Then Job answered :
Then Job answered and
said,
Translation comparison
Job 23
17 aligned verses; 17 with wording or punctuation differences .
Verse
BSB
Berean Standard Bible
ASV
American Standard Version
“
Even today
my complaint is
bitter.
His
hand
is heavy
despite
my groaning.
Even to-day
is
my complaint rebellious:
My
stroke
is heavier
than
my groaning.
If
only
I knew where to
find Him ,
so
that I could
go
to His seat .
Oh
that
I knew where I
might
find him !
That I might
come
even
to his seat !
I would plead
my case
before Him and fill my mouth with arguments.
I would set
my cause
in
order
before him ,
And fill my mouth with arguments.
I would learn
how
He would answer, and consider
what He would say.
I would know
the
words
which
he would answer me
, And understand
what he would say unto
me
.
Would He contend with me in His great
power? No,
He would certainly
take
note
of
me.
Would he contend with me in the
greatness
of
his power? Nay;
but
he would give
heed
unto
me.
Then
an
upright man
could
reason with Him ,
and
I would
be delivered forever
from my Judge.
There
the
upright might
reason with him ;
So
should
I be delivered for
ever
from my judge.
If
I go east
, He is not there ,
and if
I
go
west
, I cannot find
Him .
Behold,
I go forward
, but
he is not `
there ';
And backward
, but
I cannot perceive
him ;
When He is
at
work in
the
north
, I cannot behold Him; when
He turns
to
the south
, I cannot see Him.
On
the
left
hand,
when he doth
work, but
I cannot behold him; He hideth
himself
on
the right
hand
, that
I cannot see him.
Yet
He knows
the way I have
taken
; when He has
tested
me, I will
come forth as gold.
But
he knoweth
the way that
I take
; When he hath
tried
me, I shall
come forth as gold.
My feet
have
followed
in
His tracks
; I
have
kept
His way without
turning
aside.
My foot
hath
held
fast
to
his steps
; His way have
I
kept,
and
turned
not
aside.
I have not departed
from the command
of His lips; I have treasured the words of His mouth more than my daily
bread
.
I have not gone
back
from the commandment
of his lips; I have treasured up
the words of his mouth more than my necessary
food
.
But He is unchangeable
, and who can oppose
Him? He
does
what He desires
.
But he is in
one
`mind'
, and who can turn
him? And
what his
soul
desireth,
even
that
he doeth
.
For He carries
out
His
decree
against
me ,
and He
has
many such plans
.
For he performeth
that
which
is
appointed
for
me :
And many such things
are
with
him
.
Therefore I
am terrified in
His presence; when I consider this
, I fear
Him.
Therefore am I
terrified at
his presence; When I consider, I am
afraid
of
him.
God has
made my heart faint ;
the Almighty has
terrified me .
For
God hath
made my heart faint ,
And
the Almighty hath
terrified me ;
Yet
I am
not silenced
by
the darkness, by
the thick darkness that
covers
my face.
Because
I was
not cut
off
before
the darkness, Neither
did
he
cover
the thick darkness from
my face.
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