Verse 1
Job 23:1
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Job replied,
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/יַּ֥עַן אִיּ֗וֹב וַ/יֹּאמַֽר
English Translation
And Job answered and said.
AI translation from hebrew via gpt-4o-mini
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Chapter 23 Context
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Job replied,
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“Just the same, my complaints today remain bitter. In spite of my groaning he is still punishing me.
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Would he fight against me using his mighty power? No, he would pay attention to what I have to say.
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There a good person could reason with him, and I would be acquitted forever by my judge.
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If I go to the east, he's not there; if I go the west, I don't find him.
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If he's working in the north, I don't perceive him; if he's moving south, I don't see him.
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Yet he always knows where I'm going. When he has proved me, I will come out shining like gold.
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I have kept in step with him; I have followed his way without turning aside.
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I have not neglected his commands, for I value what he has told me to do more than the food I eat ev...
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But God (Elohim) is unchangeable—who can turn him from his purposes? He does whatever he wants to do...
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So he will finish whatever he has planned for me—and he has many plans for me.
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That's why I'm terrified at meeting him; when I think of him I tremble with fear.
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God (Elohim) has made me faint-hearted; the Almighty has scared me to death.
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Yet I'm still here despite the dark—even though I can't see through the utter darkness.”
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