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
New King James Version
Job Proclaims God’s Righteous Judgments
23 Then Job answered and said:
2 “Even today my (A)complaint is bitter;
[a]My hand is listless because of my groaning.
3 (B)Oh, that I knew where I might find Him,
That I might come to His seat!
4 I would present my case 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 to me.
6 (C)Would He contend with me in His great power?
No! But He would take note of me.
7 There the upright could reason with Him,
And I would be delivered forever from my Judge.
8 “Look,(D) I go forward, but He is not there,
And backward, but I cannot perceive Him;
9 When He works on the left hand, I cannot behold Him;
When He turns to the right hand, I cannot see Him.
10 But (E)He knows the way that I take;
When (F)He has tested me, I shall come forth as gold.
11 (G)My foot has held fast to His steps;
I have kept His way and not turned aside.
12 I have not departed from the (H)commandment of His lips;
(I)I have treasured the words of His mouth
More than my [b]necessary food.
13 “But He is unique, and who can make Him change?
And whatever (J)His soul desires, that He does.
14 For He performs what is (K)appointed for me,
And many such things are with Him.
15 Therefore I am terrified at His presence;
When I consider this, I am afraid of Him.
16 For God (L)made my heart weak,
And the Almighty terrifies me;
17 Because I was not (M)cut off [c]from the presence of darkness,
And He did not hide deep darkness from 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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