The Book of Job 23 |
The Young's Literal Translation Online Bible (YLT) |
Job 23:1 | And Job answereth and saith: |
Job 23:2 | Also to-day [is] my complaint bitter, My hand hath been heavy because of my sighing. |
Job 23:3 | O that I had known and I find Him, I come in unto His seat, |
Job 23:4 | I arrange before Him the cause, And my mouth fill [with] arguments. |
Job 23:5 | I know the words He doth answer me, And understand what He saith to me. |
Job 23:6 | In the abundance of power doth He strive with me? No! surely He putteth [it] in me. |
Job 23:7 | There the upright doth reason with Him, And I escape for ever from my judge. |
Job 23:8 | Lo, forward I go and He is not, And backward and I perceive him not. |
Job 23:9 | [To] the left in His working and I see not, He is covered [on] the right, and I behold not. |
Job 23:10 | For He hath known the way with me, He hath tried me as gold I go forth. |
Job 23:11 | On His step hath my foot laid hold, His way I have kept, and turn not aside, |
Job 23:12 | The command of His lips, and I depart not. Above my allotted portion I have laid up The sayings of His mouth. |
Job 23:13 | And He [is] in one [mind], And who doth turn Him back? And His soul hath desired and He doth [it]. |
Job 23:14 | For He doth complete my portion, And many such things [are] with Him. |
Job 23:15 | Therefore, from His presence I am troubled, I consider, and am afraid of Him. |
Job 23:16 | And God hath made my heart soft, And the Mighty hath troubled me. |
Job 23:17 | For I have not been cut off before darkness, And before me He covered thick darkness. |