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  23:1 ¶
Then Job answered and said, |
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23:1 ¶
Then Job°
answered°°
and said,°° |
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23:2
Yea, I know that pleading is out of my reach; and his hand has been made heavy upon my groaning. |
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23:2
Even°
to day°
[is] my complaint°
bitter:°
my stroke°
is heavier°°
than°
my groaning.° |
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23:3
Who would then know that I might find him, and come to an end [of the matter]? |
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23:3
Oh that°°°
I knew°°
where I might find°°
him! [that] I might come°°
[even] to°
his seat!° |
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23:4
And I would plead my own cause, and he would fill my mouth with arguments. |
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23:4
I would order°°
[my] cause°
before°
him, and fill°°
my mouth°
with arguments.° |
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23:5
And I would know the remedies which he would speak to me, and I would perceive what he would tell me. |
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23:5
I would know°°
the words°
[which] he would answer°°
me, and understand°°
what°
he would say°°
unto me. |
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23:6
Though he should come on me in [his] great strength, then he would not threaten me; |
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23:6
Will he plead°°
against°
me with [his] great°
power?°
No;°
but°
he°
would put°°
[strength] in me. |
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23:7
for truth and reproof are from him; and he would bring forth my judgment to an end. |
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23:7
There°
the righteous°
might dispute°°
with°
him; so should I be delivered°°
for ever°
from my judge.°°° |
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23:8
For if I shall go first, and exist no longer, still what do I know [concerning] the latter end? |
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23:8
Behold,°
I go°°
forward,°
but he [is] not°
[there]; and backward,°
but I cannot°
perceive°°
him: |
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23:9
When he wrought on the left hand, then I observed [it] not: his right hand shall encompass me but I shall not see [it]. |
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23:9
On the left hand,°
where he doth work,°°
but I cannot°
behold°°
[him]: he hideth°°
himself on the right hand,°
that I cannot°
see°°
[him]: |
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23:10
For he knows already my way; and he has tried me as gold. |
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23:10
But°
he knoweth°°
the way°
that I take:°
[when] he hath tried°°
me, I shall come forth°°
as gold.° |
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23:11
And I will go forth according to his commandments, for I have kept his ways; and I shall not turn aside from his commandments, |
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23:11
My foot°
hath held°°
his steps,°
his way°
have I kept,°°
and not°
declined.°° |
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23:12
neither shall I transgress; but I have hid his words in my bosom. |
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23:12
Neither°
have I gone back°°
from the commandment°
of his lips;°
I have esteemed°°
the words°
of his mouth°
more than my necessary°°
[food]. |
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23:13
And if too he has thus judged, who is he that has contradicted, for he has both willed [a thing] and done it. |
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23:13
But he°
[is] in one°
[mind], and who°
can turn°°
him? and [what] his soul°
desireth,°°
even [that] he doeth.°° |
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23:14
[Absent from Manuscript] |
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23:14
For°
he performeth°°
[the thing that is] appointed°
for me: and many°
such°
[things are] with°
him. |
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23:15
Therefore am I troubled at him; and when I was reproved, I thought of him. Therefore let me take good heed before him: I will consider, and be afraid of him. |
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23:15
Therefore°°
am I troubled°°
at his presence:°°
when I consider,°°
I am afraid°°
of°
him. |
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23:16
But the Lord has softened my heart, and the Almighty has troubled me. |
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23:16
For El°
maketh my heart°
soft,°°°
and Shaddai°
troubleth°°
me: |
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23:17
For I knew not that darkness would come upon me, and thick darkness has covered [me] before my face. |
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23:17
Because°
I was not°
cut off°°
before°°
the darkness,°
[neither] hath he covered°°
the darkness°
from my face.°° |
