| New American Standard Bible 1995 | King James Bible |
| 1Then Job replied, | 1Then Job answered and said, |
| 2"Even today my complaint is rebellion; His hand is heavy despite my groaning. | 2Even to day is my complaint bitter: my stroke is heavier than my groaning. |
| 3"Oh that I knew where I might find Him, That I might come to His seat! | 3Oh that I knew where I might find him! that I might come even to his seat! |
| 4"I would present my case before Him And fill my mouth with arguments. | 4I would order my cause before him, and fill my mouth with arguments. |
| 5"I would learn the words which He would answer, And perceive what He would say to me. | 5I would know the words which he would answer me, and understand what he would say unto me. |
| 6"Would He contend with me by the greatness of His power? No, surely He would pay attention to me. | 6Will he plead against me with his great power? No; but he would put strength in me. |
| 7"There the upright would reason with Him; And I would be delivered forever from my Judge. | 7There the righteous might dispute with him; so should I be delivered for ever from my judge. |
| 8"Behold, I go forward but He is not there, And backward, but I cannot perceive Him; | 8Behold, I go forward, but he is not there; and backward, but I cannot perceive him: |
| 9When He acts on the left, I cannot behold Him; He turns on the right, I cannot see Him. | 9On the left hand, where he doth work, but I cannot behold him: he hideth himself on the right hand, that I cannot see him: |
| 10"But He knows the way I take; When He has tried me, I shall come forth as gold. | 10But he knoweth the way that I take: when he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold. |
| 11"My foot has held fast to His path; I have kept His way and not turned aside. | 11My foot hath held his steps, his way have I kept, and not declined. |
| 12"I have not departed from the command of His lips; I have treasured the words of His mouth more than my necessary food. | 12Neither have I gone back from the commandment of his lips; I have esteemed the words of his mouth more than my necessary food. |
| 13"But He is unique and who can turn Him? And what His soul desires, that He does. | 13But he is in one mind, and who can turn him? and what his soul desireth, even that he doeth. |
| 14"For He performs what is appointed for me, And many such decrees are with Him. | 14For he performeth the thing that is appointed for me: and many such things are with him. |
| 15"Therefore, I would be dismayed at His presence; When I consider, I am terrified of Him. | 15Therefore am I troubled at his presence: when I consider, I am afraid of him. |
| 16"It is God who has made my heart faint, And the Almighty who has dismayed me, | 16For God maketh my heart soft, and the Almighty troubleth me: |
| 17But I am not silenced by the darkness, Nor deep gloom which covers me. | 17Because I was not cut off before the darkness, neither hath he covered the darkness from my face. |
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