| Holman Christian Standard Bible | New American Standard Bible 1995 |
| 1Then Job answered: | 1Then Job replied, |
| 2Today also my complaint is bitter. His hand is heavy despite my groaning. | 2"Even today my complaint is rebellion; His hand is heavy despite my groaning. |
| 3If only I knew how to find Him, so that I could go to His throne. | 3"Oh that I knew where I might find Him, That I might come to His seat! |
| 4I would plead my case before Him and fill my mouth with arguments. | 4"I would present my case before Him And fill my mouth with arguments. |
| 5I would learn how He would answer me; and understand what He would say to me. | 5"I would learn the words which He would answer, And perceive what He would say to me. |
| 6Would He prosecute me forcefully? No, He will certainly pay attention to me. | 6"Would He contend with me by the greatness of His power? No, surely He would pay attention to me. |
| 7Then an upright man could reason with Him, and I would escape from my Judge forever. | 7"There the upright would reason with Him; And I would be delivered forever from my Judge. |
| 8If I go east, He is not there, and if I go west, I cannot perceive Him. | 8"Behold, I go forward but He is not there, And backward, but I cannot perceive Him; |
| 9When He is at work to the north, I cannot see Him; when He turns south, I cannot find Him. | 9When He acts on the left, I cannot behold Him; He turns on the right, I cannot see Him. |
| 10Yet He knows the way I have taken; when He has tested me, I will emerge as pure gold. | 10"But He knows the way I take; When He has tried me, I shall come forth as gold. |
| 11My feet have followed in His tracks; I have kept to His way and not turned aside. | 11"My foot has held fast to His path; I have kept His way and not turned aside. |
| 12I have not departed from the commands of His lips; I have treasured the words of His mouth more than my daily food. | 12"I have not departed from the command of His lips; I have treasured the words of His mouth more than my necessary food. |
| 13But He is unchangeable; who can oppose Him? He does what He desires. | 13"But He is unique and who can turn Him? And what His soul desires, that He does. |
| 14He will certainly accomplish what He has decreed for me, and He has many more things like these in mind. | 14"For He performs what is appointed for me, And many such decrees are with Him. |
| 15Therefore I am terrified in His presence; when I consider this, I am afraid of Him. | 15"Therefore, I would be dismayed at His presence; When I consider, I am terrified of Him. |
| 16God has made my heart faint; the Almighty has terrified me. | 16"It is God who has made my heart faint, And the Almighty who has dismayed me, |
| 17Yet I am not destroyed by the darkness, by the thick darkness that covers my face. | 17But I am not silenced by the darkness, Nor deep gloom which covers me. |
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