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1. Then Job answered:
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1. Then Job H347 answered H6030 and said H559 ,
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2. "I am still complaining today. I groan because God is still making me suffer.
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2. Even H1571 today H3117 is my complaint H7879 bitter H4805 : my stroke H3027 is heavier H3513 than H5921 my groaning H585 .
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3. I wish I knew where to find him. I wish I knew how to go to where he lives.
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3. Oh that H4310 H5414 I knew H3045 where I might find H4672 him! that I might come H935 even to H5704 his seat H8499 !
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4. I would present my case to him. I would make my arguments to show that I am innocent.
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4. I would order H6186 my cause H4941 before H6440 him , and fill H4390 my mouth H6310 with arguments H8433 .
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5. He could give his response, and I would understand. I would listen closely to what he says.
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5. I would know H3045 the words H4405 which he would answer H6030 me , and understand H995 what H4100 he would say H559 unto me.
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6. Would God use his power against me? No, he would listen to me!
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6. Will he plead H7378 against H5978 me with his great H7230 power H3581 ? No H3808 ; but H389 he H1931 would put H7760 strength in me.
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7. Since I am an honest man, he would let me tell my story. Then my Judge would set me free!
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7. There H8033 the righteous H3477 might dispute H3198 with H5973 him ; so should I be delivered H6403 forever H5331 from my judge H4480 H8199 .
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8. "If I go to the east, God is not there. If I go to the west, I still don't see him.
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8. Behold H2005 , I go H1980 forward H6924 , but he is not H369 there ; and backward H268 , but I cannot H3808 perceive H995 him:
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9. When he is working in the north, I don't see him. When he turns to the south, I still don't see him.
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9. On the left hand H8040 , where he doth work H6213 , but I cannot H3808 behold H2372 him : he hideth H5848 himself on the right hand H3225 , that I cannot H3808 see H7200 him :
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10. But God knows me. He is testing me and will see that I am as pure as gold.
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10. But H3588 he knoweth H3045 the way H1870 that I take H5978 : when he hath tried H974 me , I shall come forth H3318 as gold H2091 .
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11. I have always lived the way God wants. I have never stopped following him.
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11. My foot H7272 hath held H270 his steps H838 , his way H1870 have I kept H8104 , and not H3808 declined H5186 .
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12. I always obey his commands. I love the words from his mouth more than I love my food.
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12. Neither H3808 have I gone back H4185 from the commandment H4687 of his lips H8193 ; I have esteemed H6845 the words H561 of his mouth H6310 more than my necessary H4480 H2706 food .
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13. "But God never changes, and who can stand against him? He does anything he wants.
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13. But he H1931 is in one H259 mind , and who H4310 can turn H7725 him? and what his soul H5315 desireth H183 , even that he doeth H6213 .
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14. He will do to me what he planned, and he has many other plans for me.
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14. For H3588 he performeth H7999 the thing that is appointed H2706 for me : and many H7227 such H2007 things are with H5973 him.
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15. That is why I am terrified to stand before him. Just thinking about it makes me afraid.
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15. Therefore H5921 H3651 am I troubled H926 at his presence H4480 H6440 : when I consider H995 , I am afraid H6342 of H4480 him.
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16. The fear of God has made me lose my courage. God All-Powerful makes me afraid.
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16. For God H410 maketh my heart soft H7401 H3820 and the Almighty H7706 troubleth H926 me:
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17. What has happened to me is like a dark cloud over my face. But the darkness will not keep me quiet.
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17. Because H3588 I was not H3808 cut off H6789 before H4480 H6440 the darkness H2822 , neither hath he covered H3680 the darkness H652 from my face H4480 H6440 .
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