| King James Bible | New American Standard Bible 1995 |
| 1Then Job answered and said, | 1Then Job replied, |
| 2Even to day is my complaint bitter: my stroke is heavier than my groaning. | 2"Even today my complaint is rebellion; His hand is heavy despite my groaning. |
| 3Oh that I knew where I might find him! that I might come even to his seat! | 3"Oh that I knew where I might find Him, That I might come to His seat! |
| 4I would order my cause before him, and fill my mouth with arguments. | 4"I would present my case before Him And fill my mouth with arguments. |
| 5I would know the words which he would answer me, and understand what he would say unto me. | 5"I would learn the words which He would answer, And perceive what He would say to me. |
| 6Will he plead against me with his great power? No; but he would put strength in me. | 6"Would He contend with me by the greatness of His power? No, surely He would pay attention to me. |
| 7There the righteous might dispute with him; so should I be delivered for ever from my judge. | 7"There the upright would reason with Him; And I would be delivered forever from my Judge. |
| 8Behold, I go forward, but he is not there; and backward, but I cannot perceive him: | 8"Behold, I go forward but He is not there, And backward, but I cannot perceive Him; |
| 9On the left hand, where he doth work, but I cannot behold him: he hideth himself on the right hand, that I cannot see him: | 9When He acts on the left, I cannot behold Him; He turns on the right, I cannot see Him. |
| 10But he knoweth the way that I take: when he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold. | 10"But He knows the way I take; When He has tried me, I shall come forth as gold. |
| 11My foot hath held his steps, his way have I kept, and not declined. | 11"My foot has held fast to His path; I have kept His way and not turned aside. |
| 12Neither have I gone back from the commandment of his lips; I have esteemed the words of his mouth more than my necessary 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 in one mind, and who can turn him? and what his soul desireth, even that he doeth. | 13"But He is unique and who can turn Him? And what His soul desires, that He does. |
| 14For he performeth the thing that is appointed for me: and many such things are with him. | 14"For He performs what is appointed for me, And many such decrees are with Him. |
| 15Therefore am I troubled at his presence: when I consider, I am afraid of him. | 15"Therefore, I would be dismayed at His presence; When I consider, I am terrified of Him. |
| 16For God maketh my heart soft, and the Almighty troubleth me: | 16"It is God who has made my heart faint, And the Almighty who has dismayed me, |
| 17Because I was not cut off before the darkness, neither hath he covered the darkness from my face. | 17But I am not silenced by the darkness, Nor deep gloom which covers me. |
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