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Job 10-12
New International Version
Job 10-12
New International Version
10 “I loathe my very life;(A)
therefore I will give free rein to my complaint
and speak out in the bitterness of my soul.(B)
2 I say to God:(C) Do not declare me guilty,
but tell me what charges(D) you have against me.(E)
3 Does it please you to oppress me,(F)
to spurn the work of your hands,(G)
while you smile on the plans of the wicked?(H)
4 Do you have eyes of flesh?
Do you see as a mortal sees?(I)
5 Are your days like those of a mortal
or your years like those of a strong man,(J)
6 that you must search out my faults
and probe after my sin(K)—
7 though you know that I am not guilty(L)
and that no one can rescue me from your hand?(M)
8 “Your hands shaped(N) me and made me.
Will you now turn and destroy me?(O)
9 Remember that you molded me like clay.(P)
Will you now turn me to dust again?(Q)
10 Did you not pour me out like milk
and curdle me like cheese,
11 clothe me with skin and flesh
and knit me together(R) with bones and sinews?
12 You gave me life(S) and showed me kindness,(T)
and in your providence(U) watched over(V) my spirit.
13 “But this is what you concealed in your heart,
and I know that this was in your mind:(W)
14 If I sinned, you would be watching me(X)
and would not let my offense go unpunished.(Y)
15 If I am guilty(Z)—woe to me!(AA)
Even if I am innocent, I cannot lift my head,(AB)
for I am full of shame
and drowned in[a] my affliction.(AC)
16 If I hold my head high, you stalk me like a lion(AD)
and again display your awesome power against me.(AE)
17 You bring new witnesses against me(AF)
and increase your anger toward me;(AG)
your forces come against me wave upon wave.(AH)
18 “Why then did you bring me out of the womb?(AI)
I wish I had died before any eye saw me.(AJ)
19 If only I had never come into being,
or had been carried straight from the womb to the grave!(AK)
20 Are not my few days(AL) almost over?(AM)
Turn away from me(AN) so I can have a moment’s joy(AO)
21 before I go to the place of no return,(AP)
to the land of gloom and utter darkness,(AQ)
22 to the land of deepest night,
of utter darkness(AR) and disorder,
where even the light is like darkness.”(AS)
Zophar
11 Then Zophar the Naamathite(AT) replied:
2 “Are all these words to go unanswered?(AU)
Is this talker to be vindicated?(AV)
3 Will your idle talk(AW) reduce others to silence?
Will no one rebuke you when you mock?(AX)
4 You say to God, ‘My beliefs are flawless(AY)
and I am pure(AZ) in your sight.’
5 Oh, how I wish that God would speak,(BA)
that he would open his lips against you
6 and disclose to you the secrets of wisdom,(BB)
for true wisdom has two sides.
Know this: God has even forgotten some of your sin.(BC)
7 “Can you fathom(BD) the mysteries of God?
Can you probe the limits of the Almighty?
8 They are higher(BE) than the heavens(BF) above—what can you do?
They are deeper than the depths below(BG)—what can you know?(BH)
9 Their measure(BI) is longer than the earth
and wider than the sea.(BJ)
10 “If he comes along and confines you in prison
and convenes a court, who can oppose him?(BK)
11 Surely he recognizes deceivers;
and when he sees evil, does he not take note?(BL)
12 But the witless can no more become wise
than a wild donkey’s colt(BM) can be born human.[b](BN)
13 “Yet if you devote your heart(BO) to him
and stretch out your hands(BP) to him,(BQ)
14 if you put away(BR) the sin that is in your hand
and allow no evil(BS) to dwell in your tent,(BT)
15 then, free of fault, you will lift up your face;(BU)
you will stand firm(BV) and without fear.(BW)
16 You will surely forget your trouble,(BX)
recalling it only as waters gone by.(BY)
17 Life will be brighter than noonday,(BZ)
and darkness will become like morning.(CA)
18 You will be secure, because there is hope;
you will look about you and take your rest(CB) in safety.(CC)
19 You will lie down, with no one to make you afraid,(CD)
and many will court your favor.(CE)
20 But the eyes of the wicked will fail,(CF)
and escape will elude them;(CG)
their hope will become a dying gasp.”(CH)
Job
12 Then Job replied:
2 “Doubtless you are the only people who matter,
and wisdom will die with you!(CI)
3 But I have a mind as well as you;
I am not inferior to you.
