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1 Job answered:
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Then Job answered:
2 Today my complaint is again bitter; my strength is weighed down because of my groaning.
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"Today also my complaint is bitter; his hand is heavy despite my groaning.
3 Oh, that I could know how to find him— come to his dwelling place;
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Oh, that I knew where I might find him, that I might come even to his dwelling!
4 I would lay out my case before him, fill my mouth with arguments,
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I would lay my case before him, and fill my mouth with arguments
5 know the words with which he would answer, understand what he would say to me.
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I would learn what he would answer me, and understand what he would say to me.
6 Would he contend with me through brute force? No, he would surely listen to me.
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Would he contend with me in the greatness of his power? No; but he would give heed to me.
7 There those who do the right thing can argue with him; I could escape from my judge forever.
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There an upright person could reason with him, and I should be acquitted forever by my judge.
8 Look, I go east; he's not there, west, and don't discover him;
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"If I go forward, he is not there; or backward, I cannot perceive him;
9 north in his activity, and I don't grasp him; he turns south, and I don't see.
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on the left he hides, and I cannot behold him; I turn to the right, but I cannot see him.
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