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Job Continues: Life Seems Futile
Hath not man a life of labour upon earth? and are not his days like the days of a hireling?
Hath not man a life of labour upon earth? and are not his days like the days of a hireling?
Job: My Suffering Is Comfortless
“Is there not a time of hard service for man on earth?
Are not his days also like the days of a hired man?
“Is there not a time of hard service for man on earth?
Are not his days also like the days of a hired man?
As a bondman earnestly desireth the shadow, and a hireling expecteth his wages,
So am I made to possess months of vanity, and wearisome nights are appointed to me.
So I have been allotted months of futility,
And wearisome nights have been appointed to me.
And wearisome nights have been appointed to me.
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.
When I lie down, I say, ‘When shall I arise,
And the night be ended?’
For I have had my fill of tossing till dawn.
And the night be ended?’
For I have had my fill of tossing till dawn.
My flesh is clothed with worms and clods of dust; my skin is broken, and suppurates.
My flesh is caked with worms and dust,
My skin is cracked and breaks out afresh.
My skin is cracked and breaks out afresh.
My days are swifter than a weaver's shuttle, and are spent without hope.
“My days are swifter than a weaver’s shuttle,
And are spent without hope.
And are spent without hope.
Remember thou that my life is wind; mine eye shall no more see good.
Oh, remember that my life is a breath!
My eye will never again see good.
My eye will never again see good.
The eye of him that hath seen me shall behold me no [more]: thine eyes are upon me, and I am not.
The eye of him who sees me will see me no more;
While your eyes are upon me, I shall no longer be.
While your eyes are upon me, I shall no longer be.
The cloud consumeth and vanisheth away; so he that goeth down to Sheol shall not come up.
As the cloud disappears and vanishes away,
So he who goes down to the grave does not come up.
So he who goes down to the grave does not come up.
He shall return no more to his house, neither shall his place know him again.
He shall never return to his house,
Nor shall his place know him anymore.
Nor shall his place know him anymore.
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.
“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.
I will speak in the anguish of my spirit;
I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.
Am I a sea, or a sea-monster, that thou settest a watch over me?
Am I a sea, or a sea serpent,
That You set a guard over me?
That You set a guard over me?
When I say, My bed shall comfort me, my couch shall ease my complaint;
When I say, ‘My bed will comfort me,
My couch will ease my complaint,’
My couch will ease my complaint,’
Then thou scarest me with dreams, and terrifiest me through visions;
Then You scare me with dreams
And terrify me with visions,
And terrify me with visions,
So that my soul chooseth strangling, death, rather than my bones.
I loathe it; I shall not live always: let me alone, for my days are a breath.
What is man, that thou makest much of him? and that thou settest thy heart upon him?
“What is man, that You should exalt him,
That You should set Your heart on him,
That You should set Your heart on him,
And that thou visitest him every morning, triest him every moment?
How long wilt thou not look away from me, nor let me alone till I swallow down my spittle?
How long?
Will You not look away from me,
And let me alone till I swallow my saliva?
Will You not look away from me,
And let me alone till I swallow my saliva?
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?
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.
Why then do You not pardon my transgression,
And take away my iniquity?
For now I will lie down in the dust,
And You will seek me diligently,
But I will no longer be.”
And take away my iniquity?
For now I will lie down in the dust,
And You will seek me diligently,
But I will no longer be.”