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  23:1 ¶
Then
´Iyyôv
אִיּוֹב°
answered°°
and said,°° |
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23:1 ¶
Then Iyyov answered and said, |
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23:2
Even°
to day°
[is] my complaint°
bitter:°
my stroke°
is heavier°°
than°
my groaning.° |
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23:2
Even to day [is] my complaint bitter: my stroke is heavier than my groaning. |
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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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23:3
Oh that I knew where I might find him! [that] I might come [even] to his seat! |
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23:4
I would order°°
[my] cause°
before°
him, and 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
I would know°°
the words°
[which] he would answer°°
me, and understand°°
what°
he would say°°
unto 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
Will he plead°°
against°
me with [his] great°
power?°
No;°
but°
he°
would put°°
[strength] in 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
There°
the righteous°
might dispute°°
with°
him; so should I be delivered°°
for ever°
from my judge.°°° |
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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
Behold,°
I go°°
forward,°
but he [is] not°
[there]; and backward,°
but I cannot°
perceive°°
him: |
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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
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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23:9
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
But°
he knoweth°°
the way°
that I take:°
[when] he hath tried°°
me, I shall come forth°°
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
My foot°
hath held°°
his steps,°
his way°
have I kept,°°
and not°
declined.°° |
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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°
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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23:12
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
But he°
[is] in one°
[mind], and who°
can turn°°
him? and [what] his soul°
desireth,°°
even [that] he doeth.°° |
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23:13
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
For°
he performeth°°
[the thing that is] appointed°
for me: and many°
such°
[things are] with°
him. |
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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 his presence:°°
when I consider,°°
I am 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
For
´Ël
אֵל°
maketh my heart°
soft,°°°
and
Šadday
שַׁדַּי°
troubleth°°
me: |
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23:16
For El maketh my heart soft, and Shadday troubleth me: |
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23:17
Because°
I was not°
cut off°°
before°°
the darkness,°
[neither] hath he covered°°
the darkness°
from 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. |
