1 GLT And Job answered and said, BSB BSB: Then Job replied:
2 GLT “If only my anguish were thoroughly weighed and my calamity lay in the balances together{ with it}! BSB BSB: “If only my grief could be weighed and placed with my calamity on the scales.
3 GLT For now it would be heavier than the sand of the seas, therefore my words raved. BSB BSB: For then it would outweigh the sand of the seas—no wonder my words have been rash.
4 GLT For the arrows of Shaddai are in me, whose poison my spirit is drinking; the terrors of God array themselves 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 GLT Does a wild donkey bray over grass? Or does an ox bellow over its fodder? BSB BSB: Does a wild donkey bray over fresh grass, or an ox low over its fodder?
6 GLT Will the unsavory be eaten without salt? If there is 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 GLT My soul has refused to touch; they{ are} like disease{ in} my food. BSB BSB: My soul refuses to touch them; they are loathsome food to me.
8 GLT Who will grant that my request may come? And may God grant my longing BSB BSB: If only my request were granted and God would fulfill my hope:
9 GLT and may God be willing and may he crush me, may he 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 GLT Yet may it still be my consolation— indeed, let me exult in pain, may he not spare— that I have not concealed the sayings 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 GLT What{ is} my strength, that I should wait? And what{ is} my end, that I should prolong my life? BSB BSB: What strength do I have, that I should still hope? What is my future, that I should be patient?
12 GLT If my strength{ is} the strength of stones? If my flesh{ is} bronze? BSB BSB: Is my strength like that of stone, or my flesh made of bronze?
13 GLT If my help{ is} not in me, and initiative has been taken away from me? BSB BSB: Is there any help within me now that success is driven from me?
14 GLT To the despairing, covenant faithfulness from his friend, and the fear of Shaddai he forsakes. BSB BSB: A despairing man should have the kindness of his friend, even if he forsakes the fear of the Almighty.
15 GLT My brothers have dealt treacherously like a wadi, like a channel of wadis they pass away, BSB BSB: But my brothers are as faithless as wadis, as seasonal streams that overflow,
16 GLT the ones being dark from ice over it, it hides itself with snow. BSB BSB: darkened because of the ice and the inflow of melting snow,
17 GLT In the time they dry up, they are annihilated; in their being hot, they are exterminated from their place. BSB BSB: but ceasing in the dry season and vanishing from their channels in the heat.
18 GLT Caravans turn themselves aside from their way; they go up into wasteland and they perish. BSB BSB: Caravans turn aside from their routes; they go into the wasteland and perish.
19 GLT Caravans from Tema looked, processions of Sheba hoped in them. BSB BSB: The caravans of Tema look for water; the travelers of Sheba hope to find it.
20 GLT They were ashamed, because they had been confident; they went as far as it and they were confounded. BSB BSB: They are confounded because they had hoped; their arrival brings disappointment.
21 GLT For now you are nothing; you see a terror and you fear. BSB BSB: For now you are of no help; you see terror, and you are afraid.
22 GLT { Is it} that I said,‘Give me{ something}’? Or,‘Make a gift to me from your wealth’? BSB BSB: Have I ever said, ‘Give me something; offer me a bribe from your wealth;
23 GLT Or,‘Save me from the hand of the enemy’? Or,‘From the hand of the oppressors rescue me’? BSB BSB: deliver me from the hand of the enemy; redeem me from the grasp of the ruthless’?
24 GLT Teach me, and I will be silent, and how I have strayed, make me understand. BSB BSB: Teach me, and I will be silent. Help me understand how I have erred.
25 GLT How words of uprightness are forceful! But what does correcting from you correct? BSB BSB: How painful are honest words! But what does your argument prove?
26 GLT Do you think to correct my words, and to the wind the words of one despairing? BSB BSB: Do you intend to correct my words, and treat as wind my cry of despair?
27 GLT Indeed, you cast{ lots} for an orphan, and you haggle over your friend. BSB BSB: You would even cast lots for an orphan and barter away your friend.
28 GLT But now, be willing, look at me, and if I would lie to your faces! BSB BSB: But now, please look at me. Would I lie to your face?
29 GLT Please turn, let injustice not be; yes, turn, my righteousness{ is} yet in it. BSB BSB: Reconsider; do not be unjust. Reconsider, for my righteousness is at stake.
30 GLT Is there injustice on my tongue? If my mouth does not discern iniquity? BSB BSB: Is there iniquity on my tongue? Can my mouth not discern malice?
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