< Job 23 >

1 And Job made answer and said,
and to answer Job and to say
2 Even today my outcry is bitter; his hand is hard on my sorrow.
also [the] day rebellion complaint my hand my to honor: heavy upon sighing my
3 If only I had knowledge of where he might be seen, so that I might come even to his seat!
who? to give: if only! to know and to find him to come (in): come till place his
4 I would put my cause in order before him, and my mouth would be full of arguments.
to arrange to/for face: before his justice and lip my to fill argument
5 I would see what his answers would be, and have knowledge of what he would say to me.
to know speech to answer me and to understand what? to say to/for me
6 Would he make use of his great power to overcome me? No, but he would give attention to me.
in/on/with abundance strength to contend with me me not surely he/she/it to set: consider in/on/with me
7 There an upright man might put his cause before him; and I would be free for ever from my judge.
there upright to rebuke with him and to escape to/for perpetuity from to judge me
8 See, I go forward, but he is not there; and back, but I do not see him;
look! front: forward to go: went and nothing he and back and not to understand to/for him
9 I am looking for him on the left hand, but there is no sign of him; and turning to the right, I am not able to see him.
left in/on/with to make: do he and not to see to turn aside right and not to see: see
10 For he has knowledge of the way I take; after I have been tested I will come out like gold.
for to know way: conduct with me me to test me like/as gold to come out: come
11 My feet have gone in his steps; I have kept in his way, without turning to one side or to the other.
in/on/with step his to grasp foot my way: conduct his to keep: obey and not to stretch
12 I have never gone against the orders of his lips; the words of his mouth have been stored up in my heart.
commandment lips his and not to remove from statute: portion my to treasure word lip his
13 But his purpose is fixed and there is no changing it; and he gives effect to the desire of his soul.
and he/she/it in/on/with one and who? to return: turn back him and soul: myself his to desire and to make: do
14 For what has been ordered for me by him will be gone through to the end: and his mind is full of such designs.
for to complete statute: portion my and like/as them many with him
15 For this cause I am in fear before him, my thoughts of him overcome me.
upon so from face his to dismay to understand and to dread from him
16 For God has made my heart feeble, and my mind is troubled before the Ruler of all.
and God be tender heart my and Almighty to dismay me
17 For I am overcome by the dark, and by the black night which is covering my face.
for not to destroy from face: before darkness and from face my to cover darkness

< Job 23 >