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1 Then Job answered:
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1 Then Job replied:
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2 If only my grief could be weighed and my devastation placed with it on a scale.
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2 "If only my anguish could be weighed and all my misery be placed on the scales!
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3 For then it would outweigh the sand of the seas! That is why my words are rash.
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3 It would surely outweigh the sand of the seas-- no wonder my words have been impetuous.
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4 Surely the arrows of the Almighty have pierced me; my spirit drinks their poison. God's terrors are arrayed against me.
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4 The arrows of the Almighty are in me, my spirit drinks in their poison; God's terrors are marshaled against me.
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5 Does a wild donkey bray over fresh grass or an ox low over its fodder?
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5 Does a wild donkey bray when it has grass, or an ox bellow when it has fodder?
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6 Is bland food eaten without salt? Is there flavor in an egg white?
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6 Is tasteless food eaten without salt, or is there flavor in the white of an egg ?
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7 I refuse to touch [them]; they are like contaminated food.
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7 I refuse to touch it; such food makes me ill.
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8 If only my request would be granted and God would provide what I hope for:
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8 "Oh, that I might have my request, that God would grant what I hope for,
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9 that He would decide to crush me, to unleash His power and cut me off!
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9 that God would be willing to crush me, to let loose his hand and cut me off !
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10 It would still bring me comfort, and I would leap for joy in unrelenting pain that I have not denied the words of the Holy One.
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10 Then I would still have this consolation-- my joy in unrelenting pain-- that I had not denied the words of the Holy One.
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11 What strength do I have that I should continue to hope? What is my future, that I should be patient?
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11 "What strength do I have, that I should still hope? What prospects, that I should be patient?
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12 Is my strength that of stone, or my flesh made of bronze?
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12 Do I have the strength of stone? Is my flesh bronze?
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13 Since I cannot help myself, [the hope for] success has been banished from me.
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13 Do I have any power to help myself, now that success has been driven from me?
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14 A despairing man should receive loyalty from his friends, even if he abandons the fear of the Almighty.
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14 "A despairing man should have the devotion of his friends, even though he forsakes the fear of the Almighty.
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15 My brothers are as treacherous as a wadi, as seasonal streams that overflow
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15 But my brothers are as undependable as intermittent streams, as the streams that overflow
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16 and become darkened because of ice, and the snow melts into them.
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16 when darkened by thawing ice and swollen with melting snow,
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17 The wadis evaporate in warm weather; they disappear from their channels in hot weather.
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17 but that cease to flow in the dry season, and in the heat vanish from their channels.
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18 Caravans turn away from their routes, go up into the desert, and perish.
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18 Caravans turn aside from their routes; they go up into the wasteland and perish.
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19 The caravans of Tema look [for these streams]. The traveling merchants of Sheba hope for them.
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19 The caravans of Tema look for water, the traveling merchants of Sheba look in hope.
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20 They are ashamed because they had been confident [of finding water]. When they arrive there, they are frustrated.
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20 They are distressed, because they had been confident; they arrive there, only to be disappointed.
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21 So [this] is what you have now become [to me]. When you see something dreadful, you are afraid.
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21 Now you too have proved to be of no help; you see something dreadful and are afraid.
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22 Have I ever said: Give me [something] or Pay a bribe for me from your wealth
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22 Have I ever said, 'Give something on my behalf, pay a ransom for me from your wealth,
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23 or Deliver me from the enemy's power or Redeem me from the grasp of the ruthless?
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23 deliver me from the hand of the enemy, ransom me from the clutches of the ruthless'?
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24 Teach me, and I will be silent. Help me understand what I did wrong.
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24 "Teach me, and I will be quiet; show me where I have been wrong.
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25 How painful honest words can be! But what does your rebuke prove?
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25 How painful are honest words! But what do your arguments prove?
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26 Do you think that you can disprove [my] words or that a despairing man's words are [mere] wind?
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26 Do you mean to correct what I say, and treat the words of a despairing man as wind?
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27 No doubt you would cast [lots] for a fatherless child and negotiate a price to [sell] your friend.
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27 You would even cast lots for the fatherless and barter away your friend.
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28 But now, please look at me; would I lie to your face?
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28 "But now be so kind as to look at me. Would I lie to your face?
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29 Reconsider; don't be unjust. Reconsider; my righteousness is still the issue.
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29 Relent, do not be unjust; reconsider, for my integrity is at stake.
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30 Am I lying, or can I not recognize lies?
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30 Is there any wickedness on my lips? Can my mouth not discern malice?
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