Who does not know all these things?(CJ)
4 “I have become a laughingstock(CK) to my friends,(CL)
though I called on God and he answered(CM)—
a mere laughingstock, though righteous and blameless!(CN)
5 Those who are at ease have contempt(CO) for misfortune
as the fate of those whose feet are slipping.(CP)
6 The tents of marauders are undisturbed,(CQ)
and those who provoke God are secure(CR)—
those God has in his hand.[c]
7 “But ask the animals, and they will teach you,(CS)
or the birds in the sky,(CT) and they will tell you;(CU)
8 or speak to the earth, and it will teach you,
or let the fish in the sea inform you.
9 Which of all these does not know(CV)
that the hand of the Lord has done this?(CW)
10 In his hand is the life(CX) of every creature
and the breath of all mankind.(CY)
11 Does not the ear test words
as the tongue tastes food?(CZ)
12 Is not wisdom found among the aged?(DA)
Does not long life bring understanding?(DB)
13 “To God belong wisdom(DC) and power;(DD)
counsel and understanding are his.(DE)
14 What he tears down(DF) cannot be rebuilt;(DG)
those he imprisons cannot be released.(DH)
15 If he holds back the waters,(DI) there is drought;(DJ)
if he lets them loose, they devastate the land.(DK)
16 To him belong strength and insight;(DL)
both deceived and deceiver are his.(DM)
17 He leads rulers away stripped(DN)
and makes fools of judges.(DO)
18 He takes off the shackles(DP) put on by kings
and ties a loincloth[d] around their waist.(DQ)
19 He leads priests away stripped(DR)
and overthrows officials long established.(DS)
20 He silences the lips of trusted advisers
and takes away the discernment of elders.(DT)
21 He pours contempt on nobles(DU)
and disarms the mighty.(DV)
22 He reveals the deep things of darkness(DW)
and brings utter darkness(DX) into the light.(DY)
23 He makes nations great, and destroys them;(DZ)
he enlarges nations,(EA) and disperses them.(EB)
24 He deprives the leaders of the earth of their reason;(EC)
he makes them wander in a trackless waste.(ED)
25 They grope in darkness with no light;(EE)
he makes them stagger like drunkards.(EF)
Job 10-12
King James Version
Job 10-12
King James Version
10 My soul is weary of my life; I will leave my complaint upon myself; I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.
2 I will say unto God, Do not condemn me; shew me wherefore thou contendest with me.
3 Is it good unto thee that thou shouldest oppress, that thou shouldest despise the work of thine hands, and shine upon the counsel of the wicked?
4 Hast thou eyes of flesh? or seest thou as man seeth?
5 Are thy days as the days of man? are thy years as man's days,
6 That thou enquirest after mine iniquity, and searchest after my sin?
7 Thou knowest that I am not wicked; and there is none that can deliver out of thine hand.
8 Thine hands have made me and fashioned me together round about; yet thou dost destroy me.
9 Remember, I beseech thee, that thou hast made me as the clay; and wilt thou bring me into dust again?
10 Hast thou not poured me out as milk, and curdled me like cheese?
11 Thou hast clothed me with skin and flesh, and hast fenced me with bones and sinews.
12 Thou hast granted me life and favour, and thy visitation hath preserved my spirit.
13 And these things hast thou hid in thine heart: I know that this is with thee.
14 If I sin, then thou markest me, and thou wilt not acquit me from mine iniquity.
15 If I be wicked, woe unto me; and if I be righteous, yet will I not lift up my head. I am full of confusion; therefore see thou mine affliction;
16 For it increaseth. Thou huntest me as a fierce lion: and again thou shewest thyself marvellous upon me.
17 Thou renewest thy witnesses against me, and increasest thine indignation upon me; changes and war are against me.
18 Wherefore then hast thou brought me forth out of the womb? Oh that I had given up the ghost, and no eye had seen me!
19 I should have been as though I had not been; I should have been carried from the womb to the grave.
20 Are not my days few? cease then, and let me alone, that I may take comfort a little,
21 Before I go whence I shall not return, even to the land of darkness and the shadow of death;
22 A land of darkness, as darkness itself; and of the shadow of death, without any order, and where the light is as darkness.
