Verse 5
Job 23:5
Literal Standard Version
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I know the words He answers me, || And understand what He says to me.
Original Language Text
hebrew
אֵ֭דְעָה מִלִּ֣ים יַעֲנֵ֑/נִי וְ֝/אָבִ֗ינָה מַה יֹּ֥אמַר לִֽ/י
English Translation
I will know the words that will answer me, and I will understand what He will say to me.
AI translation from hebrew via gpt-4o-mini
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Chapter 23 Context
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And Job answers and says:
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“Also—today my complaint is bitter, || My hand has been heavy because of my sighing.
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O that I had known—and I find Him, || I come to His seat,
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I arrange the cause before Him, || And fill my mouth with arguments.
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I know the words He answers me, || And understand what He says to me.
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Does He strive with me in the abundance of power? No! Surely He puts it in me.
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There the upright reason with Him, || And I escape from mine who is judging—forever.
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Behold, I go forward—and He is not, || And backward—and I do not perceive Him.
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To the left in His working—and I do not see, || He is covered on the right, and I do not behold.
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For He has known the way with me, || He has tried me—I go forth as gold.
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My foot has laid hold on His step, || I have kept His way, and do not turn aside,
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The command of His lips, and I do not depart. I have laid up above my allotted portion || The saying...
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And He is in one mind, || And who turns Him back? And His soul has desired—and He does it.
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For He completes my portion, || And many such things are with Him.
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Therefore, I am troubled at His presence, I consider, and am afraid of Him.
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And God (Elohim) has made my heart soft, || And the Mighty has troubled me.
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For I have not been cut off before darkness, || And before me He covered thick darkness.”
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