Job Longs for God 1 WBS Then Job answered and said, BSB BSB: Then Job answered:
2 WBS 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 WBS 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 WBS 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 WBS Would 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 WBS 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 WBS 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 : 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 WBS But he knoweth the way that I take: when he hath 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 WBS My foot hath 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 WBS 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 WBS But he is in one mind , and who can turn him? and what his soul desireth, even that he doeth. BSB BSB: But He is unchangeable, and who can oppose Him? He does what He desires.
14 WBS For he performeth 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 WBS 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 WBS For God maketh my heart soft, and the Almighty troubleth me: BSB BSB: God has made my heart faint; the Almighty has terrified me.
17 WBS Because I was not cut off before the darkness, neither hath 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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