| New King James Version | King James Bible |
| 1Then Job answered and said: | 1Then Job answered and said, |
| 2“Even today my complaint is bitter; My hand is listless because of my groaning. | 2Even to day is my complaint bitter: my stroke is heavier than my groaning. |
| 3Oh, that I knew where I might find Him, That I might come to His seat! | 3Oh that I knew where I might find him! that I might come even to his seat! |
| 4I would present my case before Him, And fill my mouth with arguments. | 4I would order my cause before him, and fill my mouth with arguments. |
| 5I would know the words which He would answer me, And understand what He would say to me. | 5I would know the words which he would answer me, and understand what he would say unto me. |
| 6Would He contend with me in His great power? No! But He would take note of me. | 6Will he plead against me with his great power? No; but he would put strength in me. |
| 7There the upright could reason with Him, And I would be delivered forever from my Judge. | 7There the righteous might dispute with him; so should I be delivered for ever from my judge. |
| 8“Look, I go forward, but He is not there, And backward, but I cannot perceive Him; | 8Behold, I go forward, but he is not there; and backward, but I cannot perceive him: |
| 9When He works on the left hand, I cannot behold Him; When He turns to the right hand, I cannot see 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: |
| 10But He knows the way that I take; When He has tested me, I shall come forth as gold. | 10But he knoweth the way that I take: when he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold. |
| 11My foot has held fast to His steps; I have kept His way and not turned aside. | 11My foot hath held his steps, his way have I kept, and not declined. |
| 12I have not departed from the commandment of His lips; I have treasured the words of His mouth More than my necessary food. | 12Neither have I gone back from the commandment of his lips; I have esteemed the words of his mouth more than my necessary food. |
| 13“But He is unique, and who can make Him change? And whatever His soul desires, that He does. | 13But he is in one mind, and who can turn him? and what his soul desireth, even that he doeth. |
| 14For He performs what is appointed for me, And many such things are with Him. | 14For he performeth the thing that is appointed for me: and many such things are with him. |
| 15Therefore I am terrified at His presence; When I consider this, I am afraid of Him. | 15Therefore am I troubled at his presence: when I consider, I am afraid of him. |
| 16For God made my heart weak, And the Almighty terrifies me; | 16For God maketh my heart soft, and the Almighty troubleth me: |
| 17Because I was not cut off from the presence of darkness, And He did not hide deep darkness from my face. | 17Because I was not cut off before the darkness, neither hath he covered the darkness from my face. |
| The Holy Bible, New King James Version, Copyright © 1982 Thomas Nelson. All rights reserved. | King James Bible, text courtesy of BibleProtector.com. |
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