| New American Standard Bible 1995 | International Standard Version |
| 1Then Job replied, | 1Job's response was to say: |
| 2"Even today my complaint is rebellion; His hand is heavy despite my groaning. | 2"I'm still complaining bitterly today; my hand is heavy because of groaning. |
| 3"Oh that I knew where I might find Him, That I might come to His seat! | 3If only I knew where to find him, I would visit him where he has taken his seat. |
| 4"I would present my case before Him And fill my mouth with arguments. | 4I would lay out my case before him; and fill my mouth with arguments. |
| 5"I would learn the words which He would answer, And perceive what He would say to me. | 5I know how he would answer me; I understand what he'll tell me. |
| 6"Would He contend with me by the greatness of His power? No, surely He would pay attention to me. | 6"Would he use his great power to fight me? No, he'll pay attention to me. |
| 7"There the upright would reason with Him; And I would be delivered forever from my Judge. | 7In that place, the upright can reason with him; and I'll be acquitted once and for all by my judge." |
| 8"Behold, 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. |
| 9When He acts on the left, I cannot behold Him; He turns on the right, 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. |
| 10"But He knows the way I take; When He has 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. |
| 11"My foot has held fast to His path; I have kept His way and not turned aside. | 11My feet stay where his footsteps lead; I kept on his pathway and haven't turned aside. |
| 12"I have not departed from the command of His lips; I have treasured 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." |
| 13"But He is unique and who can turn Him? And what His soul desires, that He does. | 13"But he is One—who can change him? He does whatever he wants to do. |
| 14"For He performs what is appointed for me, And many such decrees are with Him. | 14He'll complete what he has planned for me; he has many things in mind for me! |
| 15"Therefore, I would be dismayed at His presence; When I consider, I am terrified of Him. | 15That's why I'm terrified at his presence! When I think about it, I'm afraid of him. |
| 16"It is God who has made my heart faint, And the Almighty who has dismayed me, | 16God has caused me to faint; the Almighty makes me terrified! |
| 17But I am not silenced by the darkness, Nor deep gloom which covers me. | 17Nevertheless, I haven't been silenced because of the darkness, even when thick darkness obscures my vision." |
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