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  23:1 ¶
Then
´Iyyôv
אִיּוֹבº
answeredºº
and said,ºº |
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23:1 ¶
Then Iyyov answered and said, |
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23:2
Evenº
to dayº
[is] my complaintº
bitter:º
my strokeº
is heavierºº
thanº
my groaning.º |
23:2
Even to day [is] my complaint bitter: my stroke is heavier than my groaning. |
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23:3
Oh thatººº
I knewºº
where I might findºº
him! [that] I might comeºº
[even] toº
his seat!º |
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 orderºº
[my] causeº
beforeº
him, and fillºº
my mouthº
with arguments.º |
23:4
I would order [my] cause before him, and fill my mouth with arguments. |
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23:5
I would knowºº
the wordsº
[which] he would answerºº
me, and understandºº
whatº
he would sayºº
unto me. |
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 pleadºº
againstº
me with [his] greatº
power?º
No;º
butº
heº
would putºº
[strength] in me. |
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
Thereº
the righteousº
might disputeºº
withº
him; so should I be deliveredºº
for everº
from my judge.ººº |
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,º
I goºº
forward,º
but he [is] notº
[there]; and backward,º
but I cannotº
perceiveºº
him: |
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,º
where he doth work,ºº
but I cannotº
beholdºº
[him]: he hidethºº
himself on the right hand,º
that I cannotº
seeºº
[him]: |
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
Butº
he knowethºº
the wayº
that I take:º
[when] he hath triedºº
me, I shall come forthºº
as gold.º |
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 footº
hath heldºº
his steps,º
his wayº
have I kept,ºº
and notº
declined.ºº |
23:11
My foot hath held his steps, his way have I kept, and not declined. |
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23:12
Neitherº
have I gone backºº
from the commandmentº
of his lips;º
I have esteemedºº
the wordsº
of his mouthº
more than my necessaryºº
[food]. |
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 heº
[is] in oneº
[mind], and whoº
can turnºº
him? and [what] his soulº
desireth,ºº
even [that] he doeth.ºº |
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
Forº
he performethºº
[the thing that is] appointedº
for me: and manyº
suchº
[things are] withº
him. |
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
Thereforeºº
am I troubledºº
at his presence:ºº
when I consider,ºº
I am afraidºº
ofº
him. |
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
אֵלº
maketh my heartº
soft,ººº
and
Šadday
שַׁדַּיº
troublethºº
me: |
23:16
For El maketh my heart soft, and Shadday troubleth me: |
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23:17
Becauseº
I was notº
cut offºº
beforeºº
the darkness,º
[neither] hath he coveredºº
the darknessº
from my face.ºº |
23:17
Because I was not cut off before the darkness, [neither] hath he covered the darkness from my face. |
