Job 23 Parallel Bible Translations

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1 And Job will answer and say, Then Job answered and said: Then Job replied:
2 Also today is my complaint bitter: my hand heavy over my 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 Who will give, I knew to find him: I will come even to his place. 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 will arrange judgment before him, and I will fill the mouth with proofs. 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 shall know the words he will answer me, and I shall understand what he will 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 Will he contend with me in great power? No; but he will put in 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 There the upright one disputed with him; and I shall be delivered forever from 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 Behold, I shall go before, and he is not; and behind, I shall not understand for 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 The left hand in his working, and I shall not behold: he will cover himself on the right hand, and I shall not see. 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 For he knew the way with me: he tried me; I shall come forth 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 My foot laid hold upon his going, I watched his way and not softly. 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 From the command of his lips and I will not waver; from his law I hid the words of his mouth. 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 And he is in one, and who shall turn him back? and his soul desired, and he will 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 For he will finish my appointing: and many such with him. 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 For this I shall tremble from his face: I shall consider, and I shall be 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 relaxed my heart, and the Almighty caused me to tremble. God has made my heart faint; the Almighty has terrified me; God has made my heart faint; the Almighty has terrified me.
17 For I was not cut off from the face of darkness, and he covered misfortune from 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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