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Job 6
Wycliffe Bible
Job 6
Wycliffe Bible
6 And Job answered, and said,
2 I would (I wish), that my sins, by which I have deserved the wrath of God, and the wretchedness which I suffer, were weighed in a balance.
3 As the gravel of the sea, this wretchedness should appear more grievous; wherefore and my words be full of sorrow. (For this wretchedness of mine, would weigh more than all the sand of the sea; and so my words be full of sorrow.)
4 For (now) the arrows of the Lord be in me, the indignation of which drinketh up my spirit; and the dreads of the Lord fight against me (and the terrors from the Lord fight against me).
5 Whether a field ass shall roar, when he hath grass? Either whether an ox shall low, when he standeth before a full cratch? (Will a donkey bray, when he hath grass? Or shall an ox low, when he standeth before a full feed box?)
6 Either whether a thing unsavory may be eaten, which is not made savory by salt? (Or can an unsavory thing be eaten, which is not first made savory with salt?) Either whether any man may taste a thing, which (once) tasted bringeth death? For why to an hungry soul, yea, bitter things seem to be sweet;
7 those things which my soul would not touch before, be now my meats for anguish. (those things which I enjoyed before, now be the foods which make me sick.)
8 Who giveth, or granteth, that mine asking come to me; and that God give to me that thing, that I abide? (and that God give me that thing, that I wait for?)
9 And he that hath begun to punish, all-break he me; loose he his hand, and cut he me down? (And he who hath begun to punish me, now all-break he me; let him loose his hand, and cut me down!)
10 And this be comfort to me, that he torment me with sorrow, and spare not, and that I against-say not the words of the Holy. (And this be my comfort, that though he torment me with sorrow, and spare me not, I have not said anything against the words of the Holy One.)
11 For what is my strength, that I suffer? either which is mine end, that I suffer it patiently? (For what is my strength, so that I can endure? and what is my end, so that I can endure it patiently?)
12 Neither my strength is the strength of stones, neither my flesh is of brass. (Neither my strength is like the strength of stones, nor my flesh is like that of bronze.)
13 Lo! none help is to me in me (Lo! there is no help for me in me); and also my necessary friends (have) parted from me.
14 He that taketh away mercy from his friend, forsaketh the dread of the Lord. (He who taketh away love from his friend, forgetteth the fear of the Lord/abandoneth reverence for the Lord.)
15 My brethren passed from me, as a strand doeth, that passeth (by) rushingly in great valleys. (My brothers, that is, my kinsmen, have passed by me, like a stream doeth, which rusheth through great valleys.)
16 Snow shall come upon them, that dread frost.
17 In the time wherein they be scattered, they shall perish; and when they shall wax hot, they shall be loosed from their place.
18 The paths of their steps be (en)wrapped; they shall go in vain, and shall perish.
19 Behold ye the paths of Tema, and the ways of Sheba; and abide ye a little.
20 They be shamed, for I hoped (They be ashamed, for they had hoped); and they came unto me, and they be covered with shame.
21 Now ye be come, and now ye see my wound, and dread (and ye fear it).
22 Whether I (ever) said, Bring ye to me, and give ye of your chattel to me?
23 either said, Deliver ye me from the hand of mine enemy, and draw away ye me from the hand of strong men? (or I said, Rescue ye me from the hands of my enemy, or draw ye me away from the hands of the strong?)
24 Teach ye me, and I shall be still (and I shall be quiet); and if in hap I unknew anything, teach ye me.
25 Why have ye contraried the words of truth? since there is none of you, that may reprove me (since there is none of you, who can rebuke me).
26 Ye make ready speeches only for to blame, and ye bring forth words into wind. (Ye only open your mouths to blame, and ye bring forth words like so much wind.)
27 Ye fall in on a fatherless child, and endeavour to pervert your friend.
28 Nevertheless fulfill ye that, that ye have begun; and give ye your ear, or hearing, and see ye, whether I lie.
29 I beseech you, answer ye me without strife, and speak ye, and deem ye that, that is just. (I beseech you, answer ye me without arguing, and say ye, and judge ye, what is fair.)
