Septuagint Bible w/ Apocrypha LXX
New Revised Standard w/ Apocrypha NRSA
1 But Job answered and said,
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Then Job answered:
2 Oh that one would indeed weigh the wrath that is upon me, and take up my griefs in a balance together!
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"O that my vexation were weighed, and all my calamity laid in the balances!
3 And verily they would be heavier than the sand by the seashore: but, as it seems, my words are vain.
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For then it would be heavier than the sand of the sea; therefore my words have been rash.
4 For the arrows of the Lord are in my body, whose violence drinks up my blood: whenever I am going to speak, they pierce me.
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For the arrows of the Almighty are in me; my spirit drinks their poison; the terrors of God are arrayed against me.
5 What then? will the wild ass bray for nothing, if he is not seeking food? or again, will the ox low at the manger, when he has a fodder?
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Does the wild ass bray over its grass, or the ox low over its fodder?
6 Shall bread be eaten without salt? or again, is there taste in empty words?
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Can that which is tasteless be eaten without salt, or is there any flavor in the juice of mallows?
7 For my wrath cannot cease; for I perceive my food as the smell of a lion loathsome.
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My appetite refuses to touch them; they are like food that is loathsome to me.
8 For oh that he would grant , and my petition might come, and the Lord would grant my hope!
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"O that I might have my request, and that God would grant my desire;
9 Let the Lord begin and wound me, but let him not utterly destroy me.
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that it would please God to crush me, that he would let loose his hand and cut me off!
10 Let the grave be my city, upon the walls of which I have leaped: I will not shrink from it; for I have not denied the holy words of my God.
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This would be my consolation; I would even exult in unrelenting pain; for I have not denied the words of the Holy One.
11 For what is my strength, that I continue? what is my time, that my soul endures?
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What is my strength, that I should wait? And what is my end, that I should be patient?
12 Is my strength the strength of stones? or is my flesh of brass?
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Is my strength the strength of stones, or is my flesh bronze?
13 Or have I not trusted in him? but help is from me.
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In truth I have no help in me, and any resource is driven from me.
14 Mercy has rejected me; and the visitation of the Lord has disregarded me.
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"Those who withhold kindness from a friend forsake the fear of the Almighty.
15 My nearest relations have not regarded me; they have passed me by like a failing brook, or like a wave.
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My companions are treacherous like a torrent-bed, like freshets that pass away,
16 They who used to reverence me, now have come against me like snow or congealed ice.
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that run dark with ice, turbid with melting snow.
17 When it has melted at the approach of heat, it is not known what it was.
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In time of heat they disappear; when it is hot, they vanish from their place.
18 Thus I also have been deserted of all; and I am ruined, and become an outcast.
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The caravans turn aside from their course; they go up into the waste, and perish.
19 Behold the ways of the Thaemanites, ye that mark the paths of the Sabaeans.
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The caravans of Tema look, the travelers of Sheba hope.
20 They too that trust in cities and riches shall come to shame.
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They are disappointed because they were confident; they come there and are confounded.
21 But ye also have come to me without pity; so that beholding my wound ye are afraid.
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Such you have now become to me; you see my calamity, and are afraid.
22 What? have I made any demand of you? or do I ask for strength from you,
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Have I said, "Make me a gift'? Or, "From your wealth offer a bribe for me'?
23 to deliver me from enemies, or to rescue me from the hand of the mighty ones?
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Or, "Save me from an opponent's hand'? Or, "Ransom me from the hand of oppressors'?
24 Teach ye me, and I will be silent: if in anything I have erred, tell me.
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"Teach me, and I will be silent; make me understand how I have gone wrong.
25 But as it seems, the words of a true man are vain, because I do not ask strength of you.
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How forceful are honest words! But your reproof, what does it reprove?
26 Neither will your reproof cause me to cease my words, for neither will I endure the sound of your speech.
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Do you think that you can reprove words, as if the speech of the desperate were wind?
27 Even because ye attack the fatherless, and insult your friend.
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You would even cast lots over the orphan, and bargain over your friend.
28 But now, having looked upon your countenances, I will not lie.
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"But now, be pleased to look at me; for I will not lie to your face.
29 Sit down now, and let there not be unrighteousness; and unite again with the just.
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Turn, I pray, let no wrong be done. Turn now, my vindication is at stake.
30 For there is no injustice in my tongue; and does not my throat meditate understanding?
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Is there any wrong on my tongue? Cannot my taste discern calamity?
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