Job 10:1

AMP: “I am disgusted with my life and loathe it!I will give free expression to my complaint;I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.

ASV: My soul is weary of my life; I will give free course to my complaint; I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.

BSB: “I loathe my own life;I will express my complaintand speak in the bitterness of my soul.

DARBY: My soul is weary of my life: I will give free course to my complaint; I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.

DRA: My soul is weary of my life, I will let go my speech against myself, I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.

KJV: My soul is weary of my life; I will leave my complaint upon myself; I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.

Job 10:2

AMP: “I will say to God, ‘Do not condemn me [and declare me guilty]!Show me why You contend and argue and struggle with me.

ASV: I will say unto God, Do not condemn me; Show me wherefore thou contendest with me.

BSB: I will say to God:Do not condemn me!Let me know why You prosecute me.

DARBY: I will say unto God, Do not condemn me; shew me wherefore thou strivest with me.

DRA: I will say to God: Do not condemn me: tell me why thou judgest me so.

KJV: I will say unto God, Do not condemn me; shew me wherefore thou contendest with me.

Job 10:3

AMP: ‘Does it indeed seem right to You to oppress,To despise and reject the work of Your hands,And to look with favor on the schemes of the wicked?

ASV: Is it good unto thee that thou shouldest oppress, That thou shouldest despise the work of thy hands, And shine upon the counsel of the wicked?

BSB: Does it please You to oppress me,to reject the work of Your handsand favor the schemes of the wicked?

DARBY: Doth it please thee to oppress, that thou shouldest despise the work of thy hands, and shine upon the counsel of the wicked?

DRA: Doth it seem good to thee that thou shouldst calumniate me, and oppress me, the work of thy own hands, and help the counsel of the wicked?

KJV: Is it good unto thee that thou shouldest oppress, that thou shouldest despise the work of thine hands, and shine upon the counsel of the wicked?

Job 10:4

AMP: ‘Do You have eyes of flesh?Do You see as a man sees?

ASV: Hast thou eyes of flesh? Or seest thou as man seeth?

BSB: Do You have eyes of flesh?Do You see as man sees?

DARBY: Hast thou eyes of flesh? or seest thou as man seeth?

DRA: Hast thou eyes of flesh: or, shalt thou see as man seeth?

KJV: Hast thou eyes of flesh? or seest thou as man seeth?

Job 10:5

AMP: ‘Are Your days as the days of a mortal,Are Your years as man’s years,

ASV: Are thy days as the days of man, Or thy years as man`s days,

BSB: Are Your days like those of a mortal,or Your years like those of a man,

DARBY: Are thy days as the days of a mortal? are thy years as a man's days,

DRA: Are thy days as the days of man, and are thy years as the times of men:

KJV: Are thy days as the days of man? are thy years as man’s days,

Job 10:6

AMP: That You seek my guiltAnd search for my sin?

ASV: That thou inquirest after mine iniquity, And searchest after my sin,

BSB: that You should seek my iniquityand search out my sin —

DARBY: That thou searchest after mine iniquity, and inquirest into my sin;

DRA: That thou shouldst inquire after my iniquity, and search after my sin?

KJV: That thou enquirest after mine iniquity, and searchest after my sin?

Job 10:7

AMP: ‘Although You know that I am not guilty or wicked,Yet there is no one who can rescue me from Your hand.

ASV: Although thou knowest that I am not wicked, And there is none that can deliver out of thy hand?

BSB: though You know that I am not guilty,and there is no deliverance from Your hand?

DARBY: Since thou knowest that I am not wicked, and that there is none that delivereth out of thy hand?

DRA: And shouldst know that I have done no wicked thing, whereas there is no man that can deliver out of thy hand.

KJV: Thou knowest that I am not wicked; and there is none that can deliver out of thine hand.

Job 10:8

AMP: ¶‘Your hands have formed and made me altogether.Would You [turn around and] destroy me?

ASV: Thy hands have framed me and fashioned me Together round about; yet thou dost destroy me.

BSB: Your hands shaped me and altogether formed me.Would You now turn and destroy me?

DARBY: Thy hands have bound me together and made me as one, round about; yet dost thou swallow me up!

DRA: Thy hands have made me, and fashioned me wholly round about, and dost thou thus cast me down headlong on a sudden?

