1 GLT فَأَجَابَ أَيُّوبُ وَقَالَ: BSB BSB: Then Job answered:
2 GLT «قَدْ سَمِعْتُ كَثِيرًا مِثْلَ هَذَا. مُعَزُّونَ مُتْعِبُونَ كُلُّكُمْ! BSB BSB: “I have heard many things like these; miserable comforters are you all.
3 GLT هَلْ مِنْ نِهَايَةٍ لِكَلَامٍ فَارِغٍ؟ أَوْ مَاذَا يُهَيِّجُكَ حَتَّى تُجَاوِبَ؟ BSB BSB: Is there no end to your long-winded speeches? What provokes you to continue testifying?
4 GLT أَنَا أَيْضًا أَسْتَطِيعُ أَنْ أَتَكَلَّمَ مِثْلَكُمْ، لَوْ كَانَتْ أَنْفُسُكُمْ مَكَانَ نَفْسِي، وَأَنْ أَسْرُدَ عَلَيْكُمْ أَقْوَالًا وَأُنْغِضَ رَأْسِي إِلَيْكُمْ. BSB BSB: I could also speak like you if you were in my place; I could heap up words against you and shake my head at you.
5 GLT بَلْ كُنْتُ أُشَدِّدُكُمْ بِفَمِي، وَتَعْزِيَةُ شَفَتَيَّ تُمْسِكُكُمْ. BSB BSB: But I would encourage you with my mouth, and the consolation of my lips would bring relief.
6 GLT «إِنْ تَكَلَّمْتُ لَمْ تَمْتَنِعْ كَآبَتِي، وَإِنْ سَكَتُّ فَمَاذَا يَذْهَبُ عَنِّي؟ BSB BSB: Even if I speak, my pain is not relieved, and if I hold back, how will it go away?
7 GLT إِنَّهُ ٱلْآنَ ضَجَّرَنِي. خَرَّبْتَ كُلَّ جَمَاعَتِي. BSB BSB: Surely He has now exhausted me; You have devastated all my family.
8 GLT قَبَضْتَ عَلَيَّ. وُجِدَ شَاهِدٌ. قَامَ عَلَيَّ هُزَالِي يُجَاوِبُ فِي وَجْهِي. BSB BSB: You have bound me, and it has become a witness; my frailty rises up and testifies against me.
9 GLT غَضَبُهُ ٱفْتَرَسَنِي وَٱضْطَهَدَنِي. حَرَقَ عَلَيَّ أَسْنَانَهُ. عَدُوِّي يُحَدِّدُ عَيْنَيْهِ عَلَيَّ. BSB BSB: His anger has torn me and opposed me; He gnashes His teeth at me. My adversary pierces me with His eyes.
10 GLT فَغَرُوا عَلَيَّ أَفْوَاهَهُمْ. لَطَمُونِي عَلَى فَكِّي تَعْيِيرًا. تَعَاوَنُوا عَلَيَّ جَمِيعًا. BSB BSB: They open their mouths against me and strike my cheeks with contempt; they join together against me.
11 GLT دَفَعَنِيَ ٱللهُ إِلَى ٱلظَّالِمِ، وَفِي أَيْدِي ٱلْأَشْرَارِ طَرَحَنِي. BSB BSB: God has delivered me to unjust men; He has thrown me to the clutches of the wicked.
12 GLT كُنْتُ مُسْتَرِيحًا فَزَعْزَعَنِي، وَأَمْسَكَ بِقَفَايَ فَحَطَّمَنِي، وَنَصَبَنِي لَهُ غَرَضًا. BSB BSB: I was at ease, but He shattered me; He seized me by the neck and crushed me. He has set me up as His target;
13 GLT أَحَاطَتْ بِي رُمَاتُهُ. شَقَّ كُلْيَتَيَّ وَلَمْ يُشْفِقْ. سَفَكَ مَرَارَتِي عَلَى ٱلْأَرْضِ. BSB BSB: His archers surround me. He pierces my kidneys without mercy and spills my gall on the ground.
14 GLT يَقْتَحِمُنِي ٱقْتِحَامًا عَلَى ٱقْتِحَامٍ. يَعْدُو عَلَيَّ كَجَبَّارٍ. BSB BSB: He breaks me with wound upon wound; He rushes me like a mighty warrior.
15 GLT خِطْتُ مِسْحًا عَلَى جِلْدِي، وَدَسَسْتُ فِي ٱلتُّرَابِ قَرْنِي. BSB BSB: I have sewn sackcloth over my skin; I have buried my horn in the dust.
16 GLT اِحْمَرَّ وَجْهِي مِنَ ٱلْبُكَاءِ، وَعَلَى هُدْبِي ظِلُّ ٱلْمَوْتِ. BSB BSB: My face is red with weeping, and deep shadows ring my eyes;
17 GLT مَعَ أَنَّهُ لَا ظُلْمَ فِي يَدِي، وَصَلَاتِي خَالِصَةٌ. BSB BSB: yet my hands are free of violence and my prayer is pure.
18 GLT «يَا أَرْضُ لَا تُغَطِّي دَمِي، وَلَا يَكُنْ مَكَانٌ لِصُرَاخِي. BSB BSB: O earth, do not cover my blood; may my cry for help never be laid to rest.
19 GLT أَيْضًا ٱلْآنَ هُوَذَا فِي ٱلسَّمَاوَاتِ شَهِيدِي، وَشَاهِدِي فِي ٱلْأَعَالِي. BSB BSB: Even now my witness is in heaven, and my advocate is on high.
20 GLT ٱلْمُسْتَهْزِئُونَ بِي هُمْ أَصْحَابِي. لِلهِ تَقْطُرُ عَيْنِي BSB BSB: My friends are my scoffers as my eyes pour out tears to God.
21 GLT لِكَيْ يُحَاكِمَ ٱلْإِنْسَانَ عِنْدَ ٱللهِ كَٱبْنِ آدَمَ لَدَى صَاحِبِهِ. BSB BSB: Oh, that a man might plead with God as he pleads with his neighbor!
22 GLT إِذَا مَضَتْ سِنُونَ قَلِيلَةٌ أَسْلُكُ فِي طَرِيقٍ لَا أَعُودُ مِنْهَا. BSB BSB: For when only a few years are past I will go the way of no return.
Select verses for actions: Enter goes to them and Escape comes back.