Parallel Bible results for "job 23"

Job 23

1 respondens autem Iob dixit

1 Then Job answered and said:

2 nunc quoque in amaritudine est sermo meus et manus plagae meae adgravata est super gemitum meum

2 "Even today my complaint is bitter; My hand is listless because of my groaning.

3 quis mihi tribuat ut cognoscam et inveniam illum et veniam usque ad solium eius

3 Oh, that I knew where I might find Him, That I might come to His seat!

4 ponam coram eo iudicium et os meum replebo increpationibu

4 I would present my case before Him, And fill my mouth with arguments

5 ut sciam verba quae mihi respondeat et intellegam quid loquatur mihi

5 I would know the words which He would answer me, And understand what He would say to me.

6 nolo multa fortitudine contendat mecum nec magnitudinis suae mole me premat

6 Would He contend with me in His great power? No! But He would take note of me.

7 proponat aequitatem contra me et perveniat ad victoriam iudicium meum

7 There the upright could reason with Him, And I would be delivered forever from my Judge.

8 si ad orientem iero non apparet si ad occidentem non intellegam eum

8 "Look, I go forward, but He is not there, And backward, but I cannot perceive Him;

9 si ad sinistram quid agat non adprehendam eum si me vertam ad dextram non videbo illum

9 When He works on the left hand, I cannot behold Him; When He turns to the right hand, I cannot see Him.

10 ipse vero scit viam meam et probavit me quasi aurum quod per ignem transit

10 But He knows the way that I take; When He has tested me, I shall come forth as gold.

11 vestigia eius secutus est pes meus viam eius custodivi et non declinavi ex ea

11 My foot has held fast to His steps; I have kept His way and not turned aside.

12 a mandatis labiorum eius non recessi et in sinu meo abscondi verba oris eius

12 I have not departed from the commandment of His lips; I have treasured the words of His mouth More than my necessary food.

13 ipse enim solus est et nemo avertere potest cogitationem eius et anima eius quodcumque voluerit hoc facit

13 "But He is unique, and who can make Him change? And whatever His soul desires, that He does.

14 cum expleverit in me voluntatem suam et alia multa similia praesto sunt e

14 For He performs what is appointed for me, And many such things are with Him

15 et idcirco a facie eius turbatus sum et considerans eum timore sollicitor

15 Therefore I am terrified at His presence; When I consider this, I am afraid of Him.

16 Deus mollivit cor meum et Omnipotens conturbavit me

16 For God made my heart weak, And the Almighty terrifies me;

17 non enim perii propter inminentes tenebras nec faciem meam operuit caligo

17 Because I was not cut off from the presence of darkness, And He did not hide deep darkness from my face.

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