| King James Bible | International Standard Version |
| 1Then Job answered and said, | 1Job's response was to say: |
| 2Even to day is my complaint bitter: my stroke is heavier than my groaning. | 2"I'm still complaining bitterly today; my hand is heavy because of groaning. |
| 3Oh that I knew where I might find him! that I might come even to his seat! | 3If only I knew where to find him, I would visit him where he has taken his seat. |
| 4I would order my cause before him, and fill my mouth with arguments. | 4I would lay out my case before him; and fill my mouth with arguments. |
| 5I would know the words which he would answer me, and understand what he would say unto me. | 5I know how he would answer me; I understand what he'll tell me. |
| 6Will he plead against me with his great power? No; but he would put strength in me. | 6"Would he use his great power to fight me? No, he'll pay attention to me. |
| 7There the righteous might dispute with him; so should I be delivered for ever from my judge. | 7In that place, the upright can reason with him; and I'll be acquitted once and for all by my judge." |
| 8Behold, I go forward, but he is not there; and backward, but I cannot perceive him: | 8"Look! If I go east, he isn't there! If I go to the west, I don't perceive him. |
| 9On the left hand, where he doth work, but I cannot behold him: he hideth himself on the right hand, that I cannot see him: | 9If he's working in the north, I can't observe him; If he turns south, I can't see him. |
| 10But he knoweth the way that I take: when he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold. | 10Because he knows the road on which I travel, when he had tested me, I'll come out like gold. |
| 11My foot hath held his steps, his way have I kept, and not declined. | 11My feet stay where his footsteps lead; I kept on his pathway and haven't turned aside. |
| 12Neither have I gone back from the commandment of his lips; I have esteemed the words of his mouth more than my necessary food. | 12I haven't wandered away from the commands that he has spoken; I've treasured what he has said more than my own meals." |
| 13But he is in one mind, and who can turn him? and what his soul desireth, even that he doeth. | 13"But he is One—who can change him? He does whatever he wants to do. |
| 14For he performeth the thing that is appointed for me: and many such things are with him. | 14He'll complete what he has planned for me; he has many things in mind for me! |
| 15Therefore am I troubled at his presence: when I consider, I am afraid of him. | 15That's why I'm terrified at his presence! When I think about it, I'm afraid of him. |
| 16For God maketh my heart soft, and the Almighty troubleth me: | 16God has caused me to faint; the Almighty makes me terrified! |
| 17Because I was not cut off before the darkness, neither hath he covered the darkness from my face. | 17Nevertheless, I haven't been silenced because of the darkness, even when thick darkness obscures my vision." |
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