with her.

Prov.3.16

With one hand she gives long life, with the other she confers recognition.

Prov.3.16

Long life is in her right hand; in her left hand are riches and honor.

Prov.3.16

Length of days is in her right hand, In her left hand riches and honor.

Prov.3.16

She offers you life in her right hand, and riches and honor in her left.

Prov.3.17

Her manner is beautiful, her life wonderfully complete.

Prov.3.17

Her ways are pleasant ways, and all her paths are peace.

Prov.3.17

Her ways are ways of pleasantness, And all her paths are peace.

Prov.3.17

She will guide you down delightful paths; all her ways are satisfying.

Prov.3.18

She's the very Tree of Life to those who embrace her. Hold her tight--and be blessed!

Prov.3.18

She is a tree of life to those who embrace her; those who lay hold of her will be blessed.

Prov.3.18

She is a tree of life to those who take hold of her, And happy are all who retain her.

Prov.3.18

Wisdom is a tree of life to those who embrace her; happy are those who hold her tightly.

Prov.3.19

With Lady Wisdom, GOD formed Earth; with Madame Insight, he raised Heaven.

Prov.3.19

By wisdom the LORD laid the earth's foundations, by understanding he set the heavens in place;

Prov.3.19

The LORD by wisdom founded the earth; By understanding He established the heavens;

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By wisdom the LORD founded the earth; by understanding he established the heavens.

Prov.3.20

They knew when to signal rivers and springs to the surface, and dew to descend from the night skies.

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by his knowledge the deeps were divided, and the clouds let drop the dew.

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By His knowledge the depths were broken up, And clouds drop down the dew.

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By his knowledge the deep fountains of the earth burst forth, and the clouds poured down rain.