Job:13 Parallel Bible - WLD BAS |
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| Job 13:1 | "Behold, my eye has seen all this, My ear has heard and understood it. | Truly, my eye has seen all this, word of it has come to my ear, and I have knowledge of it. |
| Job 13:2 | What you know, I know also. I am not inferior to you. | The same things are in my mind as in yours; I am equal to you. |
| Job 13:3 | "Surely I would speak to the Almighty. I desire to reason with God. | But I would have talk with the Ruler of all, and my desire is to have an argument with God. |
| Job 13:4 | But you are forgers of lies. You are all physicians of no value. | But you put a false face on things; all your attempts to put things right are of no value. |
| Job 13:5 | Oh that you would be completely silent! Then you would be wise. | If only you would keep quiet, it would be a sign of wisdom! |
| Job 13:6 | Hear now my reasoning. Listen to the pleadings of my lips. | Give ear to the argument of my mouth, and take note of the words of my lips. |
| Job 13:7 | Will you speak unrighteously for God, And talk deceitfully for him? | Will you say in God's name what is not right, and put false words into his mouth? |
| Job 13:8 | Will you show partiality to him? Will you contend for God? | Will you have respect for God's person in this cause, and put yourselves forward as his supporters? |
| Job 13:9 | Is it good that he should search you out? Or as one deceives a man, will you deceive him? | Will it be good for you to be searched out by him, or have you the thought that he may be guided into error like a man? |
| Job 13:10 | He will surely reprove you If you secretly show partiality. | He will certainly put you right, if you have respect for persons in secret. |
| Job 13:11 | Shall not his majesty make you afraid, And his dread fall on you? | Will not his glory put you in fear, so that your hearts will be overcome before him? |
| Job 13:12 | Your memorable sayings are proverbs of ashes, Your defenses are defenses of clay. | Your wise sayings are only dust, and your strong places are only earth. |
| Job 13:13 | "Be silent, leave me alone, that I may speak. Let come on me what will. | Keep quiet, and let me say what is in my mind, whatever may come to me. |
| Job 13:14 | Why should I take my flesh in my teeth, And put my life in my hand? | I will take my flesh in my teeth, and put my life in my hand. |
| Job 13:15 | Behold, he will kill me; I have no hope. Nevertheless, I will maintain my ways before him. | Truly, he will put an end to me; I have no hope; but I will not give way in argument before him; |
| Job 13:16 | This also shall be my salvation, That a godless man shall not come before him. | And that will be my salvation, for an evil-doer would not come before him, |
| Job 13:17 | Hear diligently my speech. Let my declaration be in your ears. | Give ear with care to my words, and keep what I say in your minds. |
| Job 13:18 | See now, I have set my cause in order. I know that I am righteous. | See now, I have put my cause in order, and I am certain that I will be seen to be right. |
| Job 13:19 | Who is he who will contend with me? For then would I hold my peace and give up the spirit. | Is any one able to take up the argument against me? If so, I would keep quiet and give up my breath. |
| Job 13:20 | "Only don't do two things to me; Then I will not hide myself from your face: | Only two things do not do to me, then I will come before your face: |
| Job 13:21 | Withdraw your hand far from me; And don't let your terror make me afraid. | Take your hand far away from me; and let me not be overcome by fear of you. |
| Job 13:22 | Then call, and I will answer; Or let me speak, and you answer me. | Then at the sound of your voice I will give answer; or let me put forward my cause for you to give me an answer. |
| Job 13:23 | How many are my iniquities and sins? Make me know my disobedience and my sin. | What is the number of my evil-doings and my sins? give me knowledge of them. |
| Job 13:24 | Why hide you your face, And hold me for your enemy? | Why is your face veiled from me, as if I was numbered among your haters? |
| Job 13:25 | Will you harass a driven leaf? Will you pursue the dry stubble? | Will you be hard on a leaf in flight before the wind? will you make a dry stem go more quickly on its way? |
| Job 13:26 | For you write bitter things against me, And make me inherit the iniquities of my youth: | For you put bitter things on record against me, and send punishment on me for the sins of my early years; |
| Job 13:27 | You also put my feet in the stocks, And mark all my paths. You set a bound to the soles of my feet: | And you put chains on my feet, watching all my ways, and making a limit for my steps; |
| Job 13:28 | Though I am decaying like a rotten thing, Like a garment that is moth-eaten. | Though a man comes to nothing like a bit of dead wood, or like a robe which has become food for the worm. |
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