30 And ye shall not find wickedness in my tongue, neither folly shall sound in my cheeks. (And ye shall not find wickedness on my tongue, nor shall foolishness come out of my mouth.)
Job 6
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Job 6
La Bible du Semeur
Réponse de Job à Éliphaz
Job se sent trahi par ses amis
6 Job prit la parole et dit :
2 Ah ! si mon affliction ╵pouvait être pesée
et s’il était possible ╵de mettre toute ma misère ╵sur les plateaux d’une balance,
3 assurément mon malheur ╵est plus pesant ╵que le sable des mers,
c’est pourquoi mes paroles ╵dépassent la mesure.
4 Car les flèches du Tout-Puissant ╵sont plantées dans mon être
et mon esprit boit leur poison[a],
oui, je suis assailli ╵par les terreurs que Dieu m’envoie.
5 Un âne se met-il à braire ╵pendant qu’il broute l’herbe tendre ?
Un bœuf se met-il à mugir ╵quand il est devant son fourrage ?
6 Un repas fade et insipide ╵se mange-t-il sans sel ?
Peut-on trouver de la saveur ╵dans le blanc d’œuf ?
7 Ce qu’autrefois je refusais ╵est devenu ma nourriture.
C’est là mon pain, ╵même s’il me répugne[b].
8 Ah ! qui fera ╵aboutir ma requête !
Que Dieu m’accorde ╵ce que j’espère !
9 Que Dieu consente ╵à m’écraser !
Qu’il laisse aller sa main ╵et me détruise.
10 J’aurai du moins un réconfort,
et je tressaillirai de joie ╵au sein de tourments implacables,
car je n’aurai trahi ╵aucun des ordres du Dieu saint.
11 Pourquoi espérerais-je ╵quand je n’ai plus de force ?
A quoi bon vivre encore ╵vu la fin qui m’attend ?
12 Du roc ai-je la résistance ?
Mon corps est-il de bronze ?
13 Et puiserai-je encore en moi ╵des ressources pour m’en sortir ?
Toute aide m’est ôtée.
14 L’homme désespéré ╵a droit à de la compassion ╵de la part d’un ami,
oui, même s’il cessait[c] de craindre ╵le Tout-Puissant.
15 Mes amis m’ont trahi ╵comme un torrent,
comme un de ces cours d’eau ╵dont le lit est à sec.
16 Lorsque la glace fond ╵et que les neiges ╵s’engloutissent en eux,
ils charrient des eaux troubles.
17 Mais à la saison sèche, ╵leurs cours tarissent.
Quand viennent les chaleurs, ╵ils s’éteignent sur place.
18 Pour eux, les caravanes ╵dévient de leur chemin,
elles vont s’enfoncer ╵loin dans les solitudes, ╵et elles y périssent.
19 Les caravanes de Téma[d] ╵les cherchent du regard,
les convois de Saba[e] ╵comptent sur eux.
20 Mais ils sont pleins de honte ╵d’avoir mis leur espoir en eux :
arrivés jusqu’à eux ╵ils étaient tout penauds.
21 C’est là ce que vous êtes ╵pour moi en ce moment :
en voyant mon malheur, ╵vous êtes pris de peur !
22 Et pourquoi donc ? ╵Vous ai-je dit : ╵« Donnez-moi de vos biens
et, de votre fortune, ╵payez une rançon,
23 pour me faire échapper ╵aux mains de l’adversaire
et pour me délivrer ╵du pouvoir des tyrans » ?
24 Faites-le-moi savoir ╵et moi je me tairai.
En quoi ai-je failli ? ╵Faites-le-moi comprendre !
25 Ah ! Combien seraient efficaces ╵des discours équitables !
Mais à quoi servent vos critiques ?
26 Avez-vous l’intention ╵de blâmer de simples paroles,
des mots jetés au vent ╵par un désespéré[f] ?
27 Sur un orphelin même, ╵vous iriez vous ruer
et feriez bon marché ╵de votre ami intime.
28 Mais, veuillez cependant ╵me regarder en face :
vous mentirais-je effrontément ?
29 Revenez en arrière, ╵ne soyez pas perfides.
Oui, revenez encore, ╵car c’est mon innocence ╵qui est en cause.
