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But Job answered and said,
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Job answered:
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Then Job replied:
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Then Job answered and said:
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Then Job spoke again:
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Oh that my grief were throughly weighed, and my calamity laid in the balances together!
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"If my misery could be weighed, if you could pile the whole bitter load on the scales,
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"If only my anguish could be weighed and all my misery be placed on the scales!
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"Oh, that my grief were fully weighed, And my calamity laid with it on the scales!
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"If my sadness could be weighed and my troubles be put on the scales,
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For now it would be heavier than the sand of the sea: therefore my words are swallowed up.
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It would be heavier than all the sand of the sea! Is it any wonder that I'm screaming like a caged cat?
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It would surely outweigh the sand of the seas- no wonder my words have been impetuous.
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For then it would be heavier than the sand of the sea-- Therefore my words have been rash.
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they would be heavier than all the sands of the sea. That is why I spoke so rashly.
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For 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.
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The arrows of God Almighty are in me, poison arrows--and I'm poisoned all through! God has dumped the whole works on me.
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The arrows of the Almighty are in me, my spirit drinks in their poison; God's terrors are marshaled against me.
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For the arrows of the Almighty are within me; My spirit drinks in their poison; The terrors of God are arrayed against me.
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For the Almighty has struck me down with his arrows. He has sent his poisoned arrows deep within my spirit. All God's terrors are arrayed against me.
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Doth the wild ass bray when he hath grass? or loweth the ox over his fodder?
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Donkeys bray and cows moo when they run out of pasture--so don't expect me to keep quiet in this.
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Does a wild donkey bray when it has grass, or an ox bellow when it has fodder?
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Does the wild donkey bray when it has grass, Or does the ox low over its fodder?
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Don't I have a right to complain? Wild donkeys bray when they find no green grass, and oxen low when they have no food.
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Can that which is unsavoury be eaten without salt? or is there any taste in the white of an egg?
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Do you see what God has dished out for me? It's enough to turn anyone's stomach!
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Is tasteless food eaten without salt, or is there flavor in the white of an egg?
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Can flavorless food be eaten without salt? Or is there any taste in the white of an egg?
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People complain when there is no salt in their food. And how tasteless is the uncooked white of an egg!
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The things that my soul refused to touch are as my sorrowful meat.
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Everything in me is repulsed by it--it makes me sick.
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I refuse to touch it; such food makes me ill.
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My soul refuses to touch them; They are as loathsome food to me.
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My appetite disappears when I look at it; I gag at the thought of eating it!
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Oh that I might have my request; and that God would grant me the thing that I long for!
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"All I want is an answer to one prayer, a last request to be honored:
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"Oh, that I might have my request, that God would grant what I hope for,
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"Oh, that I might have my request, That God would grant me the thing that I long for!
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"Oh, that I might have my request, that God would grant my hope.
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Even that it would please God to destroy me; that he would let loose his hand, and cut me off!
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Let God step on me--squash me like a bug, and be done with me for good.
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that God would be willing to crush me, to let loose his hand and cut me off!
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That it would please God to crush me, That He would loose His hand and cut me off!
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I wish he would crush me. I wish he would reach out his hand and kill me.
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Then 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.
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I'd at least have the satisfaction of not having blasphemed the Holy God, before being pressed past the limits.
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Then I would still have this consolation- my joy in unrelenting pain- that I had not denied the words of the Holy One.
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Then I would still have comfort; Though in anguish I would exult, He will not spare; For I have not concealed the words of the Holy One.
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At least I can take comfort in this: Despite the pain, I have not denied the words of the Holy One.
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What is my strength, that I should hope? and what is mine end, that I should prolong my life?
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Where's the strength to keep my hopes up? What future do I have to keep me going?
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"What strength do I have, that I should still hope? What prospects, that I should be patient?
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"What strength do I have, that I should hope? And what is my end, that I should prolong my life?
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But I do not have the strength to endure. I do not have a goal that encourages me to carry on.
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Is my strength the strength of stones? or is my flesh of brass?
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Do you think I have nerves of steel? Do you think I'm made of iron?
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Do I have the strength of stone? Is my flesh bronze?
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Is my strength the strength of stones? Or is my flesh bronze?
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Do I have strength as hard as stone? Is my body made of bronze?
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Is not my help in me? and is wisdom driven quite from me?
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Do you think I can pull myself up by my bootstraps? Why, I don't even have any boots!
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Do I have any power to help myself, now that success has been driven from me?
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Is my help not within me? And is success driven from me?
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No, I am utterly helpless, without any chance of success.
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To him that is afflicted pity should be shewed from his friend; but he forsaketh the fear of the Almighty.
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"When desperate people give up on God Almighty, their friends, at least, should stick with them.
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"A despairing man should have the devotion of his friends, even though he forsakes the fear of the Almighty.
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"To him who is afflicted, kindness should be shown by his friend, Even though he forsakes the fear of the Almighty.
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"One should be kind to a fainting friend, but you have accused me without the slightest fear of the Almighty.
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My brethren have dealt deceitfully as a brook, and as the stream of brooks they pass away;
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But my brothers are fickle as a gulch in the desert--one day they're gushing with water
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But my brothers are as undependable as intermittent streams, as the streams that overflow
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My brothers have dealt deceitfully like a brook, Like the streams of the brooks that pass away,
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My brother, you have proved as unreliable as a seasonal brook that overflows its banks in the spring
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Which are blackish by reason of the ice, and wherein the snow is hid:
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From melting ice and snow cascading out of the mountains,
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when darkened by thawing ice and swollen with melting snow,
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Which are dark because of the ice, And into which the snow vanishes.
