Parallel Bible results for "Job 23"

Job 23

1 Then Iyov answered:

1 Then Job replied:

2 "Today too my complaint is bitter; my hand is weighed down because of my groaning.

2 “Even today my complaint is bitter; his hand is heavy in spite of my groaning.

3 I wish I knew where I could find him; then I would go to where he is.

3 If only I knew where to find him; if only I could go to his dwelling!

4 I would state my case before him and fill my mouth with arguments

4 I would state my case before him and fill my mouth with arguments.

5 I would know his answering words and grasp what he would tell me.

5 I would find out what he would answer me, and consider what he would say to me.

6 Would he browbeat me with his great power? No, he would pay attention to me.

6 Would he vigorously oppose me? No, he would not press charges against me.

7 There an upright person could reason with him; thus I might be forever acquitted by my judge.

7 There the upright can establish their innocence before him, and there I would be delivered forever from my judge.

8 "If I head east, he isn't there; if I head west, I don't detect him,

8 “But if I go to the east, he is not there; if I go to the west, I do not find him.

9 if I turn north, I don't spot him; in the south he is veiled, and I still don't see him.

9 When he is at work in the north, I do not see him; when he turns to the south, I catch no glimpse of him.

10 Yet he knows the way I take; when he has tested me, I will come out like gold.

10 But he knows the way that I take; when he has tested me, I will come forth as gold.

11 My feet have stayed in his footsteps; I keep to his way without turning aside.

11 My feet have closely followed his steps; I have kept to his way without turning aside.

12 I don't withdraw from his lips' command; I treasure his words more than my daily food.

12 I have not departed from the commands of his lips; I have treasured the words of his mouth more than my daily bread.

13 "But he has no equal, so who can change him? What he desires, he does.

13 “But he stands alone, and who can oppose him? He does whatever he pleases.

14 He will accomplish what is decreed for me, and he has many plans like this

14 He carries out his decree against me, and many such plans he still has in store.

15 This is why I am terrified of him; the more I think about it, the more afraid I am -

15 That is why I am terrified before him; when I think of all this, I fear him.

16 God has undermined my courage; Shaddai frightens me.

16 God has made my heart faint; the Almighty has terrified me.

17 Yet I am not cut off by the darkness; he has protected me from the deepest gloom.

17 Yet I am not silenced by the darkness, by the thick darkness that covers my face.