30 Y a-t-il dans ma bouche ╵de la perversité ?
Mon palais ne sait-il ╵plus discerner le mal ?
Footnotes
- 6.4 Allusion à des flèches empoisonnées, utilisées fréquemment autrefois, et à une troupe d’assaillants.
- 6.7 Hébreu peu clair.
- 6.14 Autre traduction : sinon il cessera.
- 6.19 Tribu du nord de l’Arabie qui se livrait au commerce par caravanes (Gn 25.15 ; Es 21.14 ; Jr 25.23 ; 1 Ch 1.30).
- 6.19 Voir note 1.15.
- 6.26 Autre traduction : et de jeter au vent les propos d’un désespéré.
Job 6
New King James Version
Job 6
New King James Version
Job: My Complaint Is Just
6 Then Job answered and said:
2 “Oh, that my grief were fully weighed,
And my calamity laid with it on the scales!
3 For then it would be heavier than the sand of the sea—
Therefore my words have been rash.
4 (A)For the arrows of the Almighty are within me;
My spirit drinks in their poison;
(B)The terrors of God are arrayed (C)against me.
5 Does the (D)wild donkey bray when it has grass,
Or does the ox low over its fodder?
6 Can flavorless food be eaten without salt?
Or is there any taste in the white of an egg?
7 My soul refuses to touch them;
They are as loathsome food to me.
8 “Oh, that I might have my request,
That God would grant me the thing that I long for!
9 That it would please God to crush me,
That He would loose His hand and (E)cut me off!
10 Then I would still have comfort;
Though in anguish I would exult,
He will not spare;
For (F)I have not concealed the words of (G)the Holy One.
11 “What strength do I have, that I should hope?
And what is my end, that I should prolong my life?
12 Is my strength the strength of stones?
Or is my flesh bronze?
13 Is my help not within me?
And is success driven from me?
14 “To(H) him who is [a]afflicted, kindness should be shown by his friend,
Even though he forsakes the fear of the Almighty.
15 (I)My brothers have dealt deceitfully like a brook,
(J)Like the streams of the brooks that pass away,
16 Which are dark because of the ice,
And into which the snow vanishes.
17 When it is warm, they cease to flow;
When it is hot, they vanish from their place.
18 The paths of their way turn aside,
They go nowhere and perish.
19 The caravans of (K)Tema look,
The travelers of (L)Sheba hope for them.
20 They are (M)disappointed[b] because they were confident;
They come there and are confused.
21 For now (N)you are nothing,
You see terror and (O)are afraid.
22 Did I ever say, ‘Bring something to me’?
Or, ‘Offer a bribe for me from your wealth’?
23 Or, ‘Deliver me from the enemy’s hand’?
Or, ‘Redeem me from the hand of oppressors’?
24 “Teach me, and I will hold my tongue;
Cause me to understand wherein I have erred.
25 How forceful are right words!
But what does your arguing prove?
26 Do you intend to rebuke my words,
And the speeches of a desperate one, which are as wind?
27 Yes, you overwhelm the fatherless,
And you (P)undermine your friend.
28 Now therefore, be pleased to look at me;
For I would never lie to your face.
29 (Q)Yield now, let there be no injustice!
Yes, concede, my (R)righteousness [c]still stands!
30 Is there injustice on my tongue?
Cannot my [d]taste discern the unsavory?
Job 6
New International Version
Job 6
New International Version
Job
6 Then Job replied:
2 “If only my anguish could be weighed
and all my misery be placed on the scales!(A)
3 It would surely outweigh the sand(B) of the seas—
no wonder my words have been impetuous.(C)
4 The arrows(D) of the Almighty(E) are in me,(F)
my spirit drinks(G) in their poison;(H)
God’s terrors(I) are marshaled against me.(J)
5 Does a wild donkey(K) bray(L) when it has grass,
or an ox bellow when it has fodder?(M)
6 Is tasteless food eaten without salt,
or is there flavor in the sap of the mallow[a]?(N)
7 I refuse to touch it;
such food makes me ill.(O)
8 “Oh, that I might have my request,
that God would grant what I hope for,(P)
9 that God would be willing to crush(Q) me,
to let loose his hand and cut off my life!(R)
10 Then I would still have this consolation(S)—
my joy in unrelenting pain(T)—
that I had not denied the words(U) of the Holy One.(V)
11 “What strength do I have, that I should still hope?
