Parallel Bible results for "job 10"

Job 10

1 "My inner self loathes my life; {I want to give vent to my complaint}; I want to speak out of [the] bitterness of my inner self.

1 “I loathe my very life; therefore I will give free rein to my complaint and speak out in the bitterness of my soul.

2 I will say to God, 'You should not condemn me; let me know why you contend [against] me.

2 I say to God: Do not declare me guilty, but tell me what charges you have against me.

3 Is it good for you that you oppress, that you despise the labor of your hands, and you smile over the schemes of [the] wicked?

3 Does it please you to oppress me, to spurn the work of your hands, while you smile on the plans of the wicked?

4 {Do you have eyes of flesh}? Or {do you see as human beings see}?

4 Do you have eyes of flesh? Do you see as a mortal sees?

5 [Are] your days as the days of human beings, or your years as the days of man,

5 Are your days like those of a mortal or your years like those of a strong man,

6 that you seek out my iniquity, and you search for my sin

6 that you must search out my faults and probe after my sin—

7 because of your knowledge that I am not guilty, and there is no escaping from your hand?

7 though you know that I am not guilty and that no one can rescue me from your hand?

8 Your hands fashioned me and made me {altogether}, then you destroyed me.

8 “Your hands shaped me and made me. Will you now turn and destroy me?

9 Please remember that you made me like clay, but you turn me into dust [again]?

9 Remember that you molded me like clay. Will you now turn me to dust again?

10 Did you not pour me out like milk and {curdle me} like cheese?

10 Did you not pour me out like milk and curdle me like cheese,

11 You clothed me [with] skin and flesh, and you knit me together with bones and sinews.

11 clothe me with skin and flesh and knit me together with bones and sinews?

12 You have granted me life and loyal love, and your care has preserved my spirit.

12 You gave me life and showed me kindness, and in your providence watched over my spirit.

13 " 'Yet you hid these [things] in your heart; I know that this {was your purpose}.

13 “But this is what you concealed in your heart, and I know that this was in your mind:

14 If I had sinned, then you would be watching me, and you would not acquit me of my guilt.

14 If I sinned, you would be watching me and would not let my offense go unpunished.

15 If I am guilty, woe to me! But if I am righteous, I dare not lift my head; [I am] filled [with] shame, and [just] look [at] my misery!

15 If I am guilty—woe to me! Even if I am innocent, I cannot lift my head, for I am full of shame and drowned in my affliction.

16 And [if my head] grows bold, you would hunt me as the lion in its prime; {and you repeat your exploits against me}.

16 If I hold my head high, you stalk me like a lion and again display your awesome power against me.

17 You renew your witnesses against me, and you increase your vexation against me; {relief forces} [are] against me.

17 You bring new witnesses against me and increase your anger toward me; your forces come against me wave upon wave.

18 So why did you bring me forth from the womb? I should have passed away, {and no eye should have seen me}.

18 “Why then did you bring me out of the womb? I wish I had died before any eye saw me.

19 I should have been as though I had not been; I should have been brought from [the] womb to the grave.

19 If only I had never come into being, or had been carried straight from the womb to the grave!

20 [Are] not my days few? Let him leave [me] alone; let him turn from me, and let me rejoice a little.

20 Are not my few days almost over? Turn away from me so I can have a moment’s joy

21 Before I go--and I will not return-- to [the] land of darkness and deep shadow,

21 before I go to the place of no return, to the land of gloom and utter darkness,

22 to [the] land of darkness, like [the] darkness of a deep shadow and {chaos}, so that it shines forth like darkness.'"

22 to the land of deepest night, of utter darkness and disorder, where even the light is like darkness.”