Job 23

Berean Standard Bible

Septuagint (Brenton Greek text, with Apocrypha)

1Then Job answered:

1Ὑπολαβὼν δὲ Ἰὼβ, λέγει,

2“Even today my complaint is bitter. His hand is heavy despite my groaning.

2Καὶ δὴ οἶδα ὅτι ἐκ χειρός μου ἡ ἔλεγξίς ἐστι, καὶ ἡ χεὶρ αὐτοῦ βαρεῖα γέγονεν ἐπʼ ἐμῷ στεναγμῷ.

3If only I knew where to find Him, so that I could go to His seat.

3Τίς δʼ ἄρα γνοίη, ὅτι εὕροιμι αὐτὸν, καὶ ἔλθοιμι εἰς τέλος;

4I would plead my case before Him and fill my mouth with arguments.

4Εἴποιμι δὲ ἐμαυτοῦ κρίμα, τὸ δὲ στόμα μου ἐμπλήσαι ἐλέγχων.

5I would learn how He would answer, and consider what He would say.

5Γνοίην δὲ ἰάματα ἅ μοι ἐρεῖ, αἰσθοίμην δὲ τίνα μοι ἀπαγγελεῖ.

6Would He contend with me in His great power? No, He would certainly take note of me.

6Καὶ ἐν πολλῇ ἰσχύϊ ἐπελεύσεταί μοι, εἶτα ἐν ἀπειλῇ μοι οὐ χρήσεται.

7Then an upright man could reason with Him, and I would be delivered forever from my Judge.

7Ἀλήθεια γὰρ καὶ ἔλεγχος παρʼ αὐτοῦ, ἐξαγάγοι δὲ εἰς τέλος τὸ κρίμα μου.

8If I go east, He is not there, and if I go west, I cannot find Him.

8Εἰ γὰρ πρῶτος πορεύσομαι, καὶ οὐκ ἔτι εἰμὶ, τὰ δὲ ἐπʼ ἐσχάτοις, τί οἶδα;

9When He is at work in the north, I cannot behold Him; when He turns to the south, I cannot see Him.

9Ἀριστερὰ ποιήσαντος αὐτοῦ καὶ οὐ κατέσχον, περιβαλεῖ δεξιὰ καὶ οὐκ ὄψομαι·

10Yet He knows the way I have taken; when He has tested me, I will come forth as gold.

10Οἶδε γὰρ ἤδη ὁδόν μου· διέκρινε δέ με ὥσπερ τὸ χρυσίον.

11My feet have followed in His tracks; I have kept His way without turning aside.

11Ἐξελεύσομαι δὲ ἐν ἐντάλμασιν αὐτοῦ, ὁδοὺς γὰρ αὐτοῦ ἐφύλαξα, καὶ οὐ μὴ ἐκκλίνω ἀπὸ ἐνταλμάτων αὐτοῦ,

12I have not departed from the command of His lips; I have treasured the words of His mouth more than my daily bread.

12καὶ οὐ μὴ παρέλθω, ἐν δὲ κόλπῳ μου ἔκρυψα ῥήματα αὐτοῦ.

13But He is unchangeable, and who can oppose Him? He does what He desires.

13Εἰ δὲ καὶ αὐτὸς ἔκρινεν οὕτως, τίς ἐστιν ὁ ἀντειπὼν αὐτῷ; ὁ γὰρ αὐτὸς ἠθέλησε, καὶ ἐποίησε.

14For He carries out His decree against me, and He has many such plans.

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15Therefore I am terrified in His presence; when I consider this, I fear Him.

15Διὰ τοῦτο ἐπʼ αὐτῷ ἐσπούδακα· νουθετούμενος δὲ, ἐφρόντισα αὐτοῦ. Ἐπὶ τούτῳ ἀπὸ προσώπου αὐτοῦ κατασπουδασθῶ· κατανοήσω, καὶ πτοηθήσομαι ἐξ αὐτοῦ.

16God has made my heart faint; the Almighty has terrified me.

16Κύριος δὲ ἐμαλάκυνε τὴν καρδίαν μου· ὁ δὲ παντοκράτωρ ἐσπούδασέ με.

17Yet I am not silenced by the darkness, by the thick darkness that covers my face.

17Οὐ γὰρ ᾔδειν ὅτι ἐπελεύσεταί μοι σκότος, πρὸ προσώπου δέ μου ἐκάλυψε γνόφος.

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