| International Standard Version | King James Bible |
| 1In rebuttal, Job replied: | 1But Job answered and said, |
| 2"If only my grief could be weighed; or my calamity piled together on a balance scale! | 2Oh that my grief were throughly weighed, and my calamity laid in the balances together! |
| 3It would weigh more than the sand on the seashore! Here's why I've talked so rashly: | 3For now it would be heavier than the sand of the sea: therefore my words are swallowed up. |
| 4"The arrows of the Almighty have pierced me; my spirit absorbs their poison; God's terrors have been arranged just for me! | 4For 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. |
| 5"Will the wild donkey bray from hunger if fresh grass is beside him? Will the ox low from distress if it is near its feed? | 5Doth the wild ass bray when he hath grass? or loweth the ox over his fodder? |
| 6Tasteless food isn't eaten without salt, is it? Is there any taste in an egg white? | 6Can that which is unsavoury be eaten without salt? or is there any taste in the white of an egg? |
| 7I cannot bring myself to touch them; food like this makes me sick." | 7The things that my soul refused to touch are as my sorrowful meat. |
| 8"Who will grant my wish? I wish God would grant what I'm hoping for: | 8Oh that I might have my request; and that God would grant me the thing that I long for! |
| 9that God would just be willing to crush me; that he would let loose and eliminate me! | 9Even that it would please God to destroy me; that he would let loose his hand, and cut me off! |
| 10At least I could still take comfort and rejoice in unceasing anguish, for I didn't conceal what the Holy One has to say. | 10Then 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. |
| 11"Do I have the strength to wait? And why should I be patient? | 11What is my strength, that I should hope? and what is mine end, that I should prolong my life? |
| 12Am I as strong as a rock? Am I some kind of iron man? | 12Is my strength the strength of stones? or is my flesh of brass? |
| 13There is no help within me, is there? My resources have been driven away from me, haven't they? | 13Is not my help in me? and is wisdom driven quite from me? |
| 14The friend shows gracious love for his friend, even if he has forsaken the fear of the Almighty. | 14To him that is afflicted pity should be shewed from his friend; but he forsaketh the fear of the Almighty. |
| 15But my brothers have acted treacherously like a cascading river, like torrential rivers that overflow. | 15My brethren have dealt deceitfully as a brook, and as the stream of brooks they pass away; |
| 16Filled with waters made cold by ice, they are where the snow goes to hide. | 16Which are blackish by reason of the ice, and wherein the snow is hid: |
| 17But then the snow melts, and they disappear; when warmed, they evaporate from their stream beds. | 17What time they wax warm, they vanish: when it is hot, they are consumed out of their place. |
| 18Travelers divert in their route; they go into a wasteland and die. | 18The paths of their way are turned aside; they go to nothing, and perish. |
| 19Travelers from Tema search intently; caravans from Sheba hope to find them. | 19The troops of Tema looked, the companies of Sheba waited for them. |
| 20For all their expectations, they are doomed to disappointment; even though they have come and searched this far. | 20They were confounded because they had hoped; they came thither, and were ashamed. |
| 21"And now you're all just like them, aren't you? You see my terror and are terrified. | 21For now ye are nothing; ye see my casting down, and are afraid. |
| 22When did I ever ask you for anything, say 'Offer a bribe for me from your wealth?' | 22Did I say, Bring unto me? or, Give a reward for me of your substance? |
| 23or say 'Deliver me from my enemy's control,' or 'Redeem me from the domination of ruthless people'?" | 23Or, Deliver me from the enemy's hand? or, Redeem me from the hand of the mighty? |
| 24"Instruct me, and I'll remain silent. Help me understand where I've gone astray. | 24Teach me, and I will hold my tongue: and cause me to understand wherein I have erred. |
| 25The truth can be painful, but what has your argument proven? | 25How forcible are right words! but what doth your arguing reprove? |
| 26Did you intend your words to reprove, even though the speech of a desperate person is just wind? | 26Do ye imagine to reprove words, and the speeches of one that is desperate, which are as wind? |
| 27Indeed, you would gamble to buy an orphan; and barter to buy your friend! | 27Yea, ye overwhelm the fatherless, and ye dig a pit for your friend. |
| 28Now be willing to face me, and I won't lie to your face. | 28Now therefore be content, look upon me; for it is evident unto you if I lie. |
| 29Repent! Let there be no injustice; Change your ways! My vindication is at stake. | 29Return, I pray you, let it not be iniquity; yea, return again, my righteousness is in it. |
| 30Have I said anything that's unjust? I can discern evil, can't I?" | 30Is there iniquity in my tongue? cannot my taste discern perverse things? |
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