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Job Says He Longs for God | ||||
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| 1 Then Job replied, | 1 Then Job answered and said, | 1 Then Job answered and said, | 1 Then Job answered, and said: | 1 And Job answereth and saith: -- | 2 "Even today my complaint is rebellion; His hand is heavy despite my groaning. | 2 Even to day is my complaint bitter: my stroke is heavier than my groaning. | 2 Even to-day is my complaint rebellious: My stroke is heavier than my groaning. | 2 Now also my words are in bitterness, and the hand of my scourge is more grievous than my mourning. | 2 Also -- to-day is my complaint bitter, My hand hath been heavy because of my sighing. | 3 "Oh that I knew where I might find Him, That I might come to His seat! | 3 Oh that I knew where I might find him! that I might come even to his seat! | 3 Oh that I knew where I might find him! That I might come even to his seat! | 3 Who will grant me that I might know and find him, and come even to his throne? | 3 O that I had known -- and I find Him, I come in unto His seat, | 4 "I would present my case before Him And fill my mouth with arguments. | 4 I would order my cause before him, and fill my mouth with arguments. | 4 I would set my cause in order before him, And fill my mouth with arguments. | 4 I would set judgment before him, and would fill my mouth with complaints. | 4 I arrange before Him the cause, And my mouth fill with arguments. | 5 "I would learn the words which He would answer, And perceive what He would say to me. | 5 I would know the words which he would answer me, and understand what he would say unto me. | 5 I would know the words which he would answer me, And understand what he would say unto me. | 5 That I might know the words that he would answer me, and understand what he would say to me. | 5 I know the words He doth answer me, And understand what He saith to me. | NASB | KJV | ASV | DRB | YLT |
| 6 "Would He contend with me by the greatness of His power? No, surely He would pay attention to me. | 6 Will he plead against me with his great power? No; but he would put strength in me. | 6 Would he contend with me in the greatness of his power? Nay; but he would give heed unto me. | 6 I would not that he should contend with me with much strength, nor overwhelm me with the weight of his greatness. | 6 In the abundance of power doth He strive with me? No! surely He putteth it in me. | 7 "There the upright would reason with Him; And I would be delivered forever from my Judge. | 7 There the righteous might dispute with him; so should I be delivered for ever from my judge. | 7 There the upright might reason with him; So should I be delivered for ever from my judge. | 7 Let him propose equity against me, and let my judgment come to victory. | 7 There the upright doth reason with Him, And I escape for ever from my judge. | 8 "Behold, I go forward but He is not there, And backward, but I cannot perceive Him; | 8 Behold, I go forward, but he is not there; and backward, but I cannot perceive him: | 8 Behold, I go forward, but he is not there ; And backward, but I cannot perceive him; | 8 But if I go to the east, he appeareth not; if to the west, I shall not understand him. | 8 Lo, forward I go -- and He is not, And backward -- and I perceive him not. | 9 When He acts on the left, I cannot behold Him; He turns on the right, I cannot 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: | 9 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. | 9 If to the left hand, what shall I do? I shall not take hold on him: if I turn myself to the right hand, I shall not see him. | 9 To the left in His working -- and I see not, He is covered on the right, and I behold not. | 10 "But He knows the way I take; When He has tried me, I shall come forth as gold. | 10 But he knoweth the way that I take: when he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold. | 10 But he knoweth the way that I take; When he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold. | 10 But he knoweth my way, and has tried me as gold that passeth through the fire: | 10 For He hath known the way with me, He hath tried me -- as gold I go forth. | NASB | KJV | ASV | DRB | YLT |
| 11 "My foot has held fast to His path; I have kept His way and not turned aside. | 11 My foot hath held his steps, his way have I kept, and not declined. | 11 My foot hath held fast to his steps; His way have I kept, and turned not aside. | 11 My foot hath followed his steps, I have kept his way, and have not declined from it. | 11 On His step hath my foot laid hold, His way I have kept, and turn not aside, | 12 "I have not departed from the command of His lips; I have treasured the words of His mouth more than my necessary food. | 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. | 12 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. | 12 I have not departed from the commandments of his lips, and the words of his mouth I have hid in my bosom. | 12 The command of His lips, and I depart not. Above my allotted portion I have laid up The sayings of His mouth. | 13 "But He is unique and who can turn Him? And what His soul desires, that He does. | 13 But he is in one mind, and who can turn him? and what his soul desireth, even that he doeth. | 13 But he is in one mind , and who can turn him? And what his soul desireth, even that he doeth. | 13 For he is alone, and no man can turn away his thought: and whatsoever is soul hath desired, that hath he done. | 13 And He is in one mind, And who doth turn Him back? And His soul hath desired -- and He doth it. | 14 "For He performs what is appointed for me, And many such decrees are with Him. | 14 For he performeth the thing that is appointed for me: and many such things are with him. | 14 For he performeth that which is appointed for me: And many such things are with him. | 14 And when he shall have fulfilled his will in me, many other like things are also at hand with him. | 14 For He doth complete my portion, And many such things are with Him. | 15 "Therefore, I would be dismayed at His presence; When I consider, I am terrified of Him. | 15 Therefore am I troubled at his presence: when I consider, I am afraid of him. | 15 Therefore am I terrified at his presence; When I consider, I am afraid of him. | 15 And therefore I am troubled at his presence, and when I consider him I am made pensive with fear. | 15 Therefore, from His presence I am troubled, I consider, and am afraid of Him. | NASB | KJV | ASV | DRB | YLT |
| 16 "It is God who has made my heart faint, And the Almighty who has dismayed me, | 16 For God maketh my heart soft, and the Almighty troubleth me: | 16 For God hath made my heart faint, And the Almighty hath terrified me; | 16 God hath softened my heart, and the Almighty hath troubled me. | 16 And God hath made my heart soft, And the Mighty hath troubled me. | 17 But I am not silenced by the darkness, Nor deep gloom which covers me. | 17 Because I was not cut off before the darkness, neither hath he covered the darkness from my face. | 17 Because I was not cut off before the darkness, Neither did he cover the thick darkness from my face. | 17 For I have not perished because of the darkness that hangs over me, neither hath the mist covered my face. | 17 For I have not been cut off before darkness, And before me He covered thick darkness. |
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