Job 7 | Biblion Bible Reader

WEB·Job 8

¹Then Bildad the Shuhite answered,

KJVThen answered^H6030^(H8799) Bildad^H1085 the Shuhite^H7747, and said^H559^(H8799),

² “How long will you speak these things? Shall the words of your mouth be a mighty wind?

KJVHow^H575 long^H5704 wilt thou speak^H4448^(H8762) these things? and how long shall the words^H561 of thy mouth^H6310 be like a strong^H3524 wind^H7307?

³ Does God pervert justice? Or does the Almighty pervert righteousness?

KJVDoth God^H410 pervert^H5791^(H8762) judgment^H4941? or doth the Almighty^H7706 pervert^H5791^(H8762) justice^H6664?

⁴ If your children have sinned against him, he has delivered them into the hand of their disobedience.

KJVIf thy children^H1121 have sinned^H2398^(H8804) against him, and he have cast them away^H7971^(H8762) for^H3027 their transgression^H6588;

⁵ If you want to seek God diligently, make your supplication to the Almighty.

KJVIf thou wouldest seek^H7836 unto God^H410 betimes^H7836^(H8762), and make thy supplication^H2603^(H8691) to the Almighty^H7706;

⁶ If you were pure and upright, surely now he would awaken for you, and make the habitation of your righteousness prosperous.

KJVIf thou wert pure^H2134 and upright^H3477; surely now he would awake^H5782^(H8686) for thee, and make the habitation^H5116 of thy righteousness^H6664 prosperous^H7999^(H8765).

⁷ Though your beginning was small, yet your latter end would greatly increase.

KJVThough thy beginning^H7225 was small^H4705, yet thy latter end^H319 should greatly^H3966 increase^H7685^(H8799).

⁸ “Please inquire of past generations. Find out about the learning of their fathers.

KJVFor enquire^H7592^(H8798), I pray thee, of the former^H7223^(H8675)^H7223 age^H1755, and prepare^H3559^(H8786) thyself to the search^H2714 of their fathers^H1:

⁹ (For we are but of yesterday, and know nothing, because our days on earth are a shadow.)

KJV(For we are but of yesterday^H8543, and know^H3045^(H8799) nothing, because our days^H3117 upon earth^H776 are a shadow^H6738:)

¹⁰ Shall they not teach you, tell you, and utter words out of their heart?

KJVShall not they teach^H3384^(H8686) thee, and tell^H559^(H8799) thee, and utter^H3318^(H8686) words^H4405 out of their heart^H3820?

¹¹ “Can the papyrus grow up without mire? Can the rushes grow without water?

KJVCan the rush^H1573 grow up^H1342^(H8799) without mire^H1207? can^H7685 the flag^H260 grow^H7685^(H8799) without^H1097 water^H4325?

¹² While it is yet in its greenness, not cut down, it withers before any other reed.

KJVWhilst it is yet in his greenness^H3, and not cut down^H6998^(H8735), it withereth^H3001^(H8799) before^H6440 any other herb^H2682.

¹³ So are the paths of all who forget God. The hope of the godless man will perish,

KJVSo are the paths^H734 of all that forget^H7911^(H8802) God^H410; and the hypocrite's^H2611 hope^H8615 shall perish^H6^(H8799):

¹⁴ whose confidence will break apart, whose trust is a spider’s web.

KJVWhose hope^H3689 shall be cut off^H6990^(H8799), and whose trust^H4009 shall be a spider's^H5908 web^H1004.

¹⁵ He will lean on his house, but it will not stand. He will cling to it, but it will not endure.

KJVHe shall lean^H8172^(H8735) upon his house^H1004, but it shall not stand^H5975^(H8799): he shall hold^H2388^(H8686) it fast, but it shall not endure^H6965^(H8799).

¹⁶ He is green before the sun. His shoots go out along his garden.

KJVHe is green^H7373 before^H6440 the sun^H8121, and his branch^H3127 shooteth forth^H3318^(H8799) in his garden^H1593.

¹⁷ His roots are wrapped around the rock pile. He sees the place of stones.

KJVHis roots^H8328 are wrapped about^H5440^(H8792) the heap^H1530, and seeth^H2372^(H8799) the place^H1004 of stones^H68.

¹⁸ If he is destroyed from his place, then it will deny him, saying, ‘I have not seen you.’

KJVIf he destroy^H1104^(H8762) him from his place^H4725, then it shall deny^H3584^(H8765) him, saying, I have not seen^H7200^(H8804) thee.

¹⁹ Behold, this is the joy of his way. Out of the earth, others will spring.

KJVBehold, this is the joy^H4885 of his way^H1870, and out of the earth^H6083 shall others^H312 grow^H6779^(H8799).

²⁰ “Behold, God will not cast away a blameless man, neither will he uphold the evildoers.

KJVBehold, God^H410 will not cast away^H3988^(H8799) a perfect^H8535 man, neither will he help^H2388^(H8686)^H3027 the evil doers^H7489^(H8688):

²¹ He will still fill your mouth with laughter, your lips with shouting.

KJVTill he fill^H4390^(H8762) thy mouth^H6310 with laughing^H7814, and thy lips^H8193 with rejoicing^H8643.

²² Those who hate you will be clothed with shame. The tent of the wicked will be no more.”

KJVThey that hate^H8130^(H8802) thee shall be clothed^H3847^(H8799) with shame^H1322; and the dwelling^H168 place of the wicked^H7563 shall come to nought^H369.

WEB·Job 7

¹“Isn’t a man forced to labor on earth? Aren’t his days like the days of a hired hand?

