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1. Then Job answered,
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1. Then Job H347 answered H6030 and said H559 ,
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2. "Even today my complaining is bitter. His hand is heavy even when I cry inside myself.
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2. Even H1571 today H3117 is my complaint H7879 bitter H4805 : my stroke H3027 is heavier H3513 than H5921 my groaning H585 .
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3. If only I knew where to find Him, that I might go where He is!
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3. Oh that H4310 H5414 I knew H3045 where I might find H4672 him! that I might come H935 even to H5704 his seat H8499 !
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4. I would tell Him how things are with me, and my mouth would be ready to argue.
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4. I would order H6186 my cause H4941 before H6440 him , and fill H4390 my mouth H6310 with arguments H8433 .
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5. I would know His answer, and could think about what He would say to me.
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5. I would know H3045 the words H4405 which he would answer H6030 me , and understand H995 what H4100 he would say H559 unto me.
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6. Would He go against me using His great power? No, He would listen to me.
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6. Will he plead H7378 against H5978 me with his great H7230 power H3581 ? No H3808 ; but H389 he H1931 would put H7760 strength in me.
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7. There a man who is right could reason with Him. And I would be set free by my Judge.
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7. There H8033 the righteous H3477 might dispute H3198 with H5973 him ; so should I be delivered H6403 forever H5331 from my judge H4480 H8199 .
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8. "See, I go east, but He is not there. I go west, but I cannot see Him.
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8. Behold H2005 , I go H1980 forward H6924 , but he is not H369 there ; and backward H268 , but I cannot H3808 perceive H995 him:
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9. When He works to the left, I cannot see Him. When He turns to the right, I cannot see Him.
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9. On the left hand H8040 , where he doth work H6213 , but I cannot H3808 behold H2372 him : he hideth H5848 himself on the right hand H3225 , that I cannot H3808 see H7200 him :
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10. But He knows the way that I take. When He has tried me, I will come out as gold.
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10. But H3588 he knoweth H3045 the way H1870 that I take H5978 : when he hath tried H974 me , I shall come forth H3318 as gold H2091 .
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11. My foot has kept close to His steps. I have kept His way and have not turned aside.
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11. My foot H7272 hath held H270 his steps H838 , his way H1870 have I kept H8104 , and not H3808 declined H5186 .
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12. I have not turned away from the words of His lips. I have stored up the words of His mouth. They are worth more to me than the food I need.
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12. Neither H3808 have I gone back H4185 from the commandment H4687 of his lips H8193 ; I have esteemed H6845 the words H561 of his mouth H6310 more than my necessary H4480 H2706 food .
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13. But He cannot be changed. Who can go against Him? He does whatever He wants.
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13. But he H1931 is in one H259 mind , and who H4310 can turn H7725 him? and what his soul H5315 desireth H183 , even that he doeth H6213 .
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14. For He does what He has planned for me, and many such things are in His mind.
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14. For H3588 he performeth H7999 the thing that is appointed H2706 for me : and many H7227 such H2007 things are with H5973 him.
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15. So I am afraid to be with Him. When I think about it, I am very afraid of Him.
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15. Therefore H5921 H3651 am I troubled H926 at his presence H4480 H6440 : when I consider H995 , I am afraid H6342 of H4480 him.
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16. God has made my heart weak. The All-powerful has filled me with fear.
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16. For God H410 maketh my heart soft H7401 H3820 and the Almighty H7706 troubleth H926 me:
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17. But I am not made quiet by the darkness or the deep shadow which covers my face.
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17. Because H3588 I was not H3808 cut off H6789 before H4480 H6440 the darkness H2822 , neither hath he covered H3680 the darkness H652 from my face H4480 H6440 .
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