Job 23 Parallel Bible Translations

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Bishops' Bible of 1568
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1 Iob aunswered, & said: Then Job answered and said: Then Job replied:
2 Though my talke be this day in bitternesse, and my plague greater then my groning. “Today also my complaint is bitter; my hand is heavy on account of my groaning. “Even today my complaint is bitter; his hand is heavy in spite of my groaning.
3 O that I might know him, and finde him, and that I might come before his seate: Oh, that I knew where I might find him, that I might come even to his seat! If only I knew where to find him; if only I could go to his dwelling!
4 I woulde pleade my cause before hym, and fill my mouth with argumentes: I would lay my case before him and fill my mouth with arguments. I would state my case before him and fill my mouth with arguments.
5 I woulde knowe what aunswere he woulde geue me, and vnderstande what he woulde say vnto me. I would know what he would answer me and understand what he would say to me. I would find out what he would answer me, and consider what he would say to me.
6 Will he pleade against me with his great power? No, but he will make me the stronger. Would he contend with me in the greatness of his power? No; he would pay attention to me. Would he vigorously oppose me? No, he would not press charges against me.
7 There the righteous might dispute with him, so shoulde I be deliuered for euer from my iudge. There an upright man could argue with him, and I would be acquitted forever by my judge. There the upright can establish their innocence before him, and there I would be delivered forever from my judge.
8 Behold, though I go forwarde I find him not: If I go backwarde, I can get no knowledge of hym: “Behold, I go forward, but he is not there, and backward, but I do not perceive him; “But if I go to the east, he is not there; if I go to the west, I do not find him.
9 If I go on the left side where he doth his worke, I can not attayne vnto him: Againe, if I go on the right side, he hydeth him selfe that I can not see hym. on the left hand when he is working, I do not behold him; he turns to the right hand, but I do not see him. When he is at work in the north, I do not see him; when he turns to the south, I catch no glimpse of him.
10 But as for my way, he knoweth it, and tryeth me, that as the gold I may come foorth. But he knows the way that I take; when he has tried me, I shall come out as gold. But he knows the way that I take; when he has tested me, I will come forth as gold.
11 My foote doth kepe his path, his hie way haue I holden, and will not go out of it. My foot has held fast to his steps; I have kept his way and have not turned aside. My feet have closely followed his steps; I have kept to his way without turning aside.
12 I will not forsake the commaundement of his lippes, I haue esteemed the wordes of his mouth more then myne appoynted foode. I have not departed from the commandment of his lips; I have treasured the words of his mouth more than my portion of food. I have not departed from the commands of his lips; I have treasured the words of his mouth more than my daily bread.
13 He is still at one poynt, and who can turne him? he doth as him listeth, and bringeth to passe what he will. But he is unchangeable, and who can turn him back? What he desires, that he does. “But he stands alone, and who can oppose him? He does whatever he pleases.
14 He perfourmeth the thing that is appoynted for me, and many such thinges doth he. For he will complete what he appoints for me, and many such things are in his mind. He carries out his decree against me, and many such plans he still has in store.
15 This is the cause that I shrinke at his presence, so that when I consider him, I am afrayde of hym. Therefore I am terrified at his presence; when I consider, I am in dread of him. That is why I am terrified before him; when I think of all this, I fear him.
16 For God maketh my heart softe, and the almightie putteth me in feare. God has made my heart faint; the Almighty has terrified me; God has made my heart faint; the Almighty has terrified me.
17 Because I am not cut of before the darkenesse, neither hath he couered the cloude fro my face. yet I am not silenced because of the darkness, nor because thick darkness covers my face. Yet I am not silenced by the darkness, by the thick darkness that covers my face.
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