Job Longs for God 1 DBY And Job answered and said, BSB BSB: Then Job answered:
2 DBY 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 DBY I would order the 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 DBY I would know the words he would answer me, and understand what he would say unto me. BSB BSB: I would learn how He would answer, and consider what He would say.
6 DBY Would he plead against me with his great power? Nay; but he would give heed unto me. BSB BSB: Would He contend with me in His great power? No, He would certainly take note of me.
7 DBY There would an upright man reason with him; and I should 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 DBY On the left hand, where he doth work, but I behold him not; he hideth himself on the right hand, and I see him not. 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 DBY But he knoweth the way that I take; he trieth 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 DBY My foot hath held to his steps; his way have I kept, and not turned aside. BSB BSB: My feet have followed in His tracks; I have kept His way without turning aside.
12 DBY Neither have I gone back from the commandment of his lips; I have laid up the words of his mouth more than the purpose of my own heart. 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 DBY But he is in one mind , and who can turn him? And what his soul desireth, that will he do. BSB BSB: But He is unchangeable, and who can oppose Him? He does what He desires.
14 DBY For he will perform what 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 DBY Therefore am I troubled at his presence; I consider, and I am afraid of him. BSB BSB: Therefore I am terrified in His presence; when I consider this, I fear Him.
16 DBY For God hath made my heart soft, and the Almighty troubleth me; BSB BSB: God has made my heart faint; the Almighty has terrified me.
17 DBY Because I was not cut off before the darkness, neither hath he hidden the gloom from me. BSB BSB: Yet I am not silenced by the darkness, by the thick darkness that covers my face.
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