These ten times have ye reproached me: ye are not ashamed that ye make yourselves strange to me.

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Ten times(A) now you have reproached(B) me;
    shamelessly you attack me.

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And your father hath deceived me, and changed my wages ten times; but God suffered him not to hurt me.

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yet your father has cheated(A) me by changing my wages(B) ten times.(C) However, God has not allowed him to harm me.(D)

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20 And in all matters of wisdom and understanding, that the king enquired of them, he found them ten times better than all the magicians and astrologers that were in all his realm.

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20 In every matter of wisdom and understanding about which the king questioned them, he found them ten times better than all the magicians(A) and enchanters in his whole kingdom.(B)

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I am become a stranger unto my brethren, and an alien unto my mother's children.

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I am a foreigner to my own family,
    a stranger to my own mother’s children;(A)

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17 My breath is strange to my wife, though I intreated for the children's sake of mine own body.

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17 My breath is offensive to my wife;
    I am loathsome(A) to my own family.

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He teareth himself in his anger: shall the earth be forsaken for thee? and shall the rock be removed out of his place?

Yea, the light of the wicked shall be put out, and the spark of his fire shall not shine.

The light shall be dark in his tabernacle, and his candle shall be put out with him.

The steps of his strength shall be straitened, and his own counsel shall cast him down.

For he is cast into a net by his own feet, and he walketh upon a snare.

The gin shall take him by the heel, and the robber shall prevail against him.

10 The snare is laid for him in the ground, and a trap for him in the way.

11 Terrors shall make him afraid on every side, and shall drive him to his feet.

12 His strength shall be hungerbitten, and destruction shall be ready at his side.

13 It shall devour the strength of his skin: even the firstborn of death shall devour his strength.

14 His confidence shall be rooted out of his tabernacle, and it shall bring him to the king of terrors.

15 It shall dwell in his tabernacle, because it is none of his: brimstone shall be scattered upon his habitation.

16 His roots shall be dried up beneath, and above shall his branch be cut off.

17 His remembrance shall perish from the earth, and he shall have no name in the street.

18 He shall be driven from light into darkness, and chased out of the world.

19 He shall neither have son nor nephew among his people, nor any remaining in his dwellings.

20 They that come after him shall be astonied at his day, as they that went before were affrighted.

21 Surely such are the dwellings of the wicked, and this is the place of him that knoweth not God.

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You who tear yourself(A) to pieces in your anger,(B)
    is the earth to be abandoned for your sake?
    Or must the rocks be moved from their place?(C)

“The lamp of a wicked man is snuffed out;(D)
    the flame of his fire stops burning.(E)
The light in his tent(F) becomes dark;(G)
    the lamp beside him goes out.(H)
The vigor(I) of his step is weakened;(J)
    his own schemes(K) throw him down.(L)
His feet thrust him into a net;(M)
    he wanders into its mesh.
A trap seizes him by the heel;
    a snare(N) holds him fast.(O)
10 A noose(P) is hidden for him on the ground;
    a trap(Q) lies in his path.(R)
11 Terrors(S) startle him on every side(T)
    and dog(U) his every step.
12 Calamity(V) is hungry(W) for him;
    disaster(X) is ready for him when he falls.(Y)
13 It eats away parts of his skin;(Z)
    death’s firstborn devours his limbs.(AA)
14 He is torn from the security of his tent(AB)
    and marched off to the king(AC) of terrors.(AD)
15 Fire resides[a] in his tent;(AE)
    burning sulfur(AF) is scattered over his dwelling.
16 His roots dry up below(AG)
    and his branches wither above.(AH)
17 The memory of him perishes from the earth;(AI)
    he has no name(AJ) in the land.(AK)
18 He is driven from light into the realm of darkness(AL)
    and is banished(AM) from the world.(AN)
19 He has no offspring(AO) or descendants(AP) among his people,
    no survivor(AQ) where once he lived.(AR)
20 People of the west are appalled(AS) at his fate;(AT)
    those of the east are seized with horror.
21 Surely such is the dwelling(AU) of an evil man;(AV)
    such is the place(AW) of one who does not know God.”(AX)

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Footnotes

  1. Job 18:15 Or Nothing he had remains

11 Are the consolations of God small with thee? is there any secret thing with thee?

12 Why doth thine heart carry thee away? and what do thy eyes wink at,

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11 Are God’s consolations(A) not enough for you,
    words(B) spoken gently to you?(C)
12 Why has your heart(D) carried you away,
    and why do your eyes flash,

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Yea, thou castest off fear, and restrainest prayer before God.

For thy mouth uttereth thine iniquity, and thou choosest the tongue of the crafty.

Thine own mouth condemneth thee, and not I: yea, thine own lips testify against thee.

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But you even undermine piety
    and hinder devotion to God.(A)
Your sin(B) prompts your mouth;(C)
    you adopt the tongue of the crafty.(D)
Your own mouth condemns you, not mine;
    your own lips testify against you.(E)

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12 And it came to pass, that when the Jews which dwelt by them came, they said unto us ten times, From all places whence ye shall return unto us they will be upon you.

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12 Then the Jews who lived near them came and told us ten times over, “Wherever you turn, they will attack us.”

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14 If iniquity be in thine hand, put it far away, and let not wickedness dwell in thy tabernacles.

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14 if you put away(A) the sin that is in your hand
    and allow no evil(B) to dwell in your tent,(C)

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Should thy lies make men hold their peace? and when thou mockest, shall no man make thee ashamed?

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Will your idle talk(A) reduce others to silence?
    Will no one rebuke you when you mock?(B)

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If thy children have sinned against him, and he have cast them away for their transgression;

If thou wouldest seek unto God betimes, and make thy supplication to the Almighty;

If thou wert pure and upright; surely now he would awake for thee, and make the habitation of thy righteousness prosperous.

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When your children sinned against him,
    he gave them over to the penalty of their sin.(A)
But if you will seek God earnestly
    and plead(B) with the Almighty,(C)
if you are pure and upright,
    even now he will rouse himself on your behalf(D)
    and restore you to your prosperous state.(E)

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I have seen the foolish taking root: but suddenly I cursed his habitation.

His children are far from safety, and they are crushed in the gate, neither is there any to deliver them.

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I myself have seen(A) a fool taking root,(B)
    but suddenly(C) his house was cursed.(D)
His children(E) are far from safety,(F)
    crushed in court(G) without a defender.(H)

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