KJV: Thine hands have made me and fashioned me together round about; yet thou dost destroy me.

Job 10:9

AMP: ‘Remember now, that You have made me as clay;So will You turn me into dust again?

ASV: Remember, I beseech thee, that thou hast fashioned me as clay; And wilt thou bring me into dust again?

BSB: Please remember that You molded me like clay.Would You now return me to dust?

DARBY: Remember, I beseech thee, that thou hast made me as clay, and wilt bring me into dust again.

DRA: Remember, I beseech thee, that thou hast made me as the clay, and thou wilt bring me into dust again.

KJV: Remember, I beseech thee, that thou hast made me as the clay; and wilt thou bring me into dust again?

Job 10:10

AMP: ‘Have You not poured me out like milkAnd curdled me like cheese?

ASV: Hast thou not poured me out as milk, And curdled me like cheese?

BSB: Did You not pour me out like milk,and curdle me like cheese?

DARBY: Hast thou not poured me out as milk, and curdled me like cheese?

DRA: Hast thou not milked me as milk, and curdled me like cheese?

KJV: Hast thou not poured me out as milk, and curdled me like cheese?

Job 10:11

AMP: ‘[You have] clothed me with skin and flesh,And knit me together with bones and sinews.

ASV: Thou hast clothed me with skin and flesh, And knit me together with bones and sinews.

BSB: You clothed me with skin and flesh,and knit me together with bones and sinews.

DARBY: Thou hast clothed me with skin and flesh, and knit me together with bones and sinews;

DRA: Thou hast clothed me with skin and flesh: thou hast put me together with bones and sinews:

KJV: Thou hast clothed me with skin and flesh, and hast fenced me with bones and sinews.

Job 10:12

AMP: ‘You have granted me life and lovingkindness;And Your providence (divine care, supervision) has preserved my spirit.

ASV: Thou hast granted me life and lovingkindness; And thy visitation hath preserved my spirit.

BSB: You have granted me life and loving devotion,and Your care has preserved my spirit.

DARBY: Thou hast granted me life and favour, and thy care hath preserved my spirit;

DRA: Thou hast granted me life and mercy, and thy visitation hath preserved my spirit.

KJV: Thou hast granted me life and favour, and thy visitation hath preserved my spirit.

Job 10:13

AMP: ‘Yet these [present evils] You have hidden in Your heart [since my creation]:I know that this was within You [in Your purpose and thought].

ASV: Yet these things thou didst hide in thy heart; I know that this is with thee:

BSB: Yet You concealed these things in Your heart,and I know that this was in Your mind:

DARBY: And these things didst thou hide in thy heart; I know that this was with thee.

DRA: Although thou conceal these things in thy heart, yet I know that thou rememberest all things.

KJV: And these things hast thou hid in thine heart: I know that this is with thee.

Job 10:14

AMP: ‘If I sin, then You would take note and observe me,And You would not acquit me of my guilt.

ASV: If I sin, then thou markest me, And thou wilt not acquit me from mine iniquity.

BSB: If I sinned, You would take note,and would not acquit me of my iniquity.

DARBY: If I sinned, thou wouldest mark me, and thou wouldest not acquit me of mine iniquity.

DRA: If I have sinned and thou hast spared me for an hour: why dost thou not suffer me to be clean from my iniquity?

KJV: If I sin, then thou markest me, and thou wilt not acquit me from mine iniquity.

Job 10:15

AMP: ‘If I am wicked, woe to me [for judgment comes]!And if I am righteous, I dare not lift up my head.For I am sated and filled with disgrace and the sight of my misery.

ASV: If I be wicked, woe unto me; And if I be righteous, yet shall I not lift up my head; Being filled with ignominy, And looking upon mine affliction.

BSB: If I am guilty, woe to me!And even if I am righteous, I cannot lift my head.I am full of shameand aware of my affliction.

DARBY: If I were wicked, woe unto me! and righteous, I will not lift up my head, being [so] full of shame, and beholding mine affliction;

DRA: And if I be wicked, woe unto me: and if just, I shall not lift up my head, being filled with affliction and misery.

