Job 23 Parallel Bible Translations

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1 Job's response was to say: Then Job answered and said: Then Job replied:
2 |I'm still complaining bitterly today; my hand is heavy because of groaning. “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 to find him, I would visit him where he has taken his seat. 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 lay out my case before him; and fill my mouth with 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 know how he would answer me; I understand what he'll tell 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 use his great power to fight me? No, he'll pay attention to 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 In that place, the upright can reason with him; and I'll be acquitted once and for all by my judge.| 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 |Look! If I go east, he isn't there! If I go to the west, I don't perceive 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 he's working in the north, I can't observe him; If he turns south, 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 Because he knows the road on which I travel, when he had tested me, I'll come out like 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 My feet stay where his footsteps lead; I kept on his pathway and haven't turned aside. 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 haven't wandered away from the commands that he has spoken; I've treasured what he has said more than my own meals.| 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 he is One—who can change him? He does whatever he wants to do. 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'll complete what he has planned for me; he has many things in mind for me! 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's why I'm terrified at his presence! When I think about 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 caused me to faint; the Almighty makes me terrified! God has made my heart faint; the Almighty has terrified me; God has made my heart faint; the Almighty has terrified me.
17 Nevertheless, I haven't been silenced because of the darkness, even when thick darkness obscures my vision.| 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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