Job 6 - Compare Translations
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Job 6:1
KJVBut Job answered and said,
WEBThen Job answered,
YLTAnd Job answereth and saith: --
Job 6:2
KJVOh that my grief were throughly weighed, and my calamity laid in the balances together!
WEB“Oh that my anguish were weighed,
YLTO that my provocation were thoroughly weighed, And my calamity in balances They would lift up together!
Job 6:3
KJVFor now it would be heavier than the sand of the sea: therefore my words are swallowed up.
WEBFor now it would be heavier than the sand of the seas,
YLTFor now, than the sands of the sea it is heavier, Therefore my words have been rash.
Job 6:4
KJVFor 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.
WEBFor the arrows of the Almighty are within me.
YLTFor arrows of the Mighty [are] with me, Whose poison is drinking up my spirit. Terrors of God array themselves [for] me!
Job 6:5
KJVDoth the wild ass bray when he hath grass? or loweth the ox over his fodder?
WEBDoes the wild donkey bray when he has grass?
YLTBrayeth a wild ass over tender grass? Loweth an ox over his provender?
Job 6:6
KJVCan that which is unsavoury be eaten without salt? or is there any taste in the white of an egg?
WEBCan that which has no flavor be eaten without salt?
YLTEaten is an insipid thing without salt? Is there sense in the drivel of dreams?
Job 6:7
KJVThe things that my soul refused to touch are as my sorrowful meat.
WEBMy soul refuses to touch them.
YLTMy soul is refusing to touch! They [are] as my sickening food.
Job 6:8
KJVOh that I might have my request; and that God would grant me the thing that I long for!
WEB“Oh that I might have my request,
YLTO that my request may come, That God may grant my hope!
Job 6:9
KJVEven that it would please God to destroy me; that he would let loose his hand, and cut me off!
WEBeven that it would please God to crush me;
YLTThat God would please -- and bruise me, Loose His hand and cut me off!
Job 6:10
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Job 6:11
KJVWhat is my strength, that I should hope? and what is mine end, that I should prolong my life?
WEBWhat is my strength, that I should wait?
YLTWhat [is] my power that I should hope? And what mine end That I should prolong my life?
Job 6:12
KJVIs my strength the strength of stones? or is my flesh of brass?
WEBIs my strength the strength of stones?
YLTIs my strength the strength of stones? Is my flesh brazen?
Job 6:13
KJVIs not my help in me? and is wisdom driven quite from me?
WEBIsn’t it that I have no help in me,
YLTIs not my help with me, And substance driven from me?
Job 6:14
KJVTo him that is afflicted pity should be shewed from his friend; but he forsaketh the fear of the Almighty.
WEB“To him who is ready to faint, kindness should be shown from his friend;
YLTTo a despiser of his friends [is] shame, And the fear of the Mighty he forsaketh.
Job 6:15
KJVMy brethren have dealt deceitfully as a brook, and as the stream of brooks they pass away;
WEBMy brothers have dealt deceitfully as a brook,
YLTMy brethren have deceived as a brook, As a stream of brooks they pass away.
Job 6:16
KJVWhich are blackish by reason of the ice, and wherein the snow is hid:
WEBWhich are black by reason of the ice,
YLTThat are black because of ice, By them doth snow hide itself.
Job 6:17
KJVWhat time they wax warm, they vanish: when it is hot, they are consumed out of their place.
WEBIn the dry season, they vanish.
YLTBy the time they are warm they have been cut off, By its being hot they have been Extinguished from their place.
Job 6:18
KJVThe paths of their way are turned aside; they go to nothing, and perish.
WEBThe caravans that travel beside them turn away.
YLTTurn aside do the paths of their way, They ascend into emptiness, and are lost.
Job 6:19
KJVThe troops of Tema looked, the companies of Sheba waited for them.
WEBThe caravans of Tema looked.
YLTPassengers of Tema looked expectingly, Travellers of Sheba hoped for them.
Job 6:20
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Job 6:21
KJVFor now ye are nothing; ye see my casting down, and are afraid.
WEBFor now you are nothing.
YLTSurely now ye have become the same! Ye see a downfall, and are afraid.
Job 6:22
KJVDid I say, Bring unto me? or, Give a reward for me of your substance?
WEBDid I say, ‘Give to me?’
YLTIs it because I said, Give to me? And, By your power bribe for me?
Job 6:23
KJVOr, Deliver me from the enemy's hand? or, Redeem me from the hand of the mighty?
WEBor, ‘Deliver me from the adversary’s hand?’
YLTAnd, Deliver me from the hand of an adversary? And, From the hand of terrible ones ransom me?
Job 6:24
KJVTeach me, and I will hold my tongue: and cause me to understand wherein I have erred.
WEB“Teach me, and I will hold my peace.
YLTShew me, and I -- I keep silent, And what I have erred, let me understand.
Job 6:25
KJVHow forcible are right words! but what doth your arguing reprove?
WEBHow forcible are words of uprightness!
YLTHow powerful have been upright sayings, And what doth reproof from you reprove?
Job 6:26
KJVDo ye imagine to reprove words, and the speeches of one that is desperate, which are as wind?
WEBDo you intend to reprove words,
YLTFor reproof -- do you reckon words? And for wind -- sayings of the desperate.
Job 6:27
KJVYea, ye overwhelm the fatherless, and ye dig a pit for your friend.
WEBYes, you would even cast lots for the fatherless,
YLTAnger on the fatherless ye cause to fall, And are strange to your friend.
Job 6:28
KJVNow therefore be content, look upon me; for it is evident unto you if I lie.
WEBNow therefore be pleased to look at me,
YLTAnd, now, please, look upon me, Even to your face do I lie?
Job 6:29
KJVReturn, I pray you, let it not be iniquity; yea, return again, my righteousness is in it.
WEBPlease return.
YLTTurn back, I pray you, let it not be perverseness, Yea, turn back again -- my righteousness [is] in it.
Job 6:30
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