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Then Job answered and said,
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Then Job answered and said:
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I have heard many such things: miserable comforters are ye all.
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"I have heard many such things; Miserable comforters [are] you all!
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Shall vain words have an end? or what emboldeneth thee that thou answerest?
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Shall words of wind have an end? Or what provokes you that you answer?
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I also could speak as ye do: if your soul were in my soul's stead, I could heap up words against you, and shake mine head at you.
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I also could speak as you [do,] If your soul were in my soul's place. I could heap up words against you, And shake my head at you;
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But I would strengthen you with my mouth, and the moving of my lips should asswage your grief.
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[But] I would strengthen you with my mouth, And the comfort of my lips would relieve [your grief.]
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Though I speak, my grief is not asswaged: and though I forbear, what am I eased?
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" Though I speak, my grief is not relieved; And [if] I remain silent, how am I eased?
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But now he hath made me weary: thou hast made desolate all my company.
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But now He has worn me out; You have made desolate all my company.
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And thou hast filled me with wrinkles, which is a witness against me: and my leanness rising up in me beareth witness to my face.
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You have shriveled me up, And it is a witness [against me;] My leanness rises up against me [And] bears witness to my face.
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He teareth me in his wrath, who hateth me: he gnasheth upon me with his teeth; mine enemy sharpeneth his eyes upon me.
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He tears [me] in His wrath, and hates me; He gnashes at me with His teeth; My adversary sharpens His gaze on me.
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They have gaped upon me with their mouth; they have smitten me upon the cheek reproachfully; they have gathered themselves together against me.
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They gape at me with their mouth, They strike me reproachfully on the cheek, They gather together against me.
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God hath delivered me to the ungodly, and turned me over into the hands of the wicked.
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God has delivered me to the ungodly, And turned me over to the hands of the wicked.
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I was at ease, but he hath broken me asunder: he hath also taken me by my neck, and shaken me to pieces, and set me up for his mark.
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I was at ease, but He has shattered me; He also has taken [me] by my neck, and shaken me to pieces; He has set me up for His target,
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His archers compass me round about, he cleaveth my reins asunder, and doth not spare; he poureth out my gall upon the ground.
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His archers surround me. He pierces my heart and does not pity; He pours out my gall on the ground.
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He breaketh me with breach upon breach, he runneth upon me like a giant.
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He breaks me with wound upon wound; He runs at me like a warrior.
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I have sewed sackcloth upon my skin, and defiled my horn in the dust.
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"I have sewn sackcloth over my skin, And laid my head in the dust.
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My face is foul with weeping, and on my eyelids is the shadow of death;
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My face is flushed from weeping, And on my eyelids [is] the shadow of death;
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Not for any injustice in mine hands: also my prayer is pure.
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Although no violence [is] in my hands, And my prayer [is] pure.
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O earth, cover not thou my blood, and let my cry have no place.
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" O earth, do not cover my blood, And let my cry have no [resting] place!
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Also now, behold, my witness is in heaven, and my record is on high.
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Surely even now my witness [is] in heaven, And my evidence [is] on high.
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My friends scorn me: but mine eye poureth out tears unto God.
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My friends scorn me; My eyes pour out [tears] to God.
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O that one might plead for a man with God, as a man pleadeth for his neighbour!
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Oh, that one might plead for a man with God, As a man [pleads] for his neighbor!
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When a few years are come, then I shall go the way whence I shall not return.
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For when a few years are finished, I shall go the way of no return.
