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Job 10 - Compare Translations

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Job 10:1
KJVMy soul is weary of my life; I will leave my complaint upon myself; I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.
WEB“My soul is weary of my life.
YLTMy soul hath been weary of my life, I leave off my talking to myself, I speak in the bitterness of my soul.
Job 10:2
KJVI will say unto God, Do not condemn me; shew me wherefore thou contendest with me.
WEBI will tell God, ‘Do not condemn me.
YLTI say unto God, `Do not condemn me, Let me know why Thou dost strive [with] me.
Job 10:3
KJVIs 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?
WEBIs it good to you that you should oppress,
YLTIs it good for Thee that Thou dost oppress? That Thou despisest the labour of Thy hands, And on the counsel of the wicked hast shone?
Job 10:4
KJVHast thou eyes of flesh? or seest thou as man seeth?
WEBDo you have eyes of flesh?
YLTEyes of flesh hast Thou? As man seeth -- seest Thou?
Job 10:5
KJVAre thy days as the days of man? are thy years as man's days,
WEBAre your days as the days of mortals,
YLTAs the days of man [are] Thy days? Thy years as the days of a man?
Job 10:6
KJVThat thou enquirest after mine iniquity, and searchest after my sin?
WEBthat you inquire after my iniquity,
YLTThat Thou inquirest for mine iniquity, And for my sin seekest?
Job 10:7
KJVThou knowest that I am not wicked; and there is none that can deliver out of thine hand.
WEBAlthough you know that I am not wicked,
YLTFor Thou knowest that I am not wicked, And there is no deliverer from Thy hand.
Job 10:8
KJVThine hands have made me and fashioned me together round about; yet thou dost destroy me.
WEB“‘Your hands have framed me and fashioned me altogether,
YLTThy hands have taken pains about me, And they make me together round about, And Thou swallowest me up!
Job 10:9
KJVRemember, I beseech thee, that thou hast made me as the clay; and wilt thou bring me into dust again?
WEBRemember, I beg you, that you have fashioned me as clay.
YLTRemember, I pray Thee, That as clay Thou hast made me, And unto dust Thou dost bring me back.
Job 10:10
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Job 10:11
KJVThou hast clothed me with skin and flesh, and hast fenced me with bones and sinews.
WEBYou have clothed me with skin and flesh,
YLTSkin and flesh Thou dost put on me, And with bones and sinews dost fence me.
Job 10:12
KJVThou hast granted me life and favour, and thy visitation hath preserved my spirit.
WEBYou have granted me life and loving kindness.
YLTLife and kindness Thou hast done with me. And Thy inspection hath preserved my spirit.
Job 10:13
KJVAnd these things hast thou hid in thine heart: I know that this is with thee.
WEBYet you hid these things in your heart.
YLTAnd these Thou hast laid up in Thy heart, I have known that this [is] with Thee.
Job 10:14
KJVIf I sin, then thou markest me, and thou wilt not acquit me from mine iniquity.
WEBif I sin, then you mark me.
YLTIf I sinned, then Thou hast observed me, And from mine iniquity dost not acquit me,
Job 10:15
KJVIf 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;
WEBIf I am wicked, woe to me.
YLTIf I have done wickedly -- wo to me, And righteously -- I lift not up my head, Full of shame -- then see my affliction,
Job 10:16
KJVFor it increaseth. Thou huntest me as a fierce lion: and again thou shewest thyself marvellous upon me.
WEBIf my head is held high, you hunt me like a lion.
YLTAnd it riseth -- as a lion Thou huntest me. And Thou turnest back -- Thou shewest Thyself wonderful in me.
Job 10:17
KJVThou renewest thy witnesses against me, and increasest thine indignation upon me; changes and war are against me.
WEBYou renew your witnesses against me,
YLTThou renewest Thy witnesses against me, And dost multiply Thine anger with me, Changes and warfare [are] with me.
Job 10:18
KJVWherefore then hast thou brought me forth out of the womb? Oh that I had given up the ghost, and no eye had seen me!
WEB“‘Why, then, have you brought me out of the womb?
YLTAnd why from the womb Hast Thou brought me forth? I expire, and the eye doth not see me.
Job 10:19
KJVI should have been as though I had not been; I should have been carried from the womb to the grave.
WEBI should have been as though I had not been.
YLTAs I had not been, I am, From the belly to the grave I am brought,
Job 10:20
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Job 10:21
KJVBefore I go whence I shall not return, even to the land of darkness and the shadow of death;
WEBbefore I go where I shall not return from,
YLTBefore I go, and return not, Unto a land of darkness and death-shade,
Job 10:22
KJVA land of darkness, as darkness itself; and of the shadow of death, without any order, and where the light is as darkness.
WEBthe land dark as midnight,
YLTA land of obscurity as thick darkness, Death-shade -- and no order, And the shining [is] as thick darkness.'
22 verses compared across 3 translations - KJV, WEB, YLT