New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures — With References (Rbi8, en_US, 1984)
Job
Job, 23
1 And Job proceeded to answer and say:
2 “Even today my state of concern is rebelliousness; My own hand is heavy on account of my sighing.
3 O that I really knew where I might find him! I would come clear to his fixed place.
4 I would present before*1 him a case of justice, And my mouth I would fill with counterarguments;
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5 I would know the words with which he answers me, And I would consider what he says to me.
6 Would he with an abundance of power contend with me? O no! Surely he himself would pay heed to me.
7 There the upright one himself will certainly set matters straight with him, And I would go safe forever from my judge.*1
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8 Look! To the east I go, and he is not there; And back again, and I cannot discern him;
- 9 To the left where he is working, but I cannot behold [him]
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He turns aside*1 to the right, but I do not see [him].
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10 For he well knows the way I take. [After] he has tested me out, I shall come forth as gold itself.
11 Of his steps*1 my foot has laid hold; His way I have kept, and I do not deviate.
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12 [From] the commandment of his lips I do not move away. I have treasured up the sayings of his mouth more than what is prescribed for me.
13 And he is in one [mind], and who can resist him? And his own soul has a desire, and he will do [it].
14 For he will carry out completely what is prescribed for me, And things like these are many with him.
15 That is why I feel disturbed because of him; I show myself attentive and am in dread of him.
16 Even God*1 himself has made my heart timid, And the Almighty himself has disturbed me.
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17 For I have not been put to silence because of darkness, Nor because gloom has covered my own face.