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“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!
“Oh that my vexation were weighed,
and all my calamity laid in the balances!
and all my calamity laid in the balances!
It would surely outweigh the sand of the seas —
no wonder my words have been impetuous.
no wonder my words have been impetuous.
For then it would be heavier than the sand of the sea;
therefore my words have been rash.
therefore my words have been rash.
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.
For the arrows of the Almighty are in me;
my spirit drinks their poison;
the terrors of God are arrayed against me.
my spirit drinks their poison;
the terrors of God are arrayed against me.
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?
Does the wild donkey bray when he has grass,
or the ox low over his fodder?
or the ox low over his fodder?
I refuse to touch it;
such food makes me ill.
such food makes me ill.
“Oh, that I might have my request,
that God would grant what I hope for,
that God would grant what I hope for,
“Oh that I might have my request,
and that God would fulfill my hope,
and that God would fulfill my hope,
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!
that it would please God to crush me,
that he would let loose his hand and cut me off!
that he would let loose his hand and cut me off!
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 strength do I have, that I should still hope?
What prospects, that I should be patient?
What prospects, that I should be patient?
What is my strength, that I should wait?
And what is my end, that I should be patient?
And what is my end, that I should be patient?
Do I have the strength of stone?
Is my flesh bronze?
Is my flesh bronze?
Is my strength the strength of stones, or is my flesh bronze?
Do I have any power to help myself,
now that success has been driven from me?
now that success has been driven from me?
Have I any help in me,
when resource is driven from me?
when resource is driven from me?
“Anyone who withholds kindness from a friend
forsakes the fear of the Almighty.
forsakes the fear of the Almighty.
But my brothers are as undependable as intermittent streams,
as the streams that overflow
as the streams that overflow
My brothers are treacherous as a torrent-bed,
as torrential streams that pass away,
as torrential streams that pass away,
when darkened by thawing ice
and swollen with melting snow,
and swollen with melting snow,
which are dark with ice,
and where the snow hides itself.
and where the snow hides itself.
but that stop flowing in the dry season,
and in the heat vanish from their channels.
and in the heat vanish from their channels.
When they melt, they disappear;
when it is hot, they vanish from their place.
when it is hot, they vanish from their place.
Caravans turn aside from their routes;
they go off into the wasteland and perish.
they go off into the wasteland and perish.
The caravans turn aside from their course;
they go up into the waste and perish.
they go up into the waste and perish.
The caravans of Tema look for water,
the traveling merchants of Sheba look in hope.
the traveling merchants of Sheba look in hope.
The caravans of Tema look,
the travelers of Sheba hope.
the travelers of Sheba hope.
They are distressed, because they had been confident;
they arrive there, only to be disappointed.
they arrive there, only to be disappointed.
They are ashamed because they were confident;
they come there and are disappointed.
they come there and are disappointed.
Now you too have proved to be of no help;
you see something dreadful and are afraid.
you see something dreadful and are afraid.
For you have now become nothing;
you see my calamity and are afraid.
you see my calamity and are afraid.
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,
Have I said, ‘Make me a gift’?
Or, ‘From your wealth offer a bribe for me’?
Or, ‘From your wealth offer a bribe for me’?
deliver me from the hand of the enemy,
rescue me from the clutches of the ruthless’?
rescue me from the clutches of the ruthless’?
Or, ‘Deliver me from the adversary’s hand’?
Or, ‘Redeem me from the hand of the ruthless’?
Or, ‘Redeem me from the hand of the ruthless’?
“Teach me, and I will be quiet;
show me where I have been wrong.
show me where I have been wrong.
“Teach me, and I will be silent;
make me understand how I have gone astray.
make me understand how I have gone astray.
How painful are honest words!
But what do your arguments prove?
But what do your arguments prove?
How forceful are upright words!
But what does reproof from you reprove?
But what does reproof from you reprove?
Do you mean to correct what I say,
and treat my desperate words as wind?
and treat my desperate words as wind?
Do you think that you can reprove words,
when the speech of a despairing man is wind?
when the speech of a despairing man is wind?
You would even cast lots for the fatherless
and barter away your friend.
and barter away your friend.
You would even cast lots over the fatherless,
and bargain over your friend.
and bargain over your friend.
“But now be so kind as to look at me.
Would I lie to your face?
Would I lie to your face?
“But now, be pleased to look at me,
for I will not lie to your face.
for I will not lie to your face.
Please turn; let no injustice be done.
Turn now; my vindication is at stake.
Turn now; my vindication is at stake.