Job 23
Svenska Folkbibeln 2015
Jobs svar på Elifas tredje tal
23 Då tog Job till orda och sade:
2 Också i dag är min klagan bitter.[a]
Min hand[b] vilar tungt
över mitt suckande.
3 (A) O, om jag visste
hur jag skulle finna honom,
hur jag kunde komma
till hans boning!
4 Jag skulle lägga fram
min sak inför honom,
fylla min mun med bevis.
5 Jag vill veta
vad han kan svara mig,
begrunda vad han har
att säga mig.
6 Skulle han bekämpa mig
med sin stora makt?
Nej, han skulle lyssna på mig.
7 En rättfärdig skulle då
vara hans motpart,
jag skulle för alltid
bli frikänd av min domare.
8 (B) Se, går jag mot öster
är han inte där,
går jag mot väster
finner jag honom inte.
9 Är han verksam i norr
skådar jag honom inte,
vänder han sig åt söder
ser jag honom inte.
10 (C) Han vet vilken väg jag har vandrat.
Prövar han mig
ska jag komma fram som guld.
11 (D) Min fot har hållit fast vid hans spår,
jag har följt hans väg utan att vika av.
12 (E) Jag har inte övergett
hans läppars bud,
hans muns ord är mig en större skatt
än mitt dagliga bröd.
13 (F) Men han är den ende,
vem kan stå honom emot?
Vad han vill, det gör han.
14 Han fullbordar
vad han beslutat om mig,
och mycket mer av samma slag.
15 (G) Därför bävar jag för hans ansikte,
när jag tänker på det
blir jag rädd för honom.
16 Gud har gjort mitt hjärta försagt,
den Allsmäktige
har fått mig att bäva,
17 (H) för jag fick inte förgås
innan mörkret kom,
han dolde inte den svarta natten
för mitt ansikte.
Job 23
English Standard Version
Job Replies: Where Is God?
23 Then Job answered and said:
2 “Today also my (A)complaint is bitter;[a]
my (B)hand is heavy on account of my groaning.
3 Oh, (C)that I knew where I might find him,
that I might come even to his (D)seat!
4 I would (E)lay my case before him
and fill my mouth with arguments.
5 I would know what he would answer me
and understand what he would say to me.
6 Would he (F)contend with me in the greatness of his power?
No; he would pay attention to me.
7 There an upright man could argue with him,
and I would be acquitted forever by my judge.
8 “Behold, (G)I go forward, but he is not there,
and backward, but I do not perceive him;
9 on the left hand when he is working, I do not behold him;
he turns to the right hand, but I do not see him.
10 But he (H)knows (I)the way that I (J)take;
when he has (K)tried me, I shall come out as gold.
11 My foot (L)has held fast to his steps;
I have kept his way and have (M)not turned aside.
12 I have not departed from the commandment of his lips;
I have (N)treasured the words of his mouth more than my (O)portion of food.
13 But he is unchangeable,[b] and (P)who can turn him back?
What he (Q)desires, that he does.
14 For he will complete what he (R)appoints for me,
and many such things are (S)in his mind.
15 Therefore I am terrified at his presence;
when I consider, I am in dread of him.
16 God has made my (T)heart faint;
the Almighty has terrified me;
17 yet I am not silenced because of the darkness,
nor because thick darkness covers my face.
Job 23
King James Version
23 Then Job answered and said,
2 Even 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 even to his seat!
4 I would order my cause before him, and fill my mouth with arguments.
5 I would know the words which he would answer me, and understand what he would say unto me.
6 Will he plead against me with his great power? No; but he would put strength in me.
7 There 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:
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:
10 But he knoweth the way that I take: when he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold.
11 My foot hath held his steps, his way have I kept, and not declined.
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.
13 But he is in one mind, and who can turn him? and what his soul desireth, even that he doeth.
14 For he performeth the thing that is appointed for me: and many such things are with him.
15 Therefore am I troubled at his presence: when I consider, I am afraid of him.
16 For God maketh my heart soft, and the Almighty troubleth me:
17 Because I was not cut off before the darkness, neither hath he covered the darkness from my face.
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