Job Chapter 23

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1. Then Job answered and said,

1 וַיַּ֥עַן אִיּ֗וֹב וַיֹּאמַֽר ׃

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2. Even to day is my complaint bitter: my stroke is heavier than my groaning.

2 גַּם ־הַ֭יּוֹם מְרִ֣י שִׂחִ֑י יָ֝דִ֗י כָּבְדָ֥ה עַל ־אַנְחָתִֽי ׃

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3. Oh that I knew where I might find him! that I might come even to his seat!

3 מִֽי ־יִתֵּ֣ן יָ֭דַעְתִּי וְאֶמְצָאֵ֑הוּ אָ֝ב֗וֹא עַד ־תְּכוּנָתֽוֹ ׃

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4. I would order my cause before him, and fill my mouth with arguments.

4 אֶעֶרְכָ֣ה לְפָנָ֣יו מִשְׁפָּ֑ט וּ֝פִ֗י אֲמַלֵּ֥א תוֹכָחֽוֹת ׃

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5. I would know the words which he would answer me, and understand what he would say unto me.

5 אֵ֭דְעָה מִלִּ֣ים יַעֲנֵ֑נִי וְ֝אָבִ֗ינָה מַה ־יֹּ֥אמַר לִֽי ׃

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6. Will he plead against me with his great power? No; but he would put strength in me.

6 הַבְּרָב ־כֹּ֭חַ יָרִ֣יב עִמָּדִ֑י לֹ֥א אַךְ ־ה֝֗וּא יָשִׂ֥ם בִּֽי ׃

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7. There the righteous might dispute with him; so should I be delivered for ever from my judge.

7 שָׁ֗ם יָ֭שָׁר נוֹכָ֣ח עִמּ֑וֹ וַאֲפַלְּטָ֥ה לָ֝נֶ֗צַח מִשֹּׁפְטִֽי ׃

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8. Behold, I go forward, but he is not there; and backward, but I cannot perceive him:

8 הֵ֤ן קֶ֣דֶם אֶהֱלֹ֣ךְ וְאֵינֶ֑נּוּ וְ֝אָח֗וֹר וְֽלֹא ־אָבִ֥ין לֽוֹ ׃

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9. On the left hand, where he doth work, but I cannot behold him: he hideth himself on the right hand, that I cannot see him:

9 שְׂמֹ֣אול בַּעֲשֹׂת֣וֹ וְלֹא ־אָ֑חַז יַעְטֹ֥ף יָ֝מִ֗ין וְלֹ֣א אֶרְאֶֽה ׃

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10. But he knoweth the way that I take: when he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold.

10 כִּֽי ־יָ֭דַע דֶּ֣רֶךְ עִמָּדִ֑י בְּ֝חָנַ֗נִי כַּזָּהָ֥ב אֵצֵֽא ׃

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11. My foot hath held his steps, his way have I kept, and not declined.

11 בַּ֭אֲשֻׁרוֹ אָחֲזָ֣ה רַגְלִ֑י דַּרְכּ֖וֹ שָׁמַ֣רְתִּי וְלֹא ־אָֽט ׃

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12. Neither have I gone back from the commandment of his lips; I have esteemed the words of his mouth more than my necessary food.

12 מִצְוַ֣ת שְׂ֭פָתָיו וְלֹ֣א אָמִ֑ישׁ מֵ֝חֻקִּ֗י צָפַ֥נְתִּי אִמְרֵי ־פִֽיו ׃

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13. But he is in one mind, and who can turn him? and what his soul desireth, even that he doeth.

13 וְה֣וּא בְ֭אֶחָד וּמִ֣י יְשִׁיבֶ֑נּוּ וְנַפְשׁ֖וֹ אִוְּתָ֣ה וַיָּֽעַשׂ ׃

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14. For he performeth the thing that is appointed for me: and many such things are with him.

14 כִּ֭י יַשְׁלִ֣ים חֻקִּ֑י וְכָהֵ֖נָּה רַבּ֣וֹת עִמּֽוֹ ׃

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15. Therefore am I troubled at his presence: when I consider, I am afraid of him.

