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Job 23

17 aligned verses; 17 with wording or punctuation differences .

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Verse KJV King James Version YLT Young's Literal Translation
Then Job answered and said,
And Job answereth and saith: --
Even to day is my complaint bitter : my stroke is heavier than my groaning .
Also -- to - day ` is ' my complaint bitter , My hand hath been heavy because of my sighing .
Oh that I knew where I might find him ! that I might come even to his seat !
O that I had known -- and I find Him , I come in unto His seat ,
I would order my cause before him, and fill my mouth with arguments.
I arrange before Him the cause , And my mouth fill ` with ' arguments.
I would know the words which he would answer me, and understand what he would say unto me.
I know the words He doth answer me, And understand what He saith to me.
Will he plead against me with his great power ? No ; but he would put strength in me.
In the abundance of power doth He strive with me ? No ! surely He putteth `it' in me.
There the righteous might dispute with him ; so should I be delivered for ever from my judge.
There the upright doth reason with Him , And I escape for ever from my judge.
Behold , I go forward, but he is not there; and backward , but I cannot perceive him :
Lo , forward I go -- and He is not , And backward -- and I perceive him not.
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:
`To' the left in His working -- and I see not, He is covered ` on ' the right, and I behold not.
But he knoweth the way that I take: when he hath tried me , I shall come forth as gold.
For He hath known the way with me, He hath tried me -- as gold I go forth .
My foot hath held his steps , his way have I kept, and not declined.
On His step hath my foot laid hold , His way I have kept, and turn not aside,
Neither have I gone back from the commandment of his lips ; I have esteemed the words of his mouth more than my necessary food .
The command of His lips , and I depart not. Above my allotted portion I have laid up The sayings of His mouth.
But he is in one mind, and who can turn him? and what his soul desireth, even that he doeth .
And He ` is ' in one ` mind ' , And who doth turn Him back ? And His soul hath desired -- and He doth `it' .
For he performeth the thing that is appointed for me: and many such things are with him.
For He doth complete my portion, And many such things ` are ' with Him.
Therefore am I troubled at his presence : when I consider , I am afraid of him.
Therefore , from His presence I am troubled , I consider, and am afraid of Him.
For God maketh my heart soft, and the Almighty troubleth me :
And God hath made my heart soft, And the Mighty hath troubled me .
Because I was not cut off before the darkness, neither hath he covered the darkness from my face .
For I have not been cut off before darkness, And before me He covered thick darkness.

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