My LORD’s BibleJob 23
1Then Job answered and said,
וַיַּעַן אִיֹּוב וַיֹּאמַר׃ (412)
2Even to day is my complaint bitter: my stroke is heavier than my groaning.
גַּם־הַיֹּום מְרִי שִׂחִי יָדִי כָּבְדָה עַל־אַנְחָתִי׃ (1296)
See also: Job 10:1, Job 7:11, Psalms 6:6, Psalms 32:4, Job 1:18, Job 3:10, Job 6:2-3, Job 6:3, Job 11:6, Job 34:37, Psalms 77:2-9, Jeremiah 45:3, Lamentations 3:19-20
3Oh that I knew where I might find him! that I might come even to his seat!
מִי־יִתֵּן יָדַעְתִּי וְאֶמְצָאֵהוּ אָבֹוא עַד־תְּכוּנָתֹו׃ (2119)
See also: Hebrews 7:25, Psalms 42:2, Isaiah 41:21, Job 16:21, Psalms 84:2, Isaiah 43:26, Job 13:3, Job 19:7, Job 31:35-37, Job 40:7, Jeremiah 14:7, Jeremiah 30:21, Hebrews 4:6, Genesis 18:28, Job 9:3, Job 9:32, Job 11:5, Job 23:15, Job 29:5, Job 33:6
4I would order my cause before him, and fill my mouth with arguments.
אֶעֶרְכָה לְפָנָיו מִשְׁפָּט וּפִי אֲמַלֵּא תֹוכָחֹות׃ (1909)
See also: Job 13:15, Job 13:18, Job 40:4, Daniel 9:18-19, Genesis 18:25-32, Genesis 32:12, Exodus 32:12-13, Numbers 14:13-19, Numbers 27:5, Joshua 7:8-9, Job 9:14, Job 33:5, Job 37:19, Job 38:2, Psalms 25:11, Psalms 43:1, Isaiah 43:26
5I would know the words which he would answer me, and understand what he would say unto me.
אֵדְעָה מִלִּים יַעֲנֵנִי וְאָבִינָה מַה־יֹּאמַר לִי׃ (800)
6Will he plead against me with his great power? No; but he would put strength in me.
הַבְּרָב־כֹּחַ יָרִיב עִמָּדִי לֹא אַךְ־הוּא יָשִׂם בִּי׃ (1009)
See also: Ephesians 3:16, Job 9:33-34, Job 13:21, Job 22:4, 2 Corinthians 12:9-10, Job 9:4, Job 9:19, Job 30:21, Job 40:9, Isaiah 27:4, Isaiah 27:8, Ezekiel 20:33, Ezekiel 20:35, Daniel 10:18, Psalms 138:3
7There the righteous might dispute with him; so should I be delivered for ever from my judge.
שָׁם יָשָׁר נֹוכָח עִמֹּו וַאֲפַלְּטָה לָנֶצַח מִשֹּׁפְטִי׃ (1798)
See also: Job 13:3, Job 31:28, Job 34:23, Isaiah 1:18, Luke 12:58, Romans 8:1, Judges 11:27, Job 9:14, Job 9:15, Job 32:1, Jeremiah 3:5, Jeremiah 12:1, Romans 3:19-22, Romans 8:33-34
8Behold, I go forward, but he is not there; and backward, but I cannot perceive him:
הֵן קֶדֶם אֶהֱלֹךְ וְאֵינֶנּוּ וְאָחֹור וְלֹא־אָבִין לֹו׃ (735)
See also: Job 9:11, Psalms 10:1, Job 42:5, Job 35:14, Psalms 139:5, 1 Timothy 6:16, Psalms 13:1-3, Psalms 13:2, Song of Solomon 3:1, Isaiah 45:15, Isaiah 50:10, Job 29:5, Job 34:29
9On the left hand, where he doth work, but I cannot behold him: he hideth himself on the right hand, that I cannot see him:
שְׂמֹאול בַּעֲשֹׂתֹו וְלֹא־אָחַז יַעְטֹף יָמִין וְלֹא אֶרְאֶה׃ (1731)
10But he knoweth the way that I take: when he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold.