11 Then answered Zophar the Naamathite, and said,
2 Should not the multitude of words be answered? and should a man full of talk be justified?
3 Should thy lies make men hold their peace? and when thou mockest, shall no man make thee ashamed?
4 For thou hast said, My doctrine is pure, and I am clean in thine eyes.
5 But oh that God would speak, and open his lips against thee;
6 And that he would shew thee the secrets of wisdom, that they are double to that which is! Know therefore that God exacteth of thee less than thine iniquity deserveth.
7 Canst thou by searching find out God? canst thou find out the Almighty unto perfection?
8 It is as high as heaven; what canst thou do? deeper than hell; what canst thou know?
9 The measure thereof is longer than the earth, and broader than the sea.
10 If he cut off, and shut up, or gather together, then who can hinder him?
11 For he knoweth vain men: he seeth wickedness also; will he not then consider it?
12 For vain men would be wise, though man be born like a wild ass's colt.
13 If thou prepare thine heart, and stretch out thine hands toward him;
14 If iniquity be in thine hand, put it far away, and let not wickedness dwell in thy tabernacles.
15 For then shalt thou lift up thy face without spot; yea, thou shalt be stedfast, and shalt not fear:
16 Because thou shalt forget thy misery, and remember it as waters that pass away:
17 And thine age shall be clearer than the noonday: thou shalt shine forth, thou shalt be as the morning.
18 And thou shalt be secure, because there is hope; yea, thou shalt dig about thee, and thou shalt take thy rest in safety.
19 Also thou shalt lie down, and none shall make thee afraid; yea, many shall make suit unto thee.
20 But the eyes of the wicked shall fail, and they shall not escape, and their hope shall be as the giving up of the ghost.
12 And Job answered and said,
2 No doubt but ye are the people, and wisdom shall die with you.
3 But I have understanding as well as you; I am not inferior to you: yea, who knoweth not such things as these?
4 I am as one mocked of his neighbour, who calleth upon God, and he answereth him: the just upright man is laughed to scorn.
5 He that is ready to slip with his feet is as a lamp despised in the thought of him that is at ease.
6 The tabernacles of robbers prosper, and they that provoke God are secure; into whose hand God bringeth abundantly.
7 But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee; and the fowls of the air, and they shall tell thee:
8 Or speak to the earth, and it shall teach thee: and the fishes of the sea shall declare unto thee.
9 Who knoweth not in all these that the hand of the Lord hath wrought this?
10 In whose hand is the soul of every living thing, and the breath of all mankind.
11 Doth not the ear try words? and the mouth taste his meat?
12 With the ancient is wisdom; and in length of days understanding.
13 With him is wisdom and strength, he hath counsel and understanding.
14 Behold, he breaketh down, and it cannot be built again: he shutteth up a man, and there can be no opening.
15 Behold, he withholdeth the waters, and they dry up: also he sendeth them out, and they overturn the earth.
16 With him is strength and wisdom: the deceived and the deceiver are his.
17 He leadeth counsellors away spoiled, and maketh the judges fools.
18 He looseth the bond of kings, and girdeth their loins with a girdle.
19 He leadeth princes away spoiled, and overthroweth the mighty.
20 He removeth away the speech of the trusty, and taketh away the understanding of the aged.
21 He poureth contempt upon princes, and weakeneth the strength of the mighty.
22 He discovereth deep things out of darkness, and bringeth out to light the shadow of death.
23 He increaseth the nations, and destroyeth them: he enlargeth the nations, and straiteneth them again.
24 He taketh away the heart of the chief of the people of the earth, and causeth them to wander in a wilderness where there is no way.
25 They grope in the dark without light, and he maketh them to stagger like a drunken man.
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