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Job 6
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949
2Oh that my grief were thoroughly weighed, and all my calamity laid in the balances!
2O that my provocation were thoroughly weighed, And my calamity in balances They would lift up together!
2If only my passion might be measured, and put into the scales against my trouble!
3For now it would be heavier than the sand of the seas; therefore my words are vehement.
3For now, than the sands of the sea it is heavier, Therefore my words have been rash.
3For then its weight would be more than the sand of the seas: because of this my words have been uncontrolled.
4For the arrows of the Almighty are within me, their poison drinketh up my spirit: the terrors ofGod are arrayed against me.
4For arrows of the Mighty <FI>are<Fi> with me, Whose poison is drinking up my spirit. Terrors of God array themselves <FI>for<Fi> me!
4For the arrows of the Ruler of all are present with me, and their poison goes deep into my spirit: his army of fears is put in order against me.
5Doth the wild ass bray by the grass? loweth an ox over his fodder?
5Brayeth a wild ass over tender grass? Loweth an ox over his provender?
5Does the ass of the fields give out his voice when he has grass? or does the ox make sounds over his food?
6Shall that which is insipid be eaten without salt? Is there any taste in the white of an egg?
6Eaten is an insipid thing without salt? Is there sense in the drivel of dreams?
6Will a man take food which has no taste without salt? or is there any taste in the soft substance of purslain?
7What my soul refuseth to touch, that is as my loathsome food.
7My soul is refusing to touch! They <FI>are<Fi> as my sickening food.
7My soul has no desire for such things, they are as disease in my food.
8Oh that I might have my request, and thatGod would grant my desire!
8O that my request may come, That God may grant my hope!
8If only I might have an answer to my prayer, and God would give me my desire!
9And that it would pleaseGod to crush me, that he would let loose his hand and cut me off!
9That God would please--and bruise me, Loose His hand and cut me off!
9If only he would be pleased to put an end to me; and would let loose his hand, so that I might be cut off!
10Then should I yet have comfort; and in the pain which spareth not I would rejoice that I have not denied the words of the Holy One.
10And yet it is my comfort, (And I exult in pain--He doth not spare,) That I have not hidden The sayings of the Holy One.
10So I would still have comfort, and I would have joy in the pains of death, for I have not been false to the words of the Holy One.
11What is my strength, that I should hope? and what is mine end, that I should have patience?
11What <FI>is<Fi> my power that I should hope? And what mine end That I should prolong my life?
11Have I strength to go on waiting, or have I any end to be looking forward to?
12Is my strength the strength of stones? is my flesh of brass?
12Is my strength the strength of stones? Is my flesh brazen?
12Is my strength the strength of stones, or is my flesh brass?
13Is it not that there is no help in me, and soundness is driven away from me?
13Is not my help with me, And substance driven from me?
13I have no help in myself, and wisdom is completely gone from me.
14For him that is fainting kindness [is meet] from his friend; or he forsaketh the fear of the Almighty.
14To a despiser of his friends <FI>is<Fi> shame, And the fear of the Mighty he forsaketh.
14He whose heart is shut against his friend has given up the fear of the Ruler of all.
15My brethren have dealt deceitfully as a stream, as the channel of streams which pass away,
15My brethren have deceived as a brook, As a stream of brooks they pass away.
15My friends have been false like a stream, like streams in the valleys which come to an end:
16Which are turbid by reason of the ice, in which the snow hideth itself:
16That are black because of ice, By them doth snow hide itself.
16Which are dark because of the ice, and the snow falling into them;
17At the time they diminish, they are dried up; when heat affecteth them, they vanish from their place:
17By the time they are warm they have been cut off, By its being hot they have been Extinguished from their place.
17Under the burning sun they are cut off, and come to nothing because of the heat.
18They wind about in the paths of their course, they go off into the waste and perish.
18Turn aside do the paths of their way, They ascend into emptiness, and are lost.
18The camel-trains go out of their way; they go up into the waste and come to destruction.
19The caravans of Tema looked, the companies of Sheba counted on them:
19Passengers of Tema looked expectingly, Travellers of Sheba hoped for them.
19The camel-trains of Tema were searching with care, the bands of Sheba were waiting for them:
20They are ashamed at their hope; they come thither, and are confounded.
20They were ashamed that one hath trusted, They have come unto it and are confounded.
20They were put to shame because of their hope; they came and their hope was gone.
21So now ye are nothing; ye see a terrible object and are afraid.
21Surely now ye have become the same! Ye see a downfall, and are afraid.
21So have you now become to me; you see my sad condition and are in fear.
22Did I say, Bring unto me, and make me a present from your substance?
22Is it because I said, Give to me? And, By your power bribe for me?
22Did I say, Give me something? or, Make a payment for me out of your wealth?
23Or, rescue me from the hand of the oppressor, and redeem me from the hand of the violent?
23And, Deliver me from the hand of an adversary? And, From the hand of terrible ones ransom me?
23Or, Get me out of the power of my hater? or, Give money so that I may be free from the power of the cruel ones?
24Teach me, and I will hold my tongue; and cause me to understand wherein I have erred.
24Shew me, and I--I keep silent, And what I have erred, let me understand.
24Give me teaching and I will be quiet; and make me see my error.
25How forcible are right words! but what doth your upbraiding reprove?
25How powerful have been upright sayings, And what doth reproof from you reprove?
25How pleasing are upright words! but what force is there in your arguments?
26Do ye imagine to reprove words? The speeches of one that is desperate are indeed for the wind.
26For reproof--do you reckon words? And for wind--sayings of the desperate.
26My words may seem wrong to you, but the words of him who has no hope are for the wind.
27Yea, ye overwhelm the fatherless, and dig [a pit] for your friend.
27Anger on the fatherless ye cause to fall, And are strange to your friend.
27Truly, you are such as would give up the child of a dead man to his creditors, and would make a profit out of your friend.
28Now therefore if ye will, look upon me; and it shall be to your face if I lie.
28And, now, please, look upon me, Even to your face do I lie?
28Now then, let your eyes be turned to me, for truly I will not say what is false to your face.
29Return, I pray you, let there be no wrong; yea, return again, my righteousness shall be in it.
29Turn back, I pray you, let it not be perverseness, Yea, turn back again--my righteousness <FI>is<Fi> in it.
29Let your minds be changed, and do not have an evil opinion of me; yes, be changed, for my righteousness is still in me.