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| 1Then Job answered and said: | 1Job's response was to say: |
| 2“Today also my complaint is bitter; my hand is heavy on account of my groaning. | 2"I'm still complaining bitterly today; my hand is heavy because of groaning. |
| 3Oh, that I knew where I might find him, that I might come even to his seat! | 3If only I knew where to find him, I would visit him where he has taken his seat. |
| 4I would lay 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 know what he would answer me and understand what he would say to me. | 5I know how he would answer me; I understand what he'll tell me. |
| 6Would he contend with me in the greatness of his power? No; he would pay attention to me. | 6"Would he use his great power to fight me? No, he'll pay attention to me. |
| 7There an upright man could argue with him, and I would be acquitted forever by my judge. | 7In that place, the upright can reason with him; and I'll be acquitted once and for all by my judge." |
| 8“Behold, I go forward, but he is not there, and backward, but I do not perceive him; | 8"Look! If I go east, he isn't there! If I go to the west, I don't perceive him. |
| 9on the left hand when he is working, I do not behold him; he turns to the right hand, but I do not see him. | 9If he's working in the north, I can't observe him; If he turns south, I can't see him. |
| 10But he knows the way that I take; when he has tried me, I shall come out as gold. | 10Because he knows the road on which I travel, when he had tested me, I'll come out like gold. |
| 11My foot has held fast to his steps; I have kept his way and have not turned aside. | 11My feet stay where his footsteps lead; I kept on his pathway and haven't turned aside. |
| 12I have not departed from the commandment of his lips; I have treasured the words of his mouth more than my portion of food. | 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 turn him back? What he desires, that he does. | 13"But he is One—who can change him? He does whatever he wants to do. |
| 14For he will complete what he appoints for me, and many such things are in his mind. | 14He'll complete what he has planned for me; he has many things in mind for me! |
| 15Therefore I am terrified at his presence; when I consider, I am in dread of 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 because of the darkness, nor because thick darkness covers my face. | 17Nevertheless, I haven't been silenced because of the darkness, even when thick darkness obscures my vision." |
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