Job Longs for God 1 AKJV Then Job answered and said, BSB BSB: Then Job answered:
2 AKJV Even to day is my complaint bitter: my stroke is heavier than my groaning. BSB BSB: “Even today my complaint is bitter. His hand is heavy despite my groaning.
4 AKJV I would order my cause before him, and fill my mouth with arguments. BSB BSB: I would plead my case before Him and fill my mouth with arguments.
5 AKJV I would know the words which he would answer me, and understand what he would say to me. BSB BSB: I would learn how He would answer, and consider what He would say.
6 AKJV Will he plead against me with his great power? No; but he would put strength in me. BSB BSB: Would He contend with me in His great power? No, He would certainly take note of me.
7 AKJV There the righteous might dispute with him; so should I be delivered for ever from my judge. BSB BSB: Then an upright man could reason with Him, and I would be delivered forever from my Judge.
9 AKJV On the left hand, where he does work, but I cannot behold him: he hides himself on the right hand, that I cannot see him: BSB BSB: When He is at work in the north, I cannot behold Him; when He turns to the south, I cannot see Him.
10 AKJV But he knows the way that I take: when he has tried me, I shall come forth as gold. BSB BSB: Yet He knows the way I have taken; when He has tested me, I will come forth as gold.
11 AKJV My foot has held his steps, his way have I kept, and not declined. BSB BSB: My feet have followed in His tracks; I have kept His way without turning aside.
12 AKJV Neither have I gone back from the commandment of his lips; I have esteemed the words of his mouth more than my necessary food. BSB BSB: I have not departed from the command of His lips; I have treasured the words of His mouth more than my daily bread.
13 AKJV But he is in one mind, and who can turn him? and what his soul desires, even that he does. BSB BSB: But He is unchangeable, and who can oppose Him? He does what He desires.
14 AKJV For he performs the thing that is appointed for me: and many such things are with him. BSB BSB: For He carries out His decree against me, and He has many such plans.
15 AKJV Therefore am I troubled at his presence: when I consider, I am afraid of him. BSB BSB: Therefore I am terrified in His presence; when I consider this, I fear Him.
16 AKJV For God makes my heart soft, and the Almighty troubles me: BSB BSB: God has made my heart faint; the Almighty has terrified me.
17 AKJV Because I was not cut off before the darkness, neither has he covered the darkness from my face. BSB BSB: Yet I am not silenced by the darkness, by the thick darkness that covers my face.
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