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| Job 23:1 | And Job made answer and said, | Then Job answered and said, |
| Job 23:2 | Even today my outcry is bitter; his hand is hard on my sorrow. | Even to-day is my complaint rebellious: My stroke is heavier than my groaning. |
| Job 23:3 | If only I had knowledge of where he might be seen, so that I might come even to his seat! | Oh that I knew where I might find him! That I might come even to his seat! |
| Job 23:4 | I would put my cause in order before him, and my mouth would be full of arguments. | I would set my cause in order before him, And fill my mouth with arguments. |
| Job 23:5 | I would see what his answers would be, and have knowledge of what he would say to me. | I would know the words which he would answer me, And understand what he would say unto me. |
| Job 23:6 | Would he make use of his great power to overcome me? No, but he would give attention to me. | Would he contend with me in the greatness of his power? Nay; but he would give heed unto me. |
| Job 23:7 | There an upright man might put his cause before him; and I would be free for ever from my judge. | There the upright might reason with him; So should I be delivered for ever from my judge. |
| Job 23:8 | See, I go forward, but he is not there; and back, but I do not see him; | Behold, I go forward, but he is not [there]; And backward, but I cannot perceive him; |
| Job 23:9 | I am looking for him on the left hand, but there is no sign of him; and turning to the right, I am not able to see him. | On the left hand, when he doth work, but I cannot behold him; He hideth himself on the right hand, that I cannot see him. |
| Job 23:10 | For he has knowledge of the way I take; after I have been tested I will come out like gold. | But he knoweth the way that I take; When he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold. |
| Job 23:11 | My feet have gone in his steps; I have kept in his way, without turning to one side or to the other. | My foot hath held fast to his steps; His way have I kept, and turned not aside. |
| Job 23:12 | I have never gone against the orders of his lips; the words of his mouth have been stored up in my heart. | I have not gone back from the commandment of his lips; I have treasured up the words of his mouth more than my necessary food. |
| Job 23:13 | But his purpose is fixed and there is no changing it; and he gives effect to the desire of his soul. | But he is in one [mind], and who can turn him? And what his soul desireth, even that he doeth. |
| Job 23:14 | For what has been ordered for me by him will be gone through to the end: and his mind is full of such designs. | For he performeth that which is appointed for me: And many such things are with him. |
| Job 23:15 | For this cause I am in fear before him, my thoughts of him overcome me. | Therefore am I terrified at his presence; When I consider, I am afraid of him. |
| Job 23:16 | For God has made my heart feeble, and my mind is troubled before the Ruler of all. | For God hath made my heart faint, And the Almighty hath terrified me; |
| Job 23:17 | For I am overcome by the dark, and by the black night which is covering my face. | Because I was not cut off before the darkness, Neither did he cover the thick darkness from my face. |
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