Job Continues: Life Seems Futile 1 DBY Hath not man a life of labour upon earth? and are not his days like the days of a hireling? BSB BSB: “Is not man consigned to labor on earth? Are not his days like those of a hired hand?
2 DBY As a bondman earnestly desireth the shadow, and a hireling expecteth his wages, BSB BSB: Like a slave he longs for shade; like a hireling he waits for his wages.
3 DBY So am I made to possess months of vanity, and wearisome nights are appointed to me. BSB BSB: So I am allotted months of futility, and nights of misery are appointed to me.
4 DBY If I lie down, I say, When shall I rise up, and the darkness be gone? and I am full of tossings until the dawn. BSB BSB: When I lie down I think: ‘When will I get up?’ But the night drags on, and I toss and turn until dawn.
5 DBY My flesh is clothed with worms and clods of dust; my skin is broken, and suppurates. BSB BSB: My flesh is clothed with worms and encrusted with dirt; my skin is cracked and festering.
6 DBY My days are swifter than a weaver's shuttle, and are spent without hope. BSB BSB: My days are swifter than a weaver’s shuttle; they come to an end without hope.
7 DBY Remember thou that my life is wind; mine eye shall no more see good. BSB BSB: Remember that my life is but a breath. My eyes will never again see happiness.
8 DBY The eye of him that hath seen me shall behold me no more : thine eyes are upon me, and I am not. BSB BSB: The eye that beholds me will no longer see me. You will look for me, but I will be no more.
9 DBY The cloud consumeth and vanisheth away; so he that goeth down to Sheol shall not come up. BSB BSB: As a cloud vanishes and is gone, so he who goes down to Sheol does not come back up.
10 DBY He shall return no more to his house, neither shall his place know him again. BSB BSB: He never returns to his house; his place remembers him no more.
11 DBY Therefore I will not restrain my mouth: I will speak in the anguish of my spirit; I will complain in the bitterness of my soul. BSB BSB: Therefore I will not restrain my mouth; I will speak in the anguish of my spirit; I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.
12 DBY Am I a sea, or a sea-monster, that thou settest a watch over me? BSB BSB: Am I the sea, or the monster of the deep, that You must keep me under guard?
13 DBY When I say, My bed shall comfort me, my couch shall ease my complaint; BSB BSB: When I think my bed will comfort me and my couch will ease my complaint,
14 DBY Then thou scarest me with dreams, and terrifiest me through visions; BSB BSB: then You frighten me with dreams and terrify me with visions,
15 DBY So that my soul chooseth strangling, death, rather than my bones. BSB BSB: so that I would prefer strangling and death over my life in this body.
16 DBY I loathe it; I shall not live always: let me alone, for my days are a breath. BSB BSB: I loathe my life! I would not live forever. Leave me alone, for my days are but a breath.
17 DBY What is man, that thou makest much of him? and that thou settest thy heart upon him? BSB BSB: What is man that You should exalt him, that You should set Your heart upon him,
18 DBY And that thou visitest him every morning, triest him every moment? BSB BSB: that You attend to him every morning, and test him every moment?
19 DBY How long wilt thou not look away from me, nor let me alone till I swallow down my spittle? BSB BSB: Will You never look away from me, or leave me alone to swallow my spittle?
20 DBY Have I sinned, what do I unto thee, thou Observer of men? Why hast thou set me as an object of assault for thee, so that I am become a burden to myself? BSB BSB: If I have sinned, what have I done to You, O watcher of mankind? Why have You made me Your target, so that I am a burden to You?
21 DBY And why dost not thou forgive my transgression and take away mine iniquity? for now shall I lie down in the dust, and thou shalt seek me early, and I shall not be. BSB BSB: Why do You not pardon my transgression and take away my iniquity? For soon I will lie down in the dust; You will seek me, but I will be no more.”
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