Interlinear Bible - Job 23

1 Then Job replied *,
r;ma{Y;w bw{Yia !;[;Y;w
2 "Even today my complaint is rebellion; His hand is heavy despite my groaning.
yit'x.n;a -l;[ h'd.b'K yid'y yixif yir.m ~w{Y;h -m;G
3 "Oh * that I knew where I might find Him, That I might come to His seat!
w{t'n.Wk.T<08499!> -d;[ aw{b'a .Whea'c.m,a.w yiT.[;d'y !eTIy -yim
4 "I would present my case before Him And fill my mouth with arguments
tw{x'kw{t aeL;m]a yip.W j'P.vim wy'n'p.l h'k.r,[,a
5 "I would learn the words which He would answer, And perceive what He would say to me.
r;ma{Y -h;m h'nyib'a.w yinen][;y ~yiLim h'[.dea ? yil
6 "Would He contend with me by the greatness of His power? No, surely He would pay attention to me.
~if'y a.Wh -.k;a a{l yid'Mi[ byir'y ;x{K -b'r.B;h ? yiB
7 "There the upright would reason with Him; And I would be delivered forever from my Judge.
yij.p{Vim x;c,n'l h'j.L;p]a;w w{Mi[ x'kw{n r'v'y ~'v
8 "Behold, I go forward but He is not there, And backward, but I cannot perceive Him;
!yib'a -a{l.w rw{x'a.w .WN,nyea.w .${l/h,a ~,d,q !eh ? w{l
9 When He acts on the left, I cannot behold Him; He turns on the right, I cannot see Him.
!yim'y @{j.[;y z;x'a -a{l.w w{t{f][;B lwa{m.f ? h,a.r,a a{l.w
10 "But He knows the way I take; When He has tried me, I shall come forth as gold.
aecea b'h'Z;K yin;n'x.B yid'Mi[ .$,r,D [;d'y -yiK
11 "My foot has held fast to His path; I have kept His way and not turned aside.
j'a -a{l.w yiT.r;m'v w{K.r;D yil.g;r h'z]x'a w{rUv]a;B
12 "I have not departed from the command of His lips; I have treasured the words of His mouth more than my necessary food.
yiT.n;p'c yiQUxem vyim'a a{l.w wy't'p.f t;w.cim ? wyip -yer.mia
13 "But He is unique and who can turn Him? And what His soul desires, that He does.
h't..Wia w{v.p;n.w .WN,byiv.y yim.W d'x,a.b a.Wh.w ? f;['Y;w
14 "For He performs what is appointed for me, And many such decrees are with Him
w{Mi[ tw{B;r h'Neh'k.w yiQUx ~yil.v;y yiK
15 "Therefore *, I would be dismayed at His presence; When I consider, I am terrified of Him.
d;x.p,a.w !enw{B.t,a leh'B,a wy'n'Pim !eK -l;[ ? .WN,Mim
16 "It is God who has made my heart faint, And the Almighty who has dismayed me,
yin'lyih.bih y;D;v.w yiBil .$;reh lea.w
17 But I am not silenced by the darkness, Nor deep gloom which covers me.
l,p{a -h'SiK y;n'Pim.W .$,v{x -yen.Pim yiT;m.cin a{l -yiK
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