Job Replies: My Complaint Is Just 1 DBY And Job answered and said, BSB BSB: Then Job replied:
2 DBY Oh that my grief were thoroughly weighed, and all my calamity laid in the balances! BSB BSB: “If only my grief could be weighed and placed with my calamity on the scales.
3 DBY For now it would be heavier than the sand of the seas; therefore my words are vehement. BSB BSB: For then it would outweigh the sand of the seas—no wonder my words have been rash.
4 DBY For the arrows of the Almighty are within me, their poison drinketh up my spirit: the terrors of God are arrayed against me. BSB BSB: For the arrows of the Almighty have pierced me; my spirit drinks in their poison; the terrors of God are arrayed against me.
5 DBY Doth the wild ass bray by the grass? loweth an ox over his fodder? BSB BSB: Does a wild donkey bray over fresh grass, or an ox low over its fodder?
6 DBY Shall that which is insipid be eaten without salt? Is there any taste in the white of an egg? BSB BSB: Is tasteless food eaten without salt, or is there flavor in the white of an egg?
7 DBY What my soul refuseth to touch, that is as my loathsome food. BSB BSB: My soul refuses to touch them; they are loathsome food to me.
8 DBY Oh that I might have my request, and that God would grant my desire! BSB BSB: If only my request were granted and God would fulfill my hope:
9 DBY And that it would please God to crush me, that he would let loose his hand and cut me off! BSB BSB: that God would be willing to crush me, to unleash His hand and cut me off!
10 DBY Then should I yet have comfort; and in the pain which spareth not I would rejoice that I have not denied the words of the Holy One. BSB BSB: It still brings me comfort, and joy through unrelenting pain, that I have not denied the words of the Holy One.
11 DBY What is my strength, that I should hope? and what is mine end, that I should have patience? BSB BSB: What strength do I have, that I should still hope? What is my future, that I should be patient?
12 DBY Is my strength the strength of stones? is my flesh of brass? BSB BSB: Is my strength like that of stone, or my flesh made of bronze?
13 DBY Is it not that there is no help in me, and soundness is driven away from me? BSB BSB: Is there any help within me now that success is driven from me?
14 DBY For him that is fainting kindness is meet from his friend; or he forsaketh the fear of the Almighty. BSB BSB: A despairing man should have the kindness of his friend, even if he forsakes the fear of the Almighty.
15 DBY My brethren have dealt deceitfully as a stream, as the channel of streams which pass away, BSB BSB: But my brothers are as faithless as wadis, as seasonal streams that overflow,
16 DBY Which are turbid by reason of the ice, in which the snow hideth itself: BSB BSB: darkened because of the ice and the inflow of melting snow,
17 DBY At the time they diminish, they are dried up; when heat affecteth them, they vanish from their place: BSB BSB: but ceasing in the dry season and vanishing from their channels in the heat.
18 DBY They wind about in the paths of their course, they go off into the waste and perish. BSB BSB: Caravans turn aside from their routes; they go into the wasteland and perish.
19 DBY The caravans of Tema looked, the companies of Sheba counted on them: BSB BSB: The caravans of Tema look for water; the travelers of Sheba hope to find it.
20 DBY They are ashamed at their hope; they come thither, and are confounded. BSB BSB: They are confounded because they had hoped; their arrival brings disappointment.
21 DBY So now ye are nothing; ye see a terrible object and are afraid. BSB BSB: For now you are of no help; you see terror, and you are afraid.
22 DBY Did I say, Bring unto me, and make me a present from your substance? BSB BSB: Have I ever said, ‘Give me something; offer me a bribe from your wealth;
23 DBY Or, rescue me from the hand of the oppressor, and redeem me from the hand of the violent? BSB BSB: deliver me from the hand of the enemy; redeem me from the grasp of the ruthless’?
24 DBY Teach me, and I will hold my tongue; and cause me to understand wherein I have erred. BSB BSB: Teach me, and I will be silent. Help me understand how I have erred.
25 DBY How forcible are right words! but what doth your upbraiding reprove? BSB BSB: How painful are honest words! But what does your argument prove?
26 DBY Do ye imagine to reprove words? The speeches of one that is desperate are indeed for the wind. BSB BSB: Do you intend to correct my words, and treat as wind my cry of despair?
27 DBY Yea, ye overwhelm the fatherless, and dig a pit for your friend. BSB BSB: You would even cast lots for an orphan and barter away your friend.
28 DBY Now therefore if ye will, look upon me; and it shall be to your face if I lie. BSB BSB: But now, please look at me. Would I lie to your face?
29 DBY Return, I pray you, let there be no wrong; yea, return again, my righteousness shall be in it. BSB BSB: Reconsider; do not be unjust. Reconsider, for my righteousness is at stake.
30 DBY Is there wrong in my tongue? cannot my taste discern mischievous things? BSB BSB: Is there iniquity on my tongue? Can my mouth not discern malice?
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