Job 13 - Compare Translations
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Job 13:1
KJVLo, mine eye hath seen all this, mine ear hath heard and understood it.
WEB“Behold, my eye has seen all this.
YLTLo, all -- hath mine eye seen, Heard hath mine ear, and it attendeth to it.
Job 13:2
KJVWhat ye know, the same do I know also: I am not inferior unto you.
WEBWhat you know, I know also.
YLTAccording to your knowledge I have known -- also I. I am not fallen more than you.
Job 13:3
KJVSurely I would speak to the Almighty, and I desire to reason with God.
WEB“Surely I would speak to the Almighty.
YLTYet I for the Mighty One do speak, And to argue for God I delight.
Job 13:4
KJVBut ye are forgers of lies, ye are all physicians of no value.
WEBBut you are forgers of lies.
YLTAnd yet, ye [are] forgers of falsehood, Physicians of nought -- all of you,
Job 13:5
KJVO that ye would altogether hold your peace! and it should be your wisdom.
WEBOh that you would be completely silent!
YLTO that ye would keep perfectly silent, And it would be to you for wisdom.
Job 13:6
KJVHear now my reasoning, and hearken to the pleadings of my lips.
WEBHear now my reasoning.
YLTHear, I pray you, my argument, And to the pleadings of my lips attend,
Job 13:7
KJVWill ye speak wickedly for God? and talk deceitfully for him?
WEBWill you speak unrighteously for God,
YLTFor God do ye speak perverseness? And for Him do ye speak deceit?
Job 13:8
KJVWill ye accept his person? will ye contend for God?
WEBWill you show partiality to him?
YLTHis face do ye accept, if for God ye strive?
Job 13:9
KJVIs it good that he should search you out? or as one man mocketh another, do ye so mock him?
WEBIs it good that he should search you out?
YLTIs [it] good that He doth search you, If, as one mocketh at a man, ye mock at Him?
Job 13:10
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Job 13:11
KJVShall not his excellency make you afraid? and his dread fall upon you?
WEBShall not his majesty make you afraid,
YLTDoth not His excellency terrify you? And His dread fall upon you?
Job 13:12
KJVYour remembrances are like unto ashes, your bodies to bodies of clay.
WEBYour memorable sayings are proverbs of ashes,
YLTYour remembrances [are] similes of ashes, For high places of clay your heights.
Job 13:13
KJVHold your peace, let me alone, that I may speak, and let come on me what will.
WEB“Be silent, leave me alone, that I may speak.
YLTKeep silent from me, and I speak, And pass over me doth what?
Job 13:14
KJVWherefore do I take my flesh in my teeth, and put my life in mine hand?
WEBWhy should I take my flesh in my teeth,
YLTWherefore do I take my flesh in my teeth? And my soul put in my hand?
Job 13:15
KJVThough he slay me, yet will I trust in him: but I will maintain mine own ways before him.
WEBBehold, he will kill me.
YLTLo, He doth slay me -- I wait not! Only, my ways unto His face I argue.
Job 13:16
KJVHe also shall be my salvation: for an hypocrite shall not come before him.
WEBThis also shall be my salvation,
YLTAlso -- He [is] to me for salvation, For the profane cometh not before Him.
Job 13:17
KJVHear diligently my speech, and my declaration with your ears.
WEBHear diligently my speech.
YLTHear ye diligently my word, And my declaration with your ears.
Job 13:18
KJVBehold now, I have ordered my cause; I know that I shall be justified.
WEBSee now, I have set my cause in order.
YLTLo, I pray you, I have set in order the cause, I have known that I am righteous.
Job 13:19
KJVWho is he that will plead with me? for now, if I hold my tongue, I shall give up the ghost.
WEBWho is he who will contend with me?
YLTWho [is] he that doth strive with me? For now I keep silent and gasp.
Job 13:20
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Job 13:21
KJVWithdraw thine hand far from me: and let not thy dread make me afraid.
WEBwithdraw your hand far from me;
YLTThy hand put far off from me, And Thy terror let not terrify me.
Job 13:22
KJVThen call thou, and I will answer: or let me speak, and answer thou me.
WEBThen call, and I will answer;
YLTAnd call Thou, and I -- I answer, Or -- I speak, and answer Thou me.
Job 13:23
KJVHow many are mine iniquities and sins? make me to know my transgression and my sin.
WEBHow many are my iniquities and sins?
YLTHow many iniquities and sins have I? My transgression and my sin let me know.
Job 13:24
KJVWherefore hidest thou thy face, and holdest me for thine enemy?
WEBWhy hide you your face,
YLTWhy dost Thou hide Thy face? And reckonest me for an enemy to Thee?
Job 13:25
KJVWilt thou break a leaf driven to and fro? and wilt thou pursue the dry stubble?
WEBWill you harass a driven leaf?
YLTA leaf driven away dost Thou terrify? And the dry stubble dost Thou pursue?
Job 13:26
KJVFor thou writest bitter things against me, and makest me to possess the iniquities of my youth.
WEBFor you write bitter things against me,
YLTFor Thou writest against me bitter things, And causest me to possess iniquities of my youth:
Job 13:27
KJVThou puttest my feet also in the stocks, and lookest narrowly unto all my paths; thou settest a print upon the heels of my feet.
WEBYou also put my feet in the stocks,
YLTAnd puttest in the stocks my feet, And observest all my paths, On the roots of my feet Thou settest a print,
Job 13:28
KJVAnd he, as a rotten thing, consumeth, as a garment that is moth eaten.
WEBthough I am decaying like a rotten thing,
YLTAnd he, as a rotten thing, weareth away, As a garment hath a moth consumed him.
28 verses compared across 3 translations - KJV, WEB, YLT