כִּי־יָדַע דֶּרֶךְ עִמָּדִי בְּחָנַנִי כַּזָּהָב אֵצֵא׃ (708)
See also: James 1:12, 1 Peter 1:7, James 1:2-4, Job 13:15, Psalms 139:1-3, Zechariah 13:9, Psalms 66:10, Proverbs 17:3, Psalms 17:3, Isaiah 48:10, Hebrews 11:17, Psalms 1:6, Proverbs 4:18, Malachi 3:2-3, Deuteronomy 8:2, 2 Kings 20:3, Job 1:11-12, 2 Timothy 2:19, John 21:17, Job 2:5-6
11My foot hath held his steps, his way have I kept, and not declined.
בַּאֲשֻׁרֹו אָחֲזָה רַגְלִי דַּרְכֹּו שָׁמַרְתִּי וְלֹא־אָט׃ (2000)
See also: Psalms 37:23, Job 1:1, Job 4:6, Psalms 44:18, Psalms 119:20, Proverbs 4:5, Psalms 119:51, Job 1:8, Psalms 17:5, 2 Peter 2:20-22, Job 17:9, Psalms 37:31, Psalms 119:47, Psalms 125:5, Romans 2:7, Psalms 18:20-24, Luke 8:13-15, Acts 20:18-19, 2 Corinthians 1:12, 1 Kings 9:4
12Neither have I gone back from the commandment of his lips; I have esteemed the words of his mouth more than my necessary food.
מִצְוַת פָתָיו וְלֹא אָמִישׁ מֵחֻקִּי צָפַנְתִּי אִמְרֵי־פִיו׃ (2555)
See also: Jeremiah 15:16, Colossians 3:16, John 15:7, John 4:34, Matthew 6:11, Psalms 1:2, Psalms 119:11, Psalms 119:103, Romans 7:22, Psalms 19:9-10, Psalms 19:7, Job 22:22, Proverbs 30:8, John 4:32, John 8:31, Psalms 119:14, Psalms 119:127, Psalms 40:8, Revelation 10:9, Job 6:10
13But he is in one mind, and who can turn him? and what his soul desireth, even that he doeth.
וְהוּא בְאֶחָד וּמִי יְשִׁיבֶנּוּ וְנַפְשֹׁו אִוְּתָה וַיָּעַשׂ׃ (1707)
See also: Jeremiah 29:11, Proverbs 19:21, Psalms 115:3, Isaiah 14:27, Psalms 33:11, Isaiah 14:24, Job 42:2, Isaiah 46:10, Daniel 4:35, Job 12:14, Ecclesiastes 3:14, Isaiah 46:11, Numbers 23:19-20, Job 14:5, Psalms 135:6, Ecclesiastes 1:15, James 1:17, Job 9:12-13, Job 10:13, Job 34:29
14For he performeth the thing that is appointed for me: and many such things are with him.
כִּי יַשְׁלִים חֻקִּי וְכָהֵנָּה רַבֹּות עִמֹּו׃ (1348)
See also: 1 Thessalonians 3:3, 1 Thessalonians 5:9, Psalms 77:19, Psalms 97:2, Isaiah 40:27-28, Romans 11:33, Job 7:3, Micah 6:9, 1 Peter 2:8
15Therefore am I troubled at his presence: when I consider, I am afraid of him.
עַל־כֵּן מִפָּנָיו אֶבָּהֵל אֶתְבֹּונֵן וְאֶפְחַד מִמֶּנּוּ׃ (1138)
See also: John 14:1, Genesis 3:10, Psalms 119:120, Psalms 77:3, Exodus 14:24, Job 31:23, Genesis 45:3, 1 Chronicles 21:30, Job 9:34, Job 10:15, Job 23:3, Psalms 55:5, Habakkuk 3:16
16For God maketh my heart soft, and the Almighty troubleth me:
וְאֵל הֵרַךְ לִבִּי וְשַׁדַּי הִבְהִילָנִי׃ (736)
See also: Psalms 22:14, Job 27:2, Deuteronomy 20:3, Psalms 88:16, Isaiah 6:5, Ruth 1:20, Job 34:36, Isaiah 57:16, Joel 1:15, Jeremiah 51:46
17Because I was not cut off before the darkness, neither hath he covered the darkness from my face.
כִּי־לֹא נִצְמַתִּי מִפְּנֵי־חֹשֶׁךְ וּמִפָּנַי כִּסָּה־אֹפֶל׃ (1541)
See also: Job 19:8, Isaiah 57:1, 2 Kings 22:20, Job 30:26, Job 6:9, Job 15:22, Job 18:6, Job 18:18, Job 22:11