Verse 6
Job 23:6
Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition
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I would not that he should contend with me with much strength, nor overwhelm me with the weight of his greatness.
Original Language Text
hebrew
הַ/בְּ/רָב כֹּ֭חַ יָרִ֣יב עִמָּדִ֑/י לֹ֥א אַךְ ה֝֗וּא יָשִׂ֥ם בִּֽ/י
English Translation
In abundance of power, he will contend with me; surely he will set his heart upon me.
AI translation from hebrew via gpt-4o-mini
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Chapter 23 Context
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Then Job answered, and said:
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Now also my words are in bitterness, and the hand of my scourge is more grievous than my mourning.
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Who will grant me that I might know and find him, and come even to his throne?
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I would set judgment before him, and would fill my mouth with complaints.
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That I might know the words that he would answer me, and understand what he would say to me.
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I would not that he should contend with me with much strength, nor overwhelm me with the weight of h...
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Let him propose equity against me, and let my judgment come to victory.
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But if I go to the east, he appeareth not; if to the west, I shall not understand him.
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If to the left hand, what shall I do? I shall not take hold on him: if I turn myself to the right ha...
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But he knoweth my way, and has tried me as gold that passeth through the fire:
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My foot hath followed his steps, I have kept his way, and have not declined from it.
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I have not departed from the commandments of his lips, and the words of his mouth I have hid in my b...
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For he is alone, and no man can turn away his thought: and whatsoever is soul hath desired, that hat...
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And when he shall have fulfilled his will in me, many other like things are also at hand with him.
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And therefore I am troubled at his presence, and when I consider him I am made pensive with fear.
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God (Elohim) hath softened my heart, and the Almighty hath troubled me.
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For I have not perished because of the darkness that hangs over me, neither hath the mist covered my...
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