Job 23
Douay-Rheims Bible, American Edition (1899)Translation
Douay-Rheims Bible, American Edition (1899)
Modern Hebrew Bible
1Then Job answered, and said:
1ויען איוב ויאמר׃
2Now also my words are in bitterness, and the hand of my scourge is more grievous than my mourning.
2גם היום מרי שחי ידי כבדה על אנחתי׃
3Who will grant me that I might know and find him, and come even to his throne?
3מי יתן ידעתי ואמצאהו אבוא עד תכונתו׃
4I would set judgment before him, and would fill my mouth with complaints.
4אערכה לפניו משפט ופי אמלא תוכחות׃
5That I might know the words that he would answer me, and understand what he would say to me.
5אדעה מלים יענני ואבינה מה יאמר לי׃
6I would not that he should contend with me with much strength, nor overwhelm me with the weight of his greatness.
6הברב כח יריב עמדי לא אך הוא ישם בי׃
7Let him propose equity against me, and let my judgment come to victory.
7שם ישר נוכח עמו ואפלטה לנצח משפטי׃
8But if I go to the east, he appeareth not; if to the west, I shall not understand him.
8הן קדם אהלך ואיננו ואחור ולא אבין לו׃
9If to the left hand, what shall I do? I shall not take hold on him: if I turn myself to the right hand, I shall not see him.
9שמאול בעשתו ולא אחז יעטף ימין ולא אראה׃
10But he knoweth my way, and has tried me as gold that passeth through the fire:
10כי ידע דרך עמדי בחנני כזהב אצא׃
11My foot hath followed his steps, I have kept his way, and have not declined from it.
11באשרו אחזה רגלי דרכו שמרתי ולא אט׃
12I have not departed from the commandments of his lips, and the words of his mouth I have hid in my bosom.
12מצות שפתיו ולא אמיש מחקי צפנתי אמרי פיו׃
13For he is alone, and no man can turn away his thought: and whatsoever is soul hath desired, that hath he done.
13והוא באחד ומי ישיבנו ונפשו אותה ויעש׃
14And when he shall have fulfilled his will in me, many other like things are also at hand with him.
14כי ישלים חקי וכהנה רבות עמו׃
15And therefore I am troubled at his presence, and when I consider him I am made pensive with fear.
15על כן מפניו אבהל אתבונן ואפחד ממנו׃
16God hath softened my heart, and the Almighty hath troubled me.
16ואל הרך לבי ושדי הבהילני׃
17For I have not perished because of the darkness that hangs over me, neither hath the mist covered my face.
17כי לא נצמתי מפני חשך ומפני כסה אפל׃
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