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Job 23
New International Version
Job 23
New International Version
Job
23 Then Job replied:
2 “Even today my complaint(A) is bitter;(B)
his hand[a] is heavy in spite of[b] my groaning.(C)
3 If only I knew where to find him;
if only I could go to his dwelling!(D)
4 I would state my case(E) before him
and fill my mouth with arguments.(F)
5 I would find out what he would answer me,(G)
and consider what he would say to me.
6 Would he vigorously oppose me?(H)
No, he would not press charges against me.(I)
7 There the upright(J) can establish their innocence before him,(K)
and there I would be delivered forever from my judge.(L)
8 “But if I go to the east, he is not there;
if I go to the west, I do not find him.
9 When he is at work in the north, I do not see him;
when he turns to the south, I catch no glimpse of him.(M)
10 But he knows the way that I take;(N)
when he has tested me,(O) I will come forth as gold.(P)
11 My feet have closely followed his steps;(Q)
I have kept to his way without turning aside.(R)
12 I have not departed from the commands of his lips;(S)
I have treasured the words of his mouth more than my daily bread.(T)
13 “But he stands alone, and who can oppose him?(U)
He does whatever he pleases.(V)
14 He carries out his decree against me,
and many such plans he still has in store.(W)
15 That is why I am terrified before him;(X)
when I think of all this, I fear him.(Y)
16 God has made my heart faint;(Z)
the Almighty(AA) has terrified me.(AB)
17 Yet I am not silenced by the darkness,(AC)
by the thick darkness that covers my face.
Job 23
Svenska Folkbibeln
Job 23
Svenska Folkbibeln
Jobs svar på Elifas tredje tal
23 Då tog Job till orda och sade:
2 Också i dag är min klagan trotsig.
Min hand[a] vilar tungt över mitt suckande.
3 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 ville veta vad han kan svara mig,
begrunda vad han har att säga till mig.
6 Skulle han bekämpa mig med sin stora makt?
Nej, han skulle höra på mig.
7 En rättfärdig skulle då vara hans motpart,
jag skulle för alltid bli frikänd av min domare.
8 Se, går jag mot öster, är han inte där,
går jag mot väster, finner jag honom ej.
9 Är han verksam i norr, skådar jag honom inte,
vänder han sig åt söder, ser jag honom ej.
10 Han vet vilken väg jag har vandrat,
prövar han mig, skall jag komma ur prövningen som guld.
11 Min fot har hållit fast vid hans spår,
jag har följt hans väg utan att vika av.
12 Hans läppars bud har jag inte övergett,
hans muns ord är mig en större skatt än mitt dagliga bröd.
13 Men han är den ende,
vem kan stå honom emot?
Vad han vill, det gör han.
14 Han fullbordar vad han har beslutat om mig,
och mycket mer av samma slag.
15 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 ty jag fick inte förgås innan mörkret kom,
han dolde inte den svarta natten för mitt ansikte.
Footnotes
- Job 23:2 Min hand Septuaginta och den syriska översättningen: "Hans hand".
Iyov 23
Orthodox Jewish Bible
Iyov 23
Orthodox Jewish Bible
23 Then Iyov answered and said,
2 Even hayom (today) 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 techunah (abode)!
4 I would order my mishpat (cause) before Him, and fill my mouth with arguments.
5 I would know the words which He would answer me, and have binah of what He would say unto me.
6 Will He contend against me with His great koach? No, but He would pay heed to me.
7 There the yashar might dispute with Him; so should I be delivered forever from my Shofet (Judge).
8 Hen (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 yamin (on the right hand), that I cannot see Him;
10 But He knoweth the derech that I take; when He hath tried me, I shall come forth as zahav.
11 My regel hath held to His steps, over His way have I been shomer, and not turned aside.
12 Neither have I gone back from the mitzvah of His lips; I have treasured the words of His mouth more than my appointed portion.
13 But He stands alone, and who can turn Him? And what His nefesh desireth, even that He doeth.
14 For He accomplisheth the thing that is appointed for me; and rabbot (many) such things are with Him.
15 Al-ken (therefore) am I troubled at His presence; when I consider, I am afraid of Him.
16 For El maketh my lev dejected, and Shaddai troubleth me,
17 Because I was not cut off from before the choshech, neither hath He hidden deep darkness from my face.
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