Job 23 - Compare Translations
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Job 23:1
KJVThen Job answered and said,
WEBThen Job answered,
YLTAnd Job answereth and saith: --
Job 23:2
KJVEven to day is my complaint bitter: my stroke is heavier than my groaning.
WEB“Even today my complaint is rebellious.
YLTAlso -- to-day [is] my complaint bitter, My hand hath been heavy because of my sighing.
Job 23:3
KJVOh that I knew where I might find him! that I might come even to his seat!
WEBOh that I knew where I might find him!
YLTO that I had known -- and I find Him, I come in unto His seat,
Job 23:4
KJVI would order my cause before him, and fill my mouth with arguments.
WEBI would set my cause in order before him,
YLTI arrange before Him the cause, And my mouth fill [with] arguments.
Job 23:5
KJVI would know the words which he would answer me, and understand what he would say unto me.
WEBI would know the words which he would answer me,
YLTI know the words He doth answer me, And understand what He saith to me.
Job 23:6
KJVWill he plead against me with his great power? No; but he would put strength in me.
WEBWould he contend with me in the greatness of his power?
YLTIn the abundance of power doth He strive with me? No! surely He putteth [it] in me.
Job 23:7
KJVThere the righteous might dispute with him; so should I be delivered for ever from my judge.
WEBThere the upright might reason with him,
YLTThere the upright doth reason with Him, And I escape for ever from my judge.
Job 23:8
KJVBehold, I go forward, but he is not there; and backward, but I cannot perceive him:
WEB“If I go east, he is not there;
YLTLo, forward I go -- and He is not, And backward -- and I perceive him not.
Job 23:9
KJVOn the left hand, where he doth work, but I cannot behold him: he hideth himself on the right hand, that I cannot see him:
WEBHe works to the north, but I can’t see him.
YLT[To] the left in His working -- and I see not, He is covered [on] the right, and I behold not.
Job 23:10
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Job 23:11
KJVMy foot hath held his steps, his way have I kept, and not declined.
WEBMy foot has held fast to his steps.
YLTOn His step hath my foot laid hold, His way I have kept, and turn not aside,
Job 23:12
KJVNeither have I gone back from the commandment of his lips; I have esteemed the words of his mouth more than my necessary food.
WEBI haven’t gone back from the commandment of his lips.
YLTThe command of His lips, and I depart not. Above my allotted portion I have laid up The sayings of His mouth.
Job 23:13
KJVBut he is in one mind, and who can turn him? and what his soul desireth, even that he doeth.
WEBBut he stands alone, and who can oppose him?
YLTAnd He [is] in one [mind], And who doth turn Him back? And His soul hath desired -- and He doth [it].
Job 23:14
KJVFor he performeth the thing that is appointed for me: and many such things are with him.
WEBFor he performs that which is appointed for me.
YLTFor He doth complete my portion, And many such things [are] with Him.
Job 23:15
KJVTherefore am I troubled at his presence: when I consider, I am afraid of him.
WEBTherefore I am terrified at his presence.
YLTTherefore, from His presence I am troubled, I consider, and am afraid of Him.
Job 23:16
KJVFor God maketh my heart soft, and the Almighty troubleth me:
WEBFor God has made my heart faint.
YLTAnd God hath made my heart soft, And the Mighty hath troubled me.
Job 23:17
KJVBecause I was not cut off before the darkness, neither hath he covered the darkness from my face.
WEBBecause I was not cut off before the darkness,
YLTFor I have not been cut off before darkness, And before me He covered thick darkness.
17 verses compared across 3 translations - KJV, WEB, YLT