Job 7 - Compare Translations
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Job 7:1
KJVIs there not an appointed time to man upon earth? are not his days also like the days of an hireling?
WEB“Isn’t a man forced to labor on earth?
YLTIs there not a warfare to man on earth? And as the days of an hireling his days?
Job 7:2
KJVAs a servant earnestly desireth the shadow, and as an hireling looketh for the reward of his work:
WEBAs a servant who earnestly desires the shadow,
YLTAs a servant desireth the shadow, And as a hireling expecteth his wage,
Job 7:3
KJVSo am I made to possess months of vanity, and wearisome nights are appointed to me.
WEBso am I made to possess months of misery,
YLTSo I have been caused to inherit months of vanity, And nights of misery they numbered to me.
Job 7:4
KJVWhen I lie down, I say, When shall I arise, and the night be gone? and I am full of tossings to and fro unto the dawning of the day.
WEBWhen I lie down, I say,
YLTIf I lay down then I said, `When do I rise!' And evening hath been measured, And I have been full of tossings till dawn.
Job 7:5
KJVMy flesh is clothed with worms and clods of dust; my skin is broken, and become loathsome.
WEBMy flesh is clothed with worms and clods of dust.
YLTClothed hath been my flesh [with] worms, And a clod of dust, My skin hath been shrivelled and is loathsome,
Job 7:6
KJVMy days are swifter than a weaver's shuttle, and are spent without hope.
WEBMy days are swifter than a weaver’s shuttle,
YLTMy days swifter than a weaving machine, And they are consumed without hope.
Job 7:7
KJVO remember that my life is wind: mine eye shall no more see good.
WEBOh remember that my life is a breath.
YLTRemember Thou that my life [is] a breath, Mine eye turneth not back to see good.
Job 7:8
KJVThe eye of him that hath seen me shall see me no more: thine eyes are upon me, and I am not.
WEBThe eye of him who sees me shall see me no more.
YLTThe eye of my beholder beholdeth me not. Thine eyes [are] upon me -- and I am not.
Job 7:9
KJVAs the cloud is consumed and vanisheth away: so he that goeth down to the grave shall come up no more.
WEBAs the cloud is consumed and vanishes away,
YLTConsumed hath been a cloud, and it goeth, So he who is going down to Sheol cometh not up.
Job 7:10
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Job 7:11
KJVTherefore I will not refrain my mouth; I will speak in the anguish of my spirit; I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.
WEB“Therefore I will not keep silent.
YLTAlso I -- I withhold not my mouth -- I speak in the distress of my spirit, I talk in the bitterness of my soul.
Job 7:12
KJVAm I a sea, or a whale, that thou settest a watch over me?
WEBAm I a sea, or a sea monster,
YLTA sea-[monster] am I, or a dragon, That thou settest over me a guard?
Job 7:13
KJVWhen I say, My bed shall comfort me, my couch shall ease my complaints;
WEBWhen I say, ‘My bed shall comfort me.
YLTWhen I said, `My bed doth comfort me,' He taketh away in my talking my couch.
Job 7:14
KJVThen thou scarest me with dreams, and terrifiest me through visions:
WEBthen you scare me with dreams,
YLTAnd thou hast affrighted me with dreams, And from visions thou terrifiest me,
Job 7:15
KJVSo that my soul chooseth strangling, and death rather than my life.
WEBso that my soul chooses strangling,
YLTAnd my soul chooseth strangling, Death rather than my bones.
Job 7:16
KJVI loathe it; I would not live alway: let me alone; for my days are vanity.
WEBI loathe my life.
YLTI have wasted away -- not to the age do I live. Cease from me, for my days [are] vanity.
Job 7:17
KJVWhat is man, that thou shouldest magnify him? and that thou shouldest set thine heart upon him?
WEBWhat is man, that you should magnify him,
YLTWhat [is] man that Thou dost magnify him? And that Thou settest unto him Thy heart?
Job 7:18
KJVAnd that thou shouldest visit him every morning, and try him every moment?
WEBthat you should visit him every morning,
YLTAnd inspectest him in the mornings, In the evenings dost try him?
Job 7:19
KJVHow long wilt thou not depart from me, nor let me alone till I swallow down my spittle?
WEBHow long will you not look away from me,
YLTHow long dost Thou not look from me? Thou dost not desist till I swallow my spittle.
Job 7:20
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Job 7:21
KJVAnd why dost thou not pardon my transgression, and take away my iniquity? for now shall I sleep in the dust; and thou shalt seek me in the morning, but I shall not be.
WEBWhy do you not pardon my disobedience, and take away my iniquity?
YLTThou dost not take away my transgression, And cause to pass away mine iniquity, Because now, for dust I lie down: And Thou hast sought me -- and I am not!
21 verses compared across 3 translations - KJV, WEB, YLT