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Oh that my grief were throughly weighed, and my calamity laid in the balances together!
“If only my anguish could be weighed
and all my misery be placed on the scales!
and all my misery be placed on the scales!
For now it would be heavier than the sand of the sea: therefore my words are swallowed up.
It would surely outweigh the sand of the seas —
no wonder my words have been impetuous.
no wonder my words have been impetuous.
For 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.
The arrows of the Almighty are in me,
my spirit drinks in their poison;
God’s terrors are marshaled against me.
my spirit drinks in their poison;
God’s terrors are marshaled against me.
Doth the wild ass bray when he hath grass? or loweth the ox over his fodder?
Does a wild donkey bray when it has grass,
or an ox bellow when it has fodder?
or an ox bellow when it has fodder?
Can that which is unsavoury be eaten without salt? or is there any taste in the white of an egg?
The things that my soul refused to touch are as my sorrowful meat.
I refuse to touch it;
such food makes me ill.
such food makes me ill.
Oh that I might have my request; and that God would grant me the thing that I long for!
“Oh, that I might have my request,
that God would grant what I hope for,
that God would grant what I hope for,
Even that it would please God to destroy me; that he would let loose his hand, and cut me off!
that God would be willing to crush me,
to let loose his hand and cut off my life!
to let loose his hand and cut off my life!
Then should I yet have comfort; yea, I would harden myself in sorrow: let him not spare; for I have not concealed the words of the Holy One.
Then I would still have this consolation —
my joy in unrelenting pain —
that I had not denied the words of the Holy One.
my joy in unrelenting pain —
that I had not denied the words of the Holy One.
What is my strength, that I should hope? and what is mine end, that I should prolong my life?
“What strength do I have, that I should still hope?
What prospects, that I should be patient?
What prospects, that I should be patient?
Is my strength the strength of stones? or is my flesh of brass?
Do I have the strength of stone?
Is my flesh bronze?
Is my flesh bronze?
Is not my help in me? and is wisdom driven quite from me?
Do I have any power to help myself,
now that success has been driven from me?
now that success has been driven from me?
To him that is afflicted pity should be shewed from his friend; but he forsaketh the fear of the Almighty.
“Anyone who withholds kindness from a friend
forsakes the fear of the Almighty.
forsakes the fear of the Almighty.
My brethren have dealt deceitfully as a brook, and as the stream of brooks they pass away;
But my brothers are as undependable as intermittent streams,
as the streams that overflow
as the streams that overflow
Which are blackish by reason of the ice, and wherein the snow is hid:
when darkened by thawing ice
and swollen with melting snow,
and swollen with melting snow,
What time they wax warm, they vanish: when it is hot, they are consumed out of their place.
but that stop flowing in the dry season,
and in the heat vanish from their channels.
and in the heat vanish from their channels.
The paths of their way are turned aside; they go to nothing, and perish.
Caravans turn aside from their routes;
they go off into the wasteland and perish.
they go off into the wasteland and perish.
The troops of Tema looked, the companies of Sheba waited for them.
The caravans of Tema look for water,
the traveling merchants of Sheba look in hope.
the traveling merchants of Sheba look in hope.
They were confounded because they had hoped; they came thither, and were ashamed.
They are distressed, because they had been confident;
they arrive there, only to be disappointed.
they arrive there, only to be disappointed.
For now ye are nothing; ye see my casting down, and are afraid.
Now you too have proved to be of no help;
you see something dreadful and are afraid.
you see something dreadful and are afraid.
Did I say, Bring unto me? or, Give a reward for me of your substance?
Have I ever said, ‘Give something on my behalf,
pay a ransom for me from your wealth,
pay a ransom for me from your wealth,
Or, Deliver me from the enemy's hand? or, Redeem me from the hand of the mighty?
deliver me from the hand of the enemy,
rescue me from the clutches of the ruthless’?
rescue me from the clutches of the ruthless’?
Teach me, and I will hold my tongue: and cause me to understand wherein I have erred.
“Teach me, and I will be quiet;
show me where I have been wrong.
show me where I have been wrong.
How forcible are right words! but what doth your arguing reprove?
How painful are honest words!
But what do your arguments prove?
But what do your arguments prove?
Do ye imagine to reprove words, and the speeches of one that is desperate, which are as wind?
Do you mean to correct what I say,
and treat my desperate words as wind?
and treat my desperate words as wind?
Yea, ye overwhelm the fatherless, and ye dig a pit for your friend.
You would even cast lots for the fatherless
and barter away your friend.
and barter away your friend.
Now therefore be content, look upon me; for it is evident unto you if I lie.
“But now be so kind as to look at me.
Would I lie to your face?
Would I lie to your face?
Return, I pray you, let it not be iniquity; yea, return again, my righteousness is in it.