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Job 23
Revised Geneva Translation
Job 23
Revised Geneva Translation
23 But Job answered, and said,
2 “Though my talk be in bitterness today, and my plague greater than my groaning,
3 “I wish that I knew how to find Him. I would enter into His place.
4 “I would plead the cause before Him and fill my mouth with arguments.
5 “I would know the Words He would answer me and would understand what He would say to me.
6 “Would He plead against me with His great power? No, He would surely acknowledge me.
7 “There the righteous might reason with Him. So I would be delivered forever from my Judge.
8 “Behold, if I go to the East, He is not there. If to the West, yet I cannot perceive Him.
9 “If to the North where He works, yet I cannot see Him. He will hide Himself in the South, and I cannot behold Him.
10 “But He knows my way, and tries me. I shall come forth like gold.
11 “My foot has followed His steps. I have kept His way, and have not declined.
12 “Nor have I departed from the Commandment of His Lips. I have treasured the Words of His Mouth more than my appointed food.
13 “Yet, He is One and who can turn Him? Yea, He does what His Mind desires.
14 “For He will perform that which is decreed for me. And many such things are with Him.
15 “Therefore, I am troubled at His presence. And in considering it, I am afraid of Him.
16 “For God has softened my heart. And the Almighty has terrified me.
17 “For I am not cut off in darkness. But He has hidden the darkness from my face.”
Giobbe 23
Conferenza Episcopale Italiana
Giobbe 23
Conferenza Episcopale Italiana
Dio è lontano e il male trionfa
23 Giobbe allora rispose:
2 Ancor oggi il mio lamento è amaro
e la sua mano grava sopra i miei gemiti.
3 Oh, potessi sapere dove trovarlo,
potessi arrivare fino al suo trono!
4 Esporrei davanti a lui la mia causa
e avrei piene le labbra di ragioni.
5 Verrei a sapere le parole che mi risponde
e capirei che cosa mi deve dire.
6 Con sfoggio di potenza discuterebbe con me?
Se almeno mi ascoltasse!
7 Allora un giusto discuterebbe con lui
e io per sempre sarei assolto dal mio giudice.
8 Ma se vado in avanti, egli non c'è,
se vado indietro, non lo sento.
9 A sinistra lo cerco e non lo scorgo,
mi volgo a destra e non lo vedo.
10 Poiché egli conosce la mia condotta,
se mi prova al crogiuolo, come oro puro io ne esco.
11 Alle sue orme si è attaccato il mio piede,
al suo cammino mi sono attenuto e non ho deviato;
12 dai comandi delle sue labbra non mi sono
allontanato,
nel cuore ho riposto i detti della sua bocca.
13 Se egli sceglie, chi lo farà cambiare?
Ciò che egli vuole, lo fa.
14 Compie, certo, il mio destino
e di simili piani ne ha molti.
15 Per questo davanti a lui sono atterrito,
ci penso e ho paura di lui.
16 Dio ha fiaccato il mio cuore,
l'Onnipotente mi ha atterrito;
17 non sono infatti perduto a causa della tenebra,
né a causa dell'oscurità che ricopre il mio volto.
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.
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