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Job 7
Svenska Folkbibeln
Job 7
Svenska Folkbibeln
Job avslutar sitt svar på Elifas tal
7 Har inte människan ett slitsamt liv på jorden,
är inte hennes dagar som daglönarens dagar?
2 Hon är lik en slav som flämtar efter skugga,
lik en daglönare som väntar på sin lön.
3 Månader av elände har jag fått till arvedel,
nätter av vedermöda har blivit min lott.
4 Så snart jag lagt mig frågar jag:
"När skall jag stiga upp?
När skall natten ta slut?"
Jag mättas av oro intill morgonen.
5 Min kropp täcks av förruttnelsens maskar
och med en skorpa som av jord,
min hud skrumpnar och faller av.
6 Mina dagar flyr snabbare än vävarens spole,
de försvinner utan hopp.
7 Tänk på att mitt liv är en vindfläkt,
att mitt öga inte längre får se det goda.
8 Det öga som ser mig skall ej mer iaktta mig,
om din blick söker mig finns jag inte längre.
9 Som ett moln löses upp och är borta,
så kommer inte heller den tillbaka som farit ner i dödsriket.
10 Aldrig mer vänder han tillbaka till sitt hus,
hans plats vet inte längre av honom.
11 Därför vill jag inte lägga band på min mun,
jag vill tala i min andes ångest,
jag vill klaga i min själs bedrövelse.
12 Jag är väl inte ett hav eller ett havsodjur,
så att du måste sätta ut vakt mot mig?
13 När jag säger: "Min bädd skall trösta mig,
min viloplats skall lindra mitt bekymmer",
14 då skrämmer du mig med drömmar
och förskräcker mig med syner.
15 Hellre vill jag bli kvävd,
hellre dö än vara knotor.
16 Jag är led vid detta.
Jag skall inte leva för evigt,
låt mig vara, ty mina dagar är en vindfläkt.
17 Vad är då en människa,
att du gör så stor sak av henne,
ger akt på henne så noga,
18 synar henne var morgon,
prövar henne vart ögonblick?
19 När skall du vända din blick ifrån mig,
ge mig tid att svälja min saliv?
20 Har jag syndat,
vad skadar det dig,
du människornas bevakare?
Varför har du gjort mig till din måltavla
och låtit mig bli en börda för mig själv?
21 Varför förlåter du inte min överträdelse
och tar bort min missgärning?
Snart skall jag ligga i stoftet,
du skall söka efter mig, men jag finns inte mer.
Job 7
New International Version
Job 7
New International Version
7 “Do not mortals have hard service(A) on earth?(B)
Are not their days like those of hired laborers?(C)
2 Like a slave longing for the evening shadows,(D)
or a hired laborer waiting to be paid,(E)
3 so I have been allotted months of futility,
and nights of misery have been assigned to me.(F)
4 When I lie down I think, ‘How long before I get up?’(G)
The night drags on, and I toss and turn until dawn.(H)
5 My body is clothed with worms(I) and scabs,
my skin is broken and festering.(J)
6 “My days are swifter than a weaver’s shuttle,(K)
and they come to an end without hope.(L)
7 Remember, O God, that my life is but a breath;(M)
my eyes will never see happiness again.(N)
8 The eye that now sees me will see me no longer;
you will look for me, but I will be no more.(O)
9 As a cloud vanishes(P) and is gone,
so one who goes down to the grave(Q) does not return.(R)
10 He will never come to his house again;
his place(S) will know him no more.(T)
11 “Therefore I will not keep silent;(U)
I will speak out in the anguish(V) of my spirit,
I will complain(W) in the bitterness of my soul.(X)
12 Am I the sea,(Y) or the monster of the deep,(Z)
that you put me under guard?(AA)
13 When I think my bed will comfort me
and my couch will ease my complaint,(AB)
14 even then you frighten me with dreams
and terrify(AC) me with visions,(AD)
15 so that I prefer strangling and death,(AE)
rather than this body of mine.(AF)
16 I despise my life;(AG) I would not live forever.(AH)
Let me alone;(AI) my days have no meaning.(AJ)
17 “What is mankind that you make so much of them,
that you give them so much attention,(AK)
18 that you examine them every morning(AL)
and test them(AM) every moment?(AN)
19 Will you never look away from me,(AO)
or let me alone even for an instant?(AP)
20 If I have sinned, what have I done to you,(AQ)
you who see everything we do?
Why have you made me your target?(AR)
Have I become a burden to you?[a](AS)
21 Why do you not pardon my offenses
and forgive my sins?(AT)
For I will soon lie down in the dust;(AU)
you will search for me, but I will be no more.”(AV)
Footnotes
- Job 7:20 A few manuscripts of the Masoretic Text, an ancient Hebrew scribal tradition and Septuagint; most manuscripts of the Masoretic Text I have become a burden to myself.
Job 7
The Voice
Job 7
The Voice
7 Job: Don’t we humans struggle long and hard in our time on earth?
Don’t we live our lives as common laborers?
2 As slaves longing for shade,
as workers pining for wages,
3 So I am destined to receive only months of meaninglessness,
and nights of nothing but misery.
4 When I lie down at the end of day, I wonder,
“How soon till morning so I can arise?”
But the night stretches on,
and I toss and turn until sunrise.
5 My putrid skin is covered with maggots and a dirty crust.
It hardens and cracks and oozes again.
6 My days whisk by swifter than the shuttle in a weaver’s loom—
back and forth, and back and forth—
and then they come to their hopeless end.
7 My life, remember, is just a breath;
in death no more good will reach my eye.
8 Whoever sees me now, will not for long;
you’ll look for me, but I’ll be gone.
9 As clouds thin and finally vanish,
so it is when people enter the land of the dead.
Never will they come back up.
10 Never will they return to their homes
or will the place they lived recognize them anymore.
11 Like Eliphaz, I will not keep silent.
In the agony of my spirit, I will speak;
In the bitterness of my soul, I will complain.
12 Am I the raging sea, or the monster of the deep,
so threatening you must appoint a guard over me?
13 When I think my couch will comfort me
or my bed will soften my complaint,
14 You, Lord, intimidate me with dreams
and terrorize me with visions.
15 I’d rather be suffocated, even dead,
than live in these aching bones of mine.
Job compares his treatment to God’s defeat of two mythic enemies of creation: Yam and Tannin. Ancient Near Eastern legends say that before God created the world, the “formless void” that existed was called “the deep.” When God separated the heavens from the earth, He divided the formless void with the horizon, leaving the waters of the earth below (the oceans) and the waters of the heavens above (the blue skies and clouds). Yam the sea god and Tannin the sea monster tried to interfere in this separation. God of course defeated them, imprisoning them in the sea with sandbars. Job’s reference to this myth shows he believes God is treating him unfairly, punishing him as brutally as He did these subhuman, rebellious creatures. Job, on the other hand, has not been rebellious to God.
16 Job: I hate my life. I have no desire to keep on living.
Leave me alone, God, for I have only a short time left.
17 What are these human beings, that You make so much of them—
that You shower them with attention?
18 You examine them morning by morning;
You test them moment by moment.
19 How long will You stare at me?
I can’t even clear my throat of spit without an audience.
20 I have sinned. What have I done to You,
You who watch after humanity?
Why have You targeted me, a man whose life is just a breath?
Am I really such a heavy load for You?
21 So I’ve sinned inadvertently: can’t You pardon me?
Are my crimes such You can’t forgive my sins?
After all, I will lie in the dust, and it won’t be long
until You will look for me, but I’ll be gone.
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