Berean Study Bible | International Standard Version |
1Then Job answered: | 1Job's response was to say: |
2“Even today my complaint is bitter. His hand is heavy despite my groaning. | 2"I'm still complaining bitterly today; my hand is heavy because of groaning. |
3If only I knew where to find Him, so that I could go to His seat. | 3If only I knew where to find him, I would visit him where he has taken his seat. |
4I would plead my case before Him and fill my mouth with arguments. | 4I would lay out my case before him; and fill my mouth with arguments. |
5I would learn how He would answer, and consider what He would say. | 5I know how he would answer me; I understand what he'll tell me. |
6Would He contend with me in His great power? No, He would certainly take note of me. | 6"Would he use his great power to fight me? No, he'll pay attention to me. |
7Then an upright man could reason with Him, and I would be delivered forever from my Judge. | 7In that place, the upright can reason with him; and I'll be acquitted once and for all by my judge." |
8If I go east, He is not there, and if I go west, I cannot find Him. | 8"Look! If I go east, he isn't there! If I go to the west, I don't perceive him. |
9When He is at work in the north, I cannot behold Him; when He turns to the south, I cannot see Him. | 9If he's working in the north, I can't observe him; If he turns south, I can't see him. |
10Yet He knows the way I have taken; when He has tested me, I will come forth as gold. | 10Because he knows the road on which I travel, when he had tested me, I'll come out like gold. |
11My feet have followed in His tracks; I have kept His way without turning aside. | 11My feet stay where his footsteps lead; I kept on his pathway and haven't turned aside. |
12I have not departed from the command of His lips; I have treasured the words of His mouth more than my daily bread. | 12I haven't wandered away from the commands that he has spoken; I've treasured what he has said more than my own meals." |
13But He is unchangeable, and who can oppose Him? He does what He desires. | 13"But he is One—who can change him? He does whatever he wants to do. |
14For He carries out His decree against me, and He has many such plans. | 14He'll complete what he has planned for me; he has many things in mind for me! |
15Therefore I am terrified in His presence; when I consider this, I fear Him. | 15That's why I'm terrified at his presence! When I think about it, I'm afraid of him. |
16God has made my heart faint; the Almighty has terrified me. | 16God has caused me to faint; the Almighty makes me terrified! |
17Yet I am not silenced by the darkness, by the thick darkness that covers my face. | 17Nevertheless, I haven't been silenced because of the darkness, even when thick darkness obscures my vision." |
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