15 עַל ־כֵּ֭ן מִפָּנָ֣יו אֶבָּהֵ֑ל אֶ֝תְבּוֹנֵ֗ן וְאֶפְחַ֥ד מִמֶּֽנּוּ ׃

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16. For God maketh my heart soft, and the Almighty troubleth me:

16 וְ֭אֵל הֵרַ֣ךְ לִבִּ֑י וְ֝שַׁדַּ֗י הִבְהִילָֽנִי ׃

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17. Because I was not cut off before the darkness, neither hath he covered the darkness from my face.

17 כִּֽי ־לֹ֣א נִ֭צְמַתִּי מִפְּנֵי ־חֹ֑שֶׁךְ וּ֝מִפָּנַ֗י כִּסָּה ־אֹֽפֶל ׃

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Job Chapter 23

1 וַיַּ֥עַן אִיּ֗וֹב וַיֹּאמַֽר ׃

2 גַּם ־הַ֭יּוֹם מְרִ֣י שִׂחִ֑י יָ֝דִ֗י כָּבְדָ֥ה עַל ־אַנְחָתִֽי ׃

3 מִֽי ־יִתֵּ֣ן יָ֭דַעְתִּי וְאֶמְצָאֵ֑הוּ אָ֝ב֗וֹא עַד ־תְּכוּנָתֽוֹ ׃

4 אֶעֶרְכָ֣ה לְפָנָ֣יו מִשְׁפָּ֑ט וּ֝פִ֗י אֲמַלֵּ֥א תוֹכָחֽוֹת ׃

5 אֵ֭דְעָה מִלִּ֣ים יַעֲנֵ֑נִי וְ֝אָבִ֗ינָה מַה ־יֹּ֥אמַר לִֽי ׃

6 הַבְּרָב ־כֹּ֭חַ יָרִ֣יב עִמָּדִ֑י לֹ֥א אַךְ ־ה֝֗וּא יָשִׂ֥ם בִּֽי ׃

7 שָׁ֗ם יָ֭שָׁר נוֹכָ֣ח עִמּ֑וֹ וַאֲפַלְּטָ֥ה לָ֝נֶ֗צַח מִשֹּׁפְטִֽי ׃

8 הֵ֤ן קֶ֣דֶם אֶהֱלֹ֣ךְ וְאֵינֶ֑נּוּ וְ֝אָח֗וֹר וְֽלֹא ־אָבִ֥ין לֽוֹ ׃

9 שְׂמֹ֣אול בַּעֲשֹׂת֣וֹ וְלֹא ־אָ֑חַז יַעְטֹ֥ף יָ֝מִ֗ין וְלֹ֣א אֶרְאֶֽה ׃

10 כִּֽי ־יָ֭דַע דֶּ֣רֶךְ עִמָּדִ֑י בְּ֝חָנַ֗נִי כַּזָּהָ֥ב אֵצֵֽא ׃

11 בַּ֭אֲשֻׁרוֹ אָחֲזָ֣ה רַגְלִ֑י דַּרְכּ֖וֹ שָׁמַ֣רְתִּי וְלֹא ־אָֽט ׃

12 מִצְוַ֣ת שְׂ֭פָתָיו וְלֹ֣א אָמִ֑ישׁ מֵ֝חֻקִּ֗י צָפַ֥נְתִּי אִמְרֵי ־פִֽיו ׃

13 וְה֣וּא בְ֭אֶחָד וּמִ֣י יְשִׁיבֶ֑נּוּ וְנַפְשׁ֖וֹ אִוְּתָ֣ה וַיָּֽעַשׂ ׃

14 כִּ֭י יַשְׁלִ֣ים חֻקִּ֑י וְכָהֵ֖נָּה רַבּ֣וֹת עִמּֽוֹ ׃

15 עַל ־כֵּ֭ן מִפָּנָ֣יו אֶבָּהֵ֑ל אֶ֝תְבּוֹנֵ֗ן וְאֶפְחַ֥ד מִמֶּֽנּוּ ׃

16 וְ֭אֵל הֵרַ֣ךְ לִבִּ֑י וְ֝שַׁדַּ֗י הִבְהִילָֽנִי ׃

17 כִּֽי ־לֹ֣א נִ֭צְמַתִּי מִפְּנֵי ־חֹ֑שֶׁךְ וּ֝מִפָּנַ֗י כִּסָּה ־אֹֽפֶל ׃

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