Job 10 | Biblion Bible Reader

WEB·Job 11

¹Then Zophar, the Naamathite, answered,

KJVThen answered^H6030^(H8799) Zophar^H6691 the Naamathite^H5284, and said^H559^(H8799),

² “Shouldn’t the multitude of words be answered? Should a man full of talk be justified?

KJVShould not the multitude^H7230 of words^H1697 be answered^H6030^(H8735)? and should a man^H376 full of talk^H8193 be justified^H6663^(H8799)?

³ Should your boastings make men hold their peace? When you mock, will no man make you ashamed?

KJVShould thy lies^H907 make^H2790 men^H4962 hold their peace^H2790^(H8686)? and when thou mockest^H3932^(H8799), shall no man make thee ashamed^H3637^(H8688)?

⁴ For you say, ‘My doctrine is pure. I am clean in your eyes.’

KJVFor thou hast said^H559^(H8799), My doctrine^H3948 is pure^H2134, and I am clean^H1249 in thine eyes^H5869.

⁵ But oh that God would speak, and open his lips against you,

KJVBut^H199 oh that^H5414^(H8799) God^H433 would speak^H1696^(H8763), and open^H6605^(H8799) his lips^H8193 against thee;

⁶ that he would show you the secrets of wisdom! For true wisdom has two sides. Know therefore that God exacts of you less than your iniquity deserves.

KJVAnd that he would shew^H5046^(H8686) thee the secrets^H8587 of wisdom^H2451, that they are double^H3718 to that which is^H8454! Know^H3045^(H8798) therefore that God^H433 exacteth^H5382^(H8686) of thee less than thine iniquity^H5771 deserveth.

⁷ “Can you fathom the mystery of God? Or can you probe the limits of the Almighty?

KJVCanst thou by searching^H2714 find out^H4672^(H8799) God^H433? canst thou find^H4672^(H8799) out the Almighty^H7706 unto perfection^H8503?

⁸ They are high as heaven. What can you do? They are deeper than Sheol. What can you know?

KJVIt is as high^H1363 as heaven^H8064; what canst thou do^H6466^(H8799)? deeper^H6013 than hell^H7585; what canst thou know^H3045^(H8799)?

⁹ Its measure is longer than the earth, and broader than the sea.

KJVThe measure^H4055 thereof is longer^H752 than the earth^H776, and broader^H7342 than the sea^H3220.

¹⁰ If he passes by, or confines, or convenes a court, then who can oppose him?

KJVIf he cut off^H2498^(H8799), and shut up^H5462^(H8686), or gather together^H6950^(H8686), then who can hinder^H7725^(H8686) him?

¹¹ For he knows false men. He sees iniquity also, even though he doesn’t consider it.

KJVFor he knoweth^H3045^(H8804) vain^H7723 men^H4962: he seeth^H7200^(H8799) wickedness^H205 also; will he not then consider^H995^(H8709) it?

¹² An empty-headed man becomes wise when a man is born as a wild donkey’s colt.

KJVFor vain^H5014^(H8803) man^H376 would be wise^H3823^(H8735), though man^H120 be born^H3205^(H8735) like a wild ass's^H6501 colt^H5895.

¹³ “If you set your heart aright, stretch out your hands toward him.

KJVIf thou prepare^H3559^(H8689) thine heart^H3820, and stretch^H6566^(H8804) out thine hands^H3709 toward him;

¹⁴ If iniquity is in your hand, put it far away. Don’t let unrighteousness dwell in your tents.

KJVIf iniquity^H205 be in thine hand^H3027, put it far away^H7368^(H8685), and let not wickedness^H5766 dwell^H7931^(H8686) in thy tabernacles^H168.

¹⁵ Surely then you will lift up your face without spot. Yes, you will be steadfast, and will not fear,

KJVFor then shalt thou lift up^H5375^(H8799) thy face^H6440 without spot^H3971; yea, thou shalt be stedfast^H3332^(H8716), and shalt not fear^H3372^(H8799):

¹⁶ for you will forget your misery. You will remember it like waters that have passed away.

KJVBecause thou shalt forget^H7911^(H8799) thy misery^H5999, and remember^H2142^(H8799) it as waters^H4325 that pass away^H5674^(H8804):

¹⁷ Life will be clearer than the noonday. Though there is darkness, it will be as the morning.

KJVAnd thine age^H2465 shall be clearer^H6965^(H8799) than the noonday^H6672; thou shalt shine forth^H5774^(H8799), thou shalt be as the morning^H1242.

¹⁸ You will be secure, because there is hope. Yes, you will search, and will take your rest in safety.

KJVAnd thou shalt be secure^H982^(H8804), because there is^H3426 hope^H8615; yea, thou shalt dig^H2658^(H8804) about thee, and thou shalt take thy rest^H7901^(H8799) in safety^H983.

¹⁹ Also you will lie down, and no one will make you afraid. Yes, many will court your favor.

KJVAlso thou shalt lie down^H7257^(H8804), and none shall make thee afraid^H2729^(H8688); yea, many^H7227 shall make suit^H2470^(H8765) unto thee^H6440.

²⁰ But the eyes of the wicked will fail. They will have no way to flee. Their hope will be the giving up of the spirit.”

KJVBut the eyes^H5869 of the wicked^H7563 shall fail^H3615^(H8799), and they shall not escape^H6^(H8804)^H4498, and their hope^H8615 shall be as the giving up^H4646 of the ghost^H5315.

WEB·Job 10

¹“My soul is weary of my life. I will give free course to my complaint. I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.

KJVMy soul^H5315 is weary^H5354^(H8804) of my life^H2416; I will leave^H5800^(H8799) my complaint^H7879 upon myself; I will speak^H1696^(H8762) in the bitterness^H4751 of my soul^H5315.