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when it is swollen with ice and melting snow.
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What time they wax warm, they vanish: when it is hot, they are consumed out of their place.
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But by midsummer they're dry, gullies baked dry in the sun.
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but that cease to flow in the dry season, and in the heat vanish from their channels.
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When it is warm, they cease to flow; When it is hot, they vanish from their place.
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But when the hot weather arrives, the water disappears. The brook vanishes in the heat.
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The paths of their way are turned aside; they go to nothing, and perish.
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Travelers who spot them and go out of their way for a drink, end up in a waterless gulch and die of thirst.
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Caravans turn aside from their routes; they go up into the wasteland and perish.
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The paths of their way turn aside, They go nowhere and perish.
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The caravans turn aside to be refreshed, but there is nothing there to drink, and so they perish in the desert.
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The troops of Tema looked, the companies of Sheba waited for them.
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Merchant caravans from Tema see them and expect water, tourists from Sheba hope for a cool drink.
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The caravans of Tema look for water, the traveling merchants of Sheba look in hope.
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The caravans of Tema look, The travelers of Sheba hope for them.
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With high hopes, the caravans from Tema and from Sheba stop for water,
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They were confounded because they had hoped; they came thither, and were ashamed.
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They arrive so confident--but what a disappointment! They get there, and their faces fall!
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They are distressed, because they had been confident; they arrive there, only to be disappointed.
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They are disappointed because they were confident; They come there and are confused.
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but finding none, their hopes are dashed.
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For now ye are nothing; ye see my casting down, and are afraid.
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And you, my so-called friends, are no better--there's nothing to you! One look at a hard scene and you shrink in fear.
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Now you too have proved to be of no help; you see something dreadful and are afraid.
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For now you are nothing, You see terror and are afraid.
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You, too, have proved to be of no help. You have seen my calamity, and you are afraid.
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Did I say, Bring unto me? or, Give a reward for me of your substance?
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It's not as though I asked you for anything--I didn't ask you for one red cent--
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Have I ever said, 'Give something on my behalf, pay a ransom for me from your wealth,
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Did I ever say, "Bring something to me'? Or, "Offer a bribe for me from your wealth'?
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But why? Have I ever asked you for a gift? Have I begged you to use any of your wealth on my behalf?
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Or, Deliver me from the enemy's hand? or, Redeem me from the hand of the mighty?
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Nor did I beg you to go out on a limb for me. So why all this dodging and shuffling?
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deliver me from the hand of the enemy, ransom me from the clutches of the ruthless'?
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Or, "Deliver me from the enemy's hand'? Or, "Redeem me from the hand of oppressors'?
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Have I ever asked you to rescue me from my enemies? Have I asked you to save me from ruthless people?
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Teach me, and I will hold my tongue: and cause me to understand wherein I have erred.
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"Confront me with the truth and I'll shut up, show me where I've gone off the track.
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"Teach me, and I will be quiet; show me where I have been wrong.
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"Teach me, and I will hold my tongue; Cause me to understand wherein I have erred.
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"All I want is a reasonable answer--then I will keep quiet. Tell me, what have I done wrong?
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How forcible are right words! but what doth your arguing reprove?
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Honest words never hurt anyone, but what's the point of all this pious bluster?
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How painful are honest words! But what do your arguments prove?
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How forceful are right words! But what does your arguing prove?
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Honest words are painful, but what do your criticisms amount to?
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Do ye imagine to reprove words, and the speeches of one that is desperate, which are as wind?
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You pretend to tell me what's wrong with my life, but treat my words of anguish as so much hot air.
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Do you mean to correct what I say, and treat the words of a despairing man as wind?
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Do you intend to rebuke my words, And the speeches of a desperate one, which are as wind?
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Do you think your words are convincing when you disregard my cry of desperation?
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Yea, ye overwhelm the fatherless, and ye dig a pit for your friend.
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Are people mere things to you? Are friends just items of profit and loss?
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You would even cast lots for the fatherless and barter away your friend.
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Yes, you overwhelm the fatherless, And you undermine your friend.
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You would even send an orphan into slavery or sell a friend.
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Now therefore be content, look upon me; for it is evident unto you if I lie.
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"Look me in the eyes! Do you think I'd lie to your face?
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"But now be so kind as to look at me. Would I lie to your face?
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Now therefore, be pleased to look at me; For I would never lie to your face.
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Look at me! Would I lie to your face?
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Return, I pray you, let it not be iniquity; yea, return again, my righteousness is in it.
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Think it over--no double-talk! Think carefully--my integrity is on the line!
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Relent, do not be unjust; reconsider, for my integrity is at stake.
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Yield now, let there be no injustice! Yes, concede, my righteousness still stands!
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Stop assuming my guilt, for I am righteous. Don't be so unjust.
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Is there iniquity in my tongue? cannot my taste discern perverse things?
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Can you detect anything false in what I say? Don't you trust me to discern good from evil?
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Is there any wickedness on my lips? Can my mouth not discern malice?
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Is there injustice on my tongue? Cannot my taste discern the unsavory?
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Do you think I am lying? Don't I know the difference between right and wrong?