KJVIs there not an appointed time^H6635 to man^H582 upon earth^H776? are not his days^H3117 also like the days^H3117 of an hireling^H7916?

² As a servant who earnestly desires the shadow, as a hireling who looks for his wages,

KJVAs a servant^H5650 earnestly desireth^H7602^(H8799) the shadow^H6738, and as an hireling^H7916 looketh^H6960^(H8762) for the reward of his work^H6467:

³ so I am made to possess months of misery, wearisome nights are appointed to me.

KJVSo am I made to possess^H5157^(H8717) months^H3391 of vanity^H7723, and wearisome^H5999 nights^H3915 are appointed^H4487^(H8765) to me.

⁴ When I lie down, I say, ‘When will I arise, and the night be gone?’ I toss and turn until the dawning of the day.

KJVWhen I lie down^H7901^(H8804), I say^H559^(H8804), When shall I arise^H6965^(H8799), and the night^H6153 be gone^H4059? and I am full^H7646^(H8804) of tossings to and fro^H5076 unto the dawning of the day^H5399.

⁵ My flesh is clothed with worms and clods of dust. My skin closes up, and breaks out afresh.

KJVMy flesh^H1320 is clothed^H3847^(H8804) with worms^H7415 and clods^H1487 of dust^H6083; my skin^H5785 is broken^H7280^(H8804), and become loathsome^H3988^(H8735).

⁶ My days are swifter than a weaver’s shuttle, and are spent without hope.

KJVMy days^H3117 are swifter^H7043^(H8804) than a weaver's shuttle^H708, and are spent^H3615^(H8799) without^H657 hope^H8615.

⁷ Oh remember that my life is a breath. My eye will no more see good.

KJVO remember^H2142^(H8798) that my life^H2416 is wind^H7307: mine eye^H5869 shall no more^H7725^(H8799) see^H7200^(H8800) good^H2896.

⁸ The eye of him who sees me will see me no more. Your eyes will be on me, but I will not be.

KJVThe eye^H5869 of him that hath seen^H7210 me shall see^H7789^(H8799) me no more: thine eyes^H5869 are upon me, and I am not.

⁹ As the cloud is consumed and vanishes away, so he who goes down to Sheol will come up no more.

KJVAs the cloud^H6051 is consumed^H3615^(H8804) and vanisheth away^H3212^(H8799): so he that goeth down^H3381^(H8802) to the grave^H7585 shall come up^H5927^(H8799) no more.

¹⁰ He will return no more to his house, neither will his place know him any more.

KJVHe shall return^H7725^(H8799) no more to his house^H1004, neither shall his place^H4725 know^H5234^(H8686) him any more.

¹¹ “Therefore I will not keep silent. I will speak in the anguish of my spirit. I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.

KJVTherefore I will not refrain^H2820^(H8799) my mouth^H6310; I will speak^H1696^(H8762) in the anguish^H6862 of my spirit^H7307; I will complain^H7878^(H8799) in the bitterness^H4751 of my soul^H5315.

¹² Am I a sea, or a sea monster, that you put a guard over me?

KJVAm I a sea^H3220, or a whale^H8577, that thou settest^H7760^(H8799) a watch^H4929 over me?

¹³ When I say, ‘My bed will comfort me. My couch will ease my complaint,’

KJVWhen I say^H559^(H8804), My bed^H6210 shall comfort^H5162^(H8762) me, my couch^H4904 shall ease^H5375^(H8799) my complaint^H7879;

¹⁴ then you scare me with dreams and terrify me through visions,

KJVThen thou scarest^H2865^(H8765) me with dreams^H2472, and terrifiest^H1204^(H8762) me through visions^H2384:

¹⁵ so that my soul chooses strangling, death rather than my bones.

KJVSo that my soul^H5315 chooseth^H977^(H8799) strangling^H4267, and death^H4194 rather than my life^H6106.

¹⁶ I loathe my life. I don’t want to live forever. Leave me alone, for my days are but a breath.

KJVI loathe^H3988^(H8804) it; I would not live^H2421^(H8799) alway^H5769: let me alone^H2308^(H8798); for my days^H3117 are vanity^H1892.

¹⁷ What is man, that you should magnify him, that you should set your mind on him,

KJVWhat is man^H582, that thou shouldest magnify^H1431^(H8762) him? and that thou shouldest set^H7896^(H8799) thine heart^H3820 upon him?

¹⁸ that you should visit him every morning, and test him every moment?

KJVAnd that thou shouldest visit^H6485^(H8799) him every morning^H1242, and try^H974^(H8799) him every moment^H7281?

¹⁹ How long will you not look away from me, nor leave me alone until I swallow down my spittle?

KJVHow long^H4100 wilt thou not depart^H8159^(H8799) from me, nor let me alone^H7503^(H8686) till I swallow down^H1104^(H8800) my spittle^H7536?

²⁰ If I have sinned, what do I do to you, you watcher of men? Why have you set me as a mark for you, so that I am a burden to myself?

KJVI have sinned^H2398^(H8804); what shall I do^H6466^(H8799) unto thee, O thou preserver^H5341^(H8802) of men^H120? why hast thou set^H7760^(H8804) me as a mark^H4645 against thee, so that I am a burden^H4853 to myself?

²¹ Why do you not pardon my disobedience, and take away my iniquity? For now will I lie down in the dust. You will seek me diligently, but I will not be.”

KJVAnd why dost thou not pardon^H5375^(H8799) my transgression^H6588, and take away^H5674^(H8686) mine iniquity^H5771? for now shall I sleep^H7901^(H8799) in the dust^H6083; and thou shalt seek me in the morning^H7836^(H8765), but I shall not be.

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