Job 23
Berean Standard BibleTranslation
Berean Standard Bible
Modern Hebrew Bible
1Then Job answered:
1ויען איוב ויאמר׃
2“Even today my complaint is bitter. His hand is heavy despite my groaning.
2גם היום מרי שחי ידי כבדה על אנחתי׃
3If only I knew where to find Him, so that I could go to His seat.
3מי יתן ידעתי ואמצאהו אבוא עד תכונתו׃
4I would plead my case before Him and fill my mouth with arguments.
4אערכה לפניו משפט ופי אמלא תוכחות׃
5I would learn how He would answer, and consider what He would say.
5אדעה מלים יענני ואבינה מה יאמר לי׃
6Would He contend with me in His great power? No, He would certainly take note of me.
6הברב כח יריב עמדי לא אך הוא ישם בי׃
7Then an upright man could reason with Him, and I would be delivered forever from my Judge.
7שם ישר נוכח עמו ואפלטה לנצח משפטי׃
8If I go east, He is not there, and if I go west, I cannot find Him.
8הן קדם אהלך ואיננו ואחור ולא אבין לו׃
9When He is at work in the north, I cannot behold Him; when He turns to the south, I cannot see Him.
9שמאול בעשתו ולא אחז יעטף ימין ולא אראה׃
10Yet He knows the way I have taken; when He has tested me, I will come forth as gold.
10כי ידע דרך עמדי בחנני כזהב אצא׃
11My feet have followed in His tracks; I have kept His way without turning aside.
11באשרו אחזה רגלי דרכו שמרתי ולא אט׃
12I have not departed from the command of His lips; I have treasured the words of His mouth more than my daily bread.
12מצות שפתיו ולא אמיש מחקי צפנתי אמרי פיו׃
13But He is unchangeable, and who can oppose Him? He does what He desires.
13והוא באחד ומי ישיבנו ונפשו אותה ויעש׃
14For He carries out His decree against me, and He has many such plans.
14כי ישלים חקי וכהנה רבות עמו׃
15Therefore I am terrified in His presence; when I consider this, I fear Him.
15על כן מפניו אבהל אתבונן ואפחד ממנו׃
16God has made my heart faint; the Almighty has terrified me.
16ואל הרך לבי ושדי הבהילני׃
17Yet I am not silenced by the darkness, by the thick darkness that covers my face.
17כי לא נצמתי מפני חשך ומפני כסה אפל׃
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