Job 23
Christian Standard Bible Anglicised
Job’s Reply to Eliphaz
23 Then Job answered:
2 Today also my complaint is bitter.[a](A)
His[b] hand is heavy despite my groaning.
3 If only I knew how to find him,
so that I could go to his throne.
4 I would plead my case before him(B)
and fill my mouth with arguments.
5 I would learn how[c] he would answer me;
and understand what he would say to me.
6 Would he prosecute(C) me forcefully?
No, he would certainly pay attention to me.
7 Then an upright man could reason(D) with him,
and I would escape from my Judge[d](E) for ever.
8 If I go east, he is not there,
and if I go west, I cannot perceive him.(F)
9 When he is at work to the north, I cannot see him;
when he turns south, I cannot find him.
10 Yet he knows the way I have taken;[e]
when he has tested me,(G) I will emerge as pure gold.
11 My feet have followed in his tracks;
I have kept to his way(H) and not turned aside.
12 I have not departed from the commands from his lips;
I have treasured[f] the words(I) from his mouth
more than my daily food.
13 But he is unchangeable; who can oppose him?
He does what he desires.(J)
14 He will certainly accomplish what he has decreed for me,
and he has many more things like these in mind.[g]
15 Therefore I am terrified(K) in his presence;
when I consider this, I am afraid of him.
16 God has made my heart faint;(L)
the Almighty has terrified me.
17 Yet I am not destroyed[h] by the darkness,(M)
by the thick darkness that covers my face.
约伯记 23
Chinese Union Version Modern Punctuation (Simplified)
约伯自言愿诣神陈述其冤
23 约伯回答说： 2 “如今我的哀告还算为悖逆，我的责罚比我的唉哼还重。 3 唯愿我能知道在哪里可以寻见神，能到他的台前， 4 我就在他面前将我的案件陈明，满口辩白。 5 我必知道他回答我的言语，明白他向我所说的话。 6 他岂用大能与我争辩吗？必不这样，他必理会我。 7 在他那里，正直人可以与他辩论，这样，我必永远脱离那审判我的。 8 只是我往前行，他不在那里；往后退，也不能见他。 9 他在左边行事，我却不能看见；在右边隐藏，我也不能见他。 10 然而他知道我所行的路，他试炼我之后，我必如精金。
自言守道弗违
11 “我脚追随他的步履，我谨守他的道，并不偏离。 12 他嘴唇的命令，我未曾背弃；我看重他口中的言语，过于我需用的饮食。 13 只是他心志已定，谁能使他转意呢？他心里所愿的，就行出来。 14 他向我所定的，就必做成。这类的事，他还有许多。 15 所以我在他面前惊惶，我思念这事，便惧怕他。 16 神使我丧胆，全能者使我惊惶。 17 我的恐惧不是因为黑暗，也不是因为幽暗蒙蔽我的脸。
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