What prospects, that I should be patient?(W)
12 Do I have the strength of stone?
Is my flesh bronze?(X)
13 Do I have any power to help myself,(Y)
now that success has been driven from me?
14 “Anyone who withholds kindness from a friend(Z)
forsakes the fear of the Almighty.(AA)
15 But my brothers are as undependable as intermittent streams,(AB)
as the streams that overflow
16 when darkened by thawing ice
and swollen with melting snow,(AC)
17 but that stop flowing in the dry season,
and in the heat(AD) vanish from their channels.
18 Caravans turn aside from their routes;
they go off into the wasteland and perish.
19 The caravans of Tema(AE) look for water,
the traveling merchants of Sheba(AF) look in hope.
20 They are distressed, because they had been confident;
they arrive there, only to be disappointed.(AG)
21 Now you too have proved to be of no help;
you see something dreadful and are afraid.(AH)
22 Have I ever said, ‘Give something on my behalf,
pay a ransom(AI) for me from your wealth,(AJ)
23 deliver me from the hand of the enemy,
rescue me from the clutches of the ruthless’?(AK)
24 “Teach me, and I will be quiet;(AL)
show me where I have been wrong.(AM)
25 How painful are honest words!(AN)
But what do your arguments prove?
26 Do you mean to correct what I say,
and treat my desperate words as wind?(AO)
27 You would even cast lots(AP) for the fatherless(AQ)
and barter away your friend.
Job 6
King James Version
Job 6
King James Version
6 But Job answered and said,
2 Oh that my grief were throughly weighed, and my calamity laid in the balances together!
3 For now it would be heavier than the sand of the sea: therefore my words are swallowed up.
4 For the arrows of the Almighty are within me, the poison whereof drinketh up my spirit: the terrors of God do set themselves in array against me.
5 Doth the wild ass bray when he hath grass? or loweth the ox over his fodder?
6 Can that which is unsavoury be eaten without salt? or is there any taste in the white of an egg?
7 The things that my soul refused to touch are as my sorrowful meat.
8 Oh that I might have my request; and that God would grant me the thing that I long for!
9 Even that it would please God to destroy me; that he would let loose his hand, and cut me off!
10 Then should I yet have comfort; yea, I would harden myself in sorrow: let him not spare; for I have not concealed the words of the Holy One.
11 What is my strength, that I should hope? and what is mine end, that I should prolong my life?
12 Is my strength the strength of stones? or is my flesh of brass?
13 Is not my help in me? and is wisdom driven quite from me?
14 To him that is afflicted pity should be shewed from his friend; but he forsaketh the fear of the Almighty.
15 My brethren have dealt deceitfully as a brook, and as the stream of brooks they pass away;
16 Which are blackish by reason of the ice, and wherein the snow is hid:
17 What time they wax warm, they vanish: when it is hot, they are consumed out of their place.
18 The paths of their way are turned aside; they go to nothing, and perish.
19 The troops of Tema looked, the companies of Sheba waited for them.
20 They were confounded because they had hoped; they came thither, and were ashamed.
21 For now ye are nothing; ye see my casting down, and are afraid.
22 Did I say, Bring unto me? or, Give a reward for me of your substance?
23 Or, Deliver me from the enemy's hand? or, Redeem me from the hand of the mighty?
24 Teach me, and I will hold my tongue: and cause me to understand wherein I have erred.
25 How forcible are right words! but what doth your arguing reprove?
26 Do ye imagine to reprove words, and the speeches of one that is desperate, which are as wind?
27 Yea, ye overwhelm the fatherless, and ye dig a pit for your friend.
28 Now therefore be content, look upon me; for it is evident unto you if I lie.
29 Return, I pray you, let it not be iniquity; yea, return again, my righteousness is in it.
30 Is there iniquity in my tongue? cannot my taste discern perverse things?
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