Job 23 Parallel Bible Translations

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1 Then Job replied [to his friends], Then Job answered and said: Then Job replied:
2 |My complaint is bitter again today. I try hard to control my sighing. “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 |If only I knew where I could find God! I would go where he lives. 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 would present [my] case to him. I would have a mouthful of arguments. 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 want to know the words he would use to answer me. I want to understand the things he would say to 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 Would he sue me and hide behind great legal maneuvers? No, he certainly would press charges against me. 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 Then decent people could argue with him, and I would escape my judgment forever. 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 However, if I go east, he isn't there. If I go west, I can't find him. “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 northward, where he is at work, I can't observe him. If I turn southward, I can't see him. 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 [I can't find him] because he knows the road I take. When he tests me, I'll come out as pure as gold. 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 I have followed his footsteps closely. I have stayed on his path and did not turn from 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 have not left his commands behind. I have treasured his words in my heart. 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 |But God is one of a kind. Who can make him change his mind? He does whatever he wants! 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 will carry out [his] orders concerning me as he does with so many other things. 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 That is why I'm terrified of him. When I think of it, I'm afraid of him. 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 God has discouraged me. The Almighty has filled me with terror. God has made my heart faint; the Almighty has terrified me; God has made my heart faint; the Almighty has terrified me.
17 But I am not silenced by the dark or by the thick darkness that covers 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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