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