Job 4:5
New International Version
Job 4:5
King James Version
5 But now it is come upon thee, and thou faintest; it toucheth thee, and thou art troubled.
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Job 9:16-35
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16 Even if I summoned him and he responded,
I do not believe he would give me a hearing.(A)
17 He would crush me(B) with a storm(C)
and multiply(D) my wounds for no reason.(E)
18 He would not let me catch my breath
but would overwhelm me with misery.(F)
19 If it is a matter of strength, he is mighty!(G)
And if it is a matter of justice, who can challenge him[a]?(H)
20 Even if I were innocent, my mouth would condemn me;
if I were blameless, it would pronounce me guilty.(I)
21 “Although I am blameless,(J)
I have no concern for myself;(K)
I despise my own life.(L)
22 It is all the same; that is why I say,
‘He destroys both the blameless and the wicked.’(M)
23 When a scourge(N) brings sudden death,
he mocks the despair of the innocent.(O)
24 When a land falls into the hands of the wicked,(P)
he blindfolds its judges.(Q)
If it is not he, then who is it?(R)
25 “My days are swifter than a runner;(S)
they fly away without a glimpse of joy.(T)
26 They skim past(U) like boats of papyrus,(V)
like eagles swooping down on their prey.(W)
27 If I say, ‘I will forget my complaint,(X)
I will change my expression, and smile,’
28 I still dread(Y) all my sufferings,
for I know you will not hold me innocent.(Z)
29 Since I am already found guilty,
why should I struggle in vain?(AA)
30 Even if I washed myself with soap(AB)
and my hands(AC) with cleansing powder,(AD)
31 you would plunge me into a slime pit(AE)
so that even my clothes would detest me.(AF)
32 “He is not a mere mortal(AG) like me that I might answer him,(AH)
that we might confront each other in court.(AI)
33 If only there were someone to mediate between us,(AJ)
someone to bring us together,(AK)
34 someone to remove God’s rod from me,(AL)
so that his terror would frighten me no more.(AM)
35 Then I would speak up without fear of him,(AN)
but as it now stands with me, I cannot.(AO)
Footnotes
- Job 9:19 See Septuagint; Hebrew me.
Job 9:16-35
King James Version
16 If I had called, and he had answered me; yet would I not believe that he had hearkened unto my voice.
17 For he breaketh me with a tempest, and multiplieth my wounds without cause.
18 He will not suffer me to take my breath, but filleth me with bitterness.
19 If I speak of strength, lo, he is strong: and if of judgment, who shall set me a time to plead?
20 If I justify myself, mine own mouth shall condemn me: if I say, I am perfect, it shall also prove me perverse.
21 Though I were perfect, yet would I not know my soul: I would despise my life.
22 This is one thing, therefore I said it, He destroyeth the perfect and the wicked.
23 If the scourge slay suddenly, he will laugh at the trial of the innocent.
24 The earth is given into the hand of the wicked: he covereth the faces of the judges thereof; if not, where, and who is he?
25 Now my days are swifter than a post: they flee away, they see no good.
26 They are passed away as the swift ships: as the eagle that hasteth to the prey.
27 If I say, I will forget my complaint, I will leave off my heaviness, and comfort myself:
28 I am afraid of all my sorrows, I know that thou wilt not hold me innocent.
29 If I be wicked, why then labour I in vain?
30 If I wash myself with snow water, and make my hands never so clean;
31 Yet shalt thou plunge me in the ditch, and mine own clothes shall abhor me.
32 For he is not a man, as I am, that I should answer him, and we should come together in judgment.
33 Neither is there any daysman betwixt us, that might lay his hand upon us both.
34 Let him take his rod away from me, and let not his fear terrify me:
35 Then would I speak, and not fear him; but it is not so with me.
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Psalm 22:1
New International Version
Psalm 22[a]
For the director of music. To the tune of “The Doe of the Morning.” A psalm of David.
Footnotes
- Psalm 22:1 In Hebrew texts 22:1-31 is numbered 22:2-32.
Psalm 22:1
King James Version
22 My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? why art thou so far from helping me, and from the words of my roaring?
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Psalm 22:2
New International Version
Footnotes
- Psalm 22:2 Or night, and am not silent
Psalm 22:2
King James Version
2 O my God, I cry in the day time, but thou hearest not; and in the night season, and am not silent.
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Proverbs 24:10
New International Version
Saying 25
10 If you falter in a time of trouble,
how small is your strength!(A)
Proverbs 24:10
King James Version
10 If thou faint in the day of adversity, thy strength is small.
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Lamentations 3:39
New International Version
39 Why should the living complain
when punished for their sins?(A)
Lamentations 3:39
King James Version
39 Wherefore doth a living man complain, a man for the punishment of his sins?
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Lamentations 3:39
New International Version
39 Why should the living complain
when punished for their sins?(A)
Lamentations 3:39
King James Version
39 Wherefore doth a living man complain, a man for the punishment of his sins?
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