² I will tell God, ‘Do not condemn me. Show me why you contend with me.

KJVI will say^H559^(H8799) unto God^H433, Do not condemn^H7561^(H8686) me; shew^H3045^(H8685) me wherefore thou contendest^H7378^(H8799) with me.

³ Is it good to you that you should oppress, that you should despise the work of your hands, and smile on the counsel of the wicked?

KJVIs it good^H2895^(H8804) unto thee that thou shouldest oppress^H6231^(H8799), that thou shouldest despise^H3988^(H8799) the work^H3018 of thine hands^H3709, and shine^H3313^(H8689) upon the counsel^H6098 of the wicked^H7563?

⁴ Do you have eyes of flesh? Or do you see as man sees?

KJVHast thou eyes^H5869 of flesh^H1320? or seest^H7200^(H8799) thou as man^H582 seeth^H7200^(H8800)?

⁵ Are your days as the days of mortals, or your years as man’s years,

KJVAre thy days^H3117 as the days^H3117 of man^H582? are thy years^H8141 as man's^H1397 days^H3117,

⁶ that you inquire after my iniquity, and search after my sin?

KJVThat thou enquirest^H1245^(H8762) after mine iniquity^H5771, and searchest^H1875^(H8799) after my sin^H2403?

⁷ Although you know that I am not wicked, there is no one who can deliver out of your hand.

KJVThou knowest^H1847 that I am not wicked^H7561^(H8799); and there is none that can deliver^H5337^(H8688) out of thine hand^H3027.

⁸ “‘Your hands have framed me and fashioned me altogether, yet you destroy me.

KJVThine hands^H3027 have made^H6087^(H8765) me and fashioned^H6213^(H8799) me together^H3162 round about^H5439; yet thou dost destroy^H1104^(H8762) me.

⁹ Remember, I beg you, that you have fashioned me as clay. Will you bring me into dust again?

KJVRemember^H2142^(H8798), I beseech thee, that thou hast made^H6213^(H8804) me as the clay^H2563; and wilt thou bring^H7725 me into dust^H6083 again^H7725^(H8686)?

¹⁰ Haven’t you poured me out like milk, and curdled me like cheese?

KJVHast thou not poured me out^H5413^(H8686) as milk^H2461, and curdled^H7087^(H8686) me like cheese^H1385?

¹¹ You have clothed me with skin and flesh, and knit me together with bones and sinews.

KJVThou hast clothed^H3847^(H8686) me with skin^H5785 and flesh^H1320, and hast fenced^H7753^(H8787) me with bones^H6106 and sinews^H1517.

¹² You have granted me life and loving kindness. Your visitation has preserved my spirit.

KJVThou hast granted^H6213^(H8804) me life^H2416 and favour^H2617, and thy visitation^H6486 hath preserved^H8104^(H8804) my spirit^H7307.

¹³ Yet you hid these things in your heart. I know that this is with you:

KJVAnd these things hast thou hid^H6845^(H8804) in thine heart^H3824: I know^H3045^(H8804) that this is with thee.

¹⁴ if I sin, then you mark me. You will not acquit me from my iniquity.

KJVIf I sin^H2398^(H8804), then thou markest^H8104^(H8804) me, and thou wilt not acquit^H5352^(H8762) me from mine iniquity^H5771.

¹⁵ If I am wicked, woe to me. If I am righteous, I still will not lift up my head, being filled with disgrace, and conscious of my affliction.

KJVIf I be wicked^H7561^(H8804), woe^H480 unto me; and if I be righteous^H6663^(H8804), yet will I not lift up^H5375^(H8799) my head^H7218. I am full^H7649 of confusion^H7036; therefore see^H7202^(H8798)^(H8676)^H7200^(H8798) thou mine affliction^H6040;

¹⁶ If my head is held high, you hunt me like a lion. Again you show yourself powerful to me.

KJVFor it increaseth^H1342^(H8799). Thou huntest^H6679^(H8799) me as a fierce lion^H7826: and again^H7725^(H8799) thou shewest thyself marvellous^H6381^(H8691) upon me.

¹⁷ You renew your witnesses against me, and increase your indignation on me. Changes and warfare are with me.

KJVThou renewest^H2318^(H8762) thy witnesses^H5707 against me, and increasest^H7235^(H8686) thine indignation^H3708 upon me^H5978; changes^H2487 and war^H6635 are against me.

¹⁸ “‘Why, then, have you brought me out of the womb? I wish I had given up the spirit, and no eye had seen me.

KJVWherefore then hast thou brought me forth^H3318^(H8689) out of the womb^H7358? Oh that I had given up the ghost^H1478^(H8799), and no eye^H5869 had seen^H7200^(H8799) me!

¹⁹ I should have been as though I had not been. I should have been carried from the womb to the grave.

KJVI should have been as though I had not been; I should have been carried^H2986^(H8714) from the womb^H990 to the grave^H6913.

²⁰ Aren’t my days few? Stop! Leave me alone, that I may find a little comfort,

KJVAre not my days^H3117 few^H4592? cease^H2308^(H8798)^(H8675)^H2308^(H8799) then, and let me alone^H7896^(H8798)^(H8675)^H7896^(H8799), that I may take comfort^H1082^(H8686) a little^H4592,

²¹ before I go where I will not return from, to the land of darkness and of the shadow of death;

KJVBefore I go^H3212^(H8799) whence I shall not return^H7725^(H8799), even to the land^H776 of darkness^H2822 and the shadow of death^H6757;

²² the land dark as midnight, of the shadow of death, without any order, where the light is as midnight.’”

KJVA land^H776 of darkness^H5890, as darkness^H652 itself; and of the shadow of death^H6757, without any order^H5468, and where the light^H3313^(H8686) is as darkness^H652.

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