Job 23 ויען answered איוב Then Job ויאמר׃ and said,

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1 H6030 ויען answered H347 איוב Then Job H559 ויאמר׃ and said,

2 H1571 גם Even H3117 היום today H4805 מרי bitter: H7879 שׂחי my complaint H3027 ידי my stroke H3513 כבדה is heavier H5921 על than H585 אנחתי׃ my groaning.

3 H4310 מי H5414 יתן H3045 ידעתי I knew H4672 ואמצאהו where I might find H935 אבוא him! I might come H5704 עד to H8499 תכונתו׃ his seat!

4 H6186 אערכה I would order H6440 לפניו before H4941 משׁפט cause H6310 ופי my mouth H4390 אמלא him, and fill H8433 תוכחות׃ with arguments.

5 H3045 אדעה I would know H4405 מלים the words H6030 יענני he would answer H995 ואבינה me, and understand H4100 מה what H559 יאמר׃ he would say

6 H7227 הברב H3581 כח power? H7378 יריב Will he plead H5978 עמדי against H3808 לא No; H389 אך but H1931 הוא he H7760 ישׂם׃ would put

7 H8033 שׁם There H3477 ישׁר the righteous H3198 נוכח might dispute H5973 עמו with H6403 ואפלטה him; so should I be delivered H5331 לנצח forever H8199 משׁפטי׃ from my judge.

8 H2005 הן Behold, H6924 קדם forward, H1980 אהלך I go H369 ואיננו but he not H268 ואחור and backward, H3808 ולא but I cannot H995 אבין׃ perceive

9 H8040 שׂמאול On the left hand, H6213 בעשׂתו where he doth work, H3808 ולא but I cannot H2372 אחז behold H5848 יעטף he hideth H3225 ימין himself on the right hand, H3808 ולא that I cannot H7200 אראה׃ see

10 H3588 כי But H3045 ידע he knoweth H1870 דרך the way H5978 עמדי that I take: H974 בחנני he hath tried H2091 כזהב as gold. H3318 אצא׃ me, I shall come forth

11 H838 באשׁרו his steps, H270 אחזה hath held H7272 רגלי My foot H1870 דרכו his way H8104 שׁמרתי have I kept, H3808 ולא and not H5186 אט׃ declined.

12 H4687 מצות from the commandment H8193 שׂפתיו of his lips; H3808 ולא Neither H4185 אמישׁ have I gone back H2706 מחקי more than my necessary H6845 צפנתי I have esteemed H561 אמרי the words H6310 פיו׃ of his mouth

13 H1931 והוא But he H259 באחד in one H4310 ומי and who H7725 ישׁיבנו can turn H5315 ונפשׁו him? and his soul H183 אותה desireth, H6213 ויעשׂ׃ even he doeth.

14 H3588 כי For H7999 ישׁלים he performeth H2706 חקי appointed H2007 וכהנה such H7227 רבות for me: and many H5973 עמו׃ with

15 H5921 על H3651 כן H6440 מפניו at his presence: H926 אבהל am I troubled H995 אתבונן when I consider, H6342 ואפחד I am afraid H4480 ממנו׃ at his presence:

16 H410 ואל For God H7401 הרך maketh my heart soft H3820 לבי maketh my heart soft H7706 ושׁדי and the Almighty H926 הבהילני׃ troubleth

17 H3588 כי Because H3808 לא I was not H6789 נצמתי cut off H6440 מפני before H2822 חשׁך the darkness, H6440 ומפני from my face. H3680 כסה hath he covered H652 אפל׃ the darkness