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Job Replies: My Complaint is Just
But Job answered and said,
But Job answered and said,
Job’s Second Speech: A Response to Eliphaz
Then Job spoke again:
Then Job spoke again:
Oh that my grief were throughly weighed, and my calamity laid in the balances together!
“If my misery could be weighed
and my troubles be put on the scales,
and my troubles be put on the scales,
For now it would be heavier than the sand of the sea: therefore my words are swallowed up.
they would outweigh all the sands of the sea.
That is why I spoke impulsively.
That is why I spoke impulsively.
For the arrows of the Almighty are within me, the poison whereof drinketh up my spirit: the terrors of God do set themselves in array against me.
For the Almighty has struck me down with his arrows.
Their poison infects my spirit.
God’s terrors are lined up against me.
Their poison infects my spirit.
God’s terrors are lined up against me.
Doth the wild ass bray when he hath grass? or loweth the ox over his fodder?
Don’t I have a right to complain?
Don’t wild donkeys bray when they find no grass,
and oxen bellow when they have no food?
Don’t wild donkeys bray when they find no grass,
and oxen bellow when they have no food?
Can that which is unsavoury be eaten without salt? or is there any taste in the white of an egg?
The things that my soul refused to touch are as my sorrowful meat.
My appetite disappears when I look at it;
I gag at the thought of eating it!
I gag at the thought of eating it!
Oh that I might have my request; and that God would grant me the thing that I long for!
“Oh, that I might have my request,
that God would grant my desire.
that God would grant my desire.
Even that it would please God to destroy me; that he would let loose his hand, and cut me off!
I wish he would crush me.
I wish he would reach out his hand and kill me.
I wish he would reach out his hand and kill me.
Then should I yet have comfort; yea, I would harden myself in sorrow: let him not spare; for I have not concealed the words of the Holy One.
At least I can take comfort in this:
Despite the pain,
I have not denied the words of the Holy One.
Despite the pain,
I have not denied the words of the Holy One.
What is my strength, that I should hope? and what is mine end, that I should prolong my life?
But I don’t have the strength to endure.
I have nothing to live for.
I have nothing to live for.
Is my strength the strength of stones? or is my flesh of brass?
Do I have the strength of a stone?
Is my body made of bronze?
Is my body made of bronze?
Is not my help in me? and is wisdom driven quite from me?
No, I am utterly helpless,
without any chance of success.
without any chance of success.
To him that is afflicted pity should be shewed from his friend; but he forsaketh the fear of the Almighty.
My brethren have dealt deceitfully as a brook, and as the stream of brooks they pass away;
My brothers, you have proved as unreliable as a seasonal brook
that overflows its banks in the spring
that overflows its banks in the spring
Which are blackish by reason of the ice, and wherein the snow is hid:
when it is swollen with ice and melting snow.
What time they wax warm, they vanish: when it is hot, they are consumed out of their place.
But when the hot weather arrives, the water disappears.
The brook vanishes in the heat.
The brook vanishes in the heat.
The paths of their way are turned aside; they go to nothing, and perish.
The caravans turn aside to be refreshed,
but there is nothing to drink, so they die.
but there is nothing to drink, so they die.
The troops of Tema looked, the companies of Sheba waited for them.
The caravans from Tema search for this water;
the travelers from Sheba hope to find it.
the travelers from Sheba hope to find it.
They were confounded because they had hoped; they came thither, and were ashamed.
They count on it but are disappointed.
When they arrive, their hopes are dashed.
When they arrive, their hopes are dashed.
For now ye are nothing; ye see my casting down, and are afraid.
You, too, have given no help.
You have seen my calamity, and you are afraid.
You have seen my calamity, and you are afraid.
Did I say, Bring unto me? or, Give a reward for me of your substance?
But why? Have I ever asked you for a gift?
Have I begged for anything of yours for myself?
Have I begged for anything of yours for myself?
Or, Deliver me from the enemy's hand? or, Redeem me from the hand of the mighty?
Have I asked you to rescue me from my enemies,
or to save me from ruthless people?
or to save me from ruthless people?
Teach me, and I will hold my tongue: and cause me to understand wherein I have erred.
Teach me, and I will keep quiet.
Show me what I have done wrong.
Show me what I have done wrong.
How forcible are right words! but what doth your arguing reprove?
Honest words can be painful,
but what do your criticisms amount to?
but what do your criticisms amount to?
Do ye imagine to reprove words, and the speeches of one that is desperate, which are as wind?
Do you think your words are convincing
when you disregard my cry of desperation?
when you disregard my cry of desperation?
Yea, ye overwhelm the fatherless, and ye dig a pit for your friend.
Now therefore be content, look upon me; for it is evident unto you if I lie.
Look at me!
Would I lie to your face?
Would I lie to your face?
Return, I pray you, let it not be iniquity; yea, return again, my righteousness is in it.
Stop assuming my guilt,
for I have done no wrong.
for I have done no wrong.