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Job 10:3-11:12
English Standard Version
Job 10:3-11:12
English Standard Version
3 (A)Does it seem good to you to oppress,
to despise (B)the work of your hands
(C)and favor the designs of the wicked?
4 Have you (D)eyes of flesh?
(E)Do you see as man sees?
5 Are your days as the days of man,
or your (F)years as a man's years,
6 that you (G)seek out my iniquity
and search for my sin,
7 although you (H)know that I am not guilty,
and there is (I)none to deliver out of your hand?
8 (J)Your hands fashioned and made me,
and now you have destroyed me altogether.
9 Remember that you have made me like (K)clay;
and will you return me to the (L)dust?
10 Did you not pour me out like milk
and curdle me like cheese?
11 You clothed me with skin and flesh,
and knit me together with bones and sinews.
12 You have granted me life and steadfast love,
and your care has preserved my spirit.
13 Yet these things you hid in your heart;
I know that (M)this was your purpose.
14 If I sin, you (N)watch me
and do not (O)acquit me of my iniquity.
15 (P)If I am guilty, woe to me!
If I am (Q)in the right, I cannot lift up my head,
for I am filled with disgrace
and (R)look on my affliction.
16 And were my head lifted up,[a] you would hunt me like (S)a lion
and again work (T)wonders against me.
17 You renew your (U)witnesses against me
and increase your vexation toward me;
you (V)bring fresh troops against me.
18 (W)“Why did you bring me out from the womb?
Would that I had died before any eye had seen me
19 (X)and were as though I had not been,
carried from the womb to the grave.
20 (Y)Are not my days few?
(Z)Then cease, and leave me alone, (AA)that I may find a little cheer
21 before I go—and (AB)I shall not return—
to the land of (AC)darkness and (AD)deep shadow,
22 the land of gloom like thick darkness,
like deep shadow without any order,
where light is as thick darkness.”
Zophar Speaks: You Deserve Worse
11 Then (AE)Zophar the Naamathite answered and said:
2 “Should (AF)a multitude of words go unanswered,
and a man full of talk be judged right?
3 Should your babble silence men,
and when you mock, shall no one shame you?
4 For (AG)you say, ‘My (AH)doctrine is pure,
and I am clean in God's[b] eyes.’
5 But oh, that God would speak
and open his lips to you,
6 and that he would tell you the secrets of wisdom!
For he is manifold in (AI)understanding.[c]
Know then that God (AJ)exacts of you less than your guilt deserves.
7 (AK)“Can you find out the deep things of God?
Can you find out the limit of the Almighty?
8 It is (AL)higher than heaven[d]—what can you do?
Deeper than Sheol—what can you know?
9 Its measure is longer than the earth
and broader than the sea.
10 If he (AM)passes through and (AN)imprisons
and summons the court, who can (AO)turn him back?
11 For he knows (AP)worthless men;
when he sees iniquity, will he not consider it?
12 But a stupid man will get understanding
when (AQ)a wild donkey's colt is (AR)born a man!
Job 10:3-11:12
New International Version
Job 10:3-11:12
New International Version
3 Does it please you to oppress me,(A)
to spurn the work of your hands,(B)
while you smile on the plans of the wicked?(C)
4 Do you have eyes of flesh?
Do you see as a mortal sees?(D)
5 Are your days like those of a mortal
or your years like those of a strong man,(E)
6 that you must search out my faults
and probe after my sin(F)—
7 though you know that I am not guilty(G)
and that no one can rescue me from your hand?(H)
8 “Your hands shaped(I) me and made me.
Will you now turn and destroy me?(J)
9 Remember that you molded me like clay.(K)
Will you now turn me to dust again?(L)
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(M) with bones and sinews?
12 You gave me life(N) and showed me kindness,(O)
and in your providence(P) watched over(Q) my spirit.
13 “But this is what you concealed in your heart,
and I know that this was in your mind:(R)
14 If I sinned, you would be watching me(S)
and would not let my offense go unpunished.(T)
15 If I am guilty(U)—woe to me!(V)
Even if I am innocent, I cannot lift my head,(W)
for I am full of shame
and drowned in[a] my affliction.(X)
16 If I hold my head high, you stalk me like a lion(Y)
and again display your awesome power against me.(Z)
17 You bring new witnesses against me(AA)
and increase your anger toward me;(AB)
your forces come against me wave upon wave.(AC)
18 “Why then did you bring me out of the womb?(AD)
I wish I had died before any eye saw me.(AE)
19 If only I had never come into being,
or had been carried straight from the womb to the grave!(AF)
20 Are not my few days(AG) almost over?(AH)
Turn away from me(AI) so I can have a moment’s joy(AJ)
21 before I go to the place of no return,(AK)
to the land of gloom and utter darkness,(AL)
22 to the land of deepest night,
of utter darkness(AM) and disorder,
where even the light is like darkness.”(AN)
Zophar
11 Then Zophar the Naamathite(AO) replied:
2 “Are all these words to go unanswered?(AP)
Is this talker to be vindicated?(AQ)
3 Will your idle talk(AR) reduce others to silence?
Will no one rebuke you when you mock?(AS)
4 You say to God, ‘My beliefs are flawless(AT)
and I am pure(AU) in your sight.’
5 Oh, how I wish that God would speak,(AV)
that he would open his lips against you
6 and disclose to you the secrets of wisdom,(AW)
for true wisdom has two sides.
Know this: God has even forgotten some of your sin.(AX)
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