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| [1]Iob aunswered, & said |
[1]Then Job answered and said, |
| [2]Though my talke be this day in bitternesse, and my plague greater then my groning |
[2]Even to day is my complaint bitter: my stroke is heavier than my groaning. |
| [3]O that I might know him, and finde him, and that I might come before his seate |
[3]Oh that I knew where I might find him! that I might come even to his seat! |
| [4]I woulde pleade my cause before hym, and fill my mouth with argumentes |
[4]I would order my cause before him, and fill my mouth with arguments. |
| [5]I woulde knowe what aunswere he woulde geue me, and vnderstande what he woulde say vnto me |
[5]I would know the words which he would answer me, and understand what he would say unto me. |
| [6]Will he pleade against me with his great power? No, but he will make me the stronger |
[6]Will he plead against me with his great power? No; but he would put strength in me. |
| [7]There the righteous might dispute with him, so shoulde I be deliuered for euer from my iudge |
[7]There the righteous might dispute with him; so should I be delivered for ever from my judge. |
| [8]Behold, though I go forwarde I find him not: If I go backwarde, I can get no knowledge of hym |
[8]Behold, I go forward, but he is not there; and backward, but I cannot perceive him: |
| [9]If I go on the left side where he doth his worke, I can not attayne vnto him: Againe, if I go on the right side, he hydeth him selfe that I can not see hym |
[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: |
| [10]But as for my way, he knoweth it, and tryeth me, that as the gold I may come foorth |
[10]But he knoweth the way that I take: when he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold. |
| [11]My foote doth kepe his path, his hie way haue I holden, and will not go out of it |
[11]My foot hath held his steps, his way have I kept, and not declined. |
| [12]I will not forsake the commaundement of his lippes, I haue esteemed the wordes of his mouth more then myne appoynted foode |
[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. |
| [13]He is still at one poynt, and who can turne him? he doth as him listeth, and bringeth to passe what he will |
[13]But he is in one mind, and who can turn him? and what his soul desireth, even that he doeth. |
| [14]He perfourmeth the thing that is appoynted for me, and many such thinges doth he |
[14]For he performeth the thing that is appointed for me: and many such things are with him. |
| [15]This is the cause that I shrinke at his presence, so that when I consider him, I am afrayde of hym |
[15]Therefore am I troubled at his presence: when I consider, I am afraid of him. |
| [16]For God maketh my heart softe, and the almightie putteth me in feare |
[16]For God maketh my heart soft, and the Almighty troubleth me: |
| [17]Because I am not cut of before the darkenesse, neither hath he couered the cloude fro my face |
[17]Because I was not cut off before the darkness, neither hath he covered the darkness from my face. |