KJV: If I be wicked, woe unto me; and if I be righteous, yet will I not lift up my head. I am full of confusion; therefore see thou mine affliction;

Job 10:16

AMP: ‘Should I lift my head up, You would hunt me like a lion;And again You would show Your marvelous power against me.

ASV: And if [my head] exalt itself, thou huntest me as a lion; And again thou showest thyself marvellous upon me.

BSB: Should I hold my head high,You would hunt me like a lion,and again display Your power against me.

DARBY: And it increaseth: thou huntest me as a fierce lion; and ever again thou shewest thy marvellous power upon me.

DRA: And for pride thou wilt take me as a lioness, and returning thou tormentest me wonderfully.

KJV: For it increaseth. Thou huntest me as a fierce lion: and again thou shewest thyself marvellous upon me.

Job 10:17

AMP: ‘You renew Your witnesses against meAnd increase Your indignation and anger toward me;Hardship after hardship is with me [attacking me time after time].

ASV: Thou renewest thy witnesses against me, And increasest thine indignation upon me: Changes and warfare are with me.

BSB: You produce new witnesses against meand multiply Your anger toward me.Hardships assault mein wave after wave.

DARBY: Thou renewest thy witnesses before me and increasest thy displeasure against me; successions [of evil] and a time of toil are with me.

DRA: Thou renewest thy witnesses against me, and multipliest thy wrath upon me, and pains war against me.

KJV: Thou renewest thy witnesses against me, and increasest thine indignation upon me; changes and war are against me.

Job 10:18

AMP: ¶‘Why then did You bring me out of the womb?Would that I had perished and no eye had seen me!

ASV: Wherefore then hast thou brought me forth out of the womb? I had given up the ghost, and no eye had seen me.

BSB: Why then did You bring me from the womb?Oh, that I had died, and no eye had seen me!

DARBY: And wherefore didst thou bring me forth out of the womb? I had expired, and no eye had seen me.

DRA: Why didst thou bring me forth out of the womb: O that I had been consumed that eye might not see me!

KJV: Wherefore then hast thou brought me forth out of the womb? Oh that I had given up the ghost, and no eye had seen me!

Job 10:19

AMP: ‘I should have been as though I had not existed;[I should have been] carried from the womb to the grave.’

ASV: I should have been as though I had not been; I should have been carried from the womb to the grave.

BSB: If only I had never come to be,but had been carried from the womb to the grave.

DARBY: I should be as though I had not been; I should have been carried from the womb to the grave.

DRA: I should have been as if I had not been, carried from the womb to the grave.

KJV: I should have been as though I had not been; I should have been carried from the womb to the grave.

Job 10:20

AMP: “Would He not let my few days alone,Withdraw from me that I may have a little cheer

ASV: Are not my days few? cease then, And let me alone, that I may take comfort a little,

BSB: Are my days not few?Withdraw from me, that I may have a little comfort,

DARBY: Are not my days few? cease then and let me alone, that I may revive a little,

DRA: Shall not the fewness of my days be ended shortly? suffer me, therefore, that I may lament my sorrow a little:

KJV: Are not my days few? cease then, and let me alone, that I may take comfort a little,

Job 10:21

AMP: Before I go—and I shall not return—To the land of darkness and the deep shadow [of death],

ASV: Before I go whence I shall not return, [Even] to the land of darkness and of the shadow of death;

BSB: before I go — never to return —to a land of darkness and gloom,

DARBY: Before I go, and never to return, to the land of darkness and the shadow of death;

DRA: Before I go, and return no more, to a land that is dark and covered with the mist of death:

KJV: Before I go whence I shall not return, even to the land of darkness and the shadow of death;

Job 10:22

AMP: The [sunless] land of utter gloom as darkness itself,[The land] of the shadow of death, without order,And [where] it shines as [thick] darkness.”

ASV: The land dark as midnight, [The land] of the shadow of death, without any order, And where the light is as midnight.

BSB: to a land of utter darkness,of deep shadow and disorder,where even the light is like darkness.”

DARBY: A land of gloom, as darkness itself; of the shadow of death, without any order, where the light is as thick darkness.

DRA: A land of misery and darkness, where the shadow of death, and no order, but everlasting horror dwelleth.

KJV: A land of darkness, as darkness itself; and of the shadow of death, without any order, and where the light is as darkness.

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