1898 Young's Literal Translation (YLT)

Job 23

1 Job longeth to appear before God, 6 in confidence of his mercy. 8 God, who is invisible, observeth our ways. 11 Job's innocency. 13 God's decree is immutable.

 23:1 ¶ And Job answereth and saith:—

 23:2 Also—to-day [is] my complaint bitter, My hand hath been heavy because of my sighing.

 23:3 O that I had known—and I find Him, I come in unto His seat,

 23:4 I arrange before Him the cause, And my mouth fill [with] arguments.

 23:5 I know the words He doth answer me, And understand what He saith to me.

 23:6 In the abundance of power doth He strive with me? No! surely He putteth [it] in me.

 23:7 There the upright doth reason with Him, And I escape for ever from my judge.

 23:8 Lo, forward I go—and He is not, And backward—and I perceive him not.

 23:9 [To] the left in His working—and I see not, He is covered [on] the right, and I behold not.

 23:10 For He hath known the way with me, He hath tried me—as gold I go forth.

 23:11 On His step hath my foot laid hold, His way I have kept, and turn not aside,

 23:12 The command of His lips, and I depart not. Above my allotted portion I have laid up The sayings of His mouth.

 23:13 And He [is] in one [mind], And who doth turn Him back? And His soul hath desired—and He doth [it].

 23:14 For He doth complete my portion, And many such things [are] with Him.

 23:15 Therefore, from His presence I am troubled, I consider, and am afraid of Him.

 23:16 And God hath made my heart soft, And the Mighty hath troubled me.

 23:17 For I have not been cut off before darkness, And before me He covered thick darkness.