4 He is wise in heart and great in strength: who ever made his face hard against him, and any good came of it?
4 He is wise in heart, and mighty in strength: who hath hardened himself against him, and hath prospered?
4 He is wise in heart and strong in will who can be stubborn against him and succeed?
9 Who made the Bear and Orion, and the Pleiades, and the store-houses of the south:
9 Which maketh Arcturus, Orion, and Pleiades, and the chambers of the south.
9 He makes the stars: the Bear,(c) Orion,the Pleiades,(H) and the constellations(d) of the southern sky.
9 He created Bear, Orion, the Pleiades, and the southern constellations.
11 See, he goes past me and I see him not: he goes on before, but I have no knowledge of him.
11 “Were He to pass by me, (O)I would not see Him;Were He to move past me, I would not perceive Him.
11 Lo, he goeth by me, and I see him not: he passeth on also, but I perceive him not.
11 "If he were to pass near me, I wouldn't notice; if he moves by, I wouldn't perceive him.
12 If he puts out his hand to take, by whom may it be turned back? who may say to him, What are you doing?
12 “Were He to snatch away, who could (P)restrain Him?Who could say to Him, ‘(Q)What are You doing?’
12 Behold, he taketh away, who can hinder him? who will say unto him, What doest thou?
12 Indeed, if he snatches someone away, who could restrain him? Who can say to him, "What are you doing?'
15 Even if my cause was good, I would not be able to give an answer; I would make request for grace from him who was against me.
15 “For (T)though I were right, I could not (j)answer;I would have to (U)implore the mercy of my judge.
15 Whom, though I were righteous, yet would I not answer, but I would make supplication to my judge.
15 Even if I'm in the right, I cannot answer him. I can only appeal for mercy.
16 If I had sent for him to be present, and he had come, I would have no faith that he would give ear to my voice.
16 “If I called and He answered me,I could not believe that He was listening to my voice.
16 If I had called, and he had answered me; yet would I not believe that he had hearkened unto my voice.
16 If I summoned Him and He answered me,I do not believe He would pay attention to what I said.
16 "Were I to be summoned, and he were to answer me, I wouldn't even believe that he was listening to what I have to say.
19 If it is a question of strength, he says, Here I am! and if it is a question of a cause at law, he says, Who will give me a fixed day?
19 “If it is a matter of power, (Y)behold, He is the strong one!And if it is a matter of justice, who can summon (k)Him?
19 If I speak of strength, lo, he is strong: and if of judgment, who shall set me a time to plead?
19 If it is a matter of strength, look, He is the Mighty One!(O)If it is a matter of justice, who can summon(P) Him?(f)
19 "Is this a contest of strength? He is obviously stronger! Is this a matter of justice? Who can sue him?
20 Though I was in the right, he would say that I was in the wrong; I have done no evil; but he says that I am a sinner.
20 “(Z)Though I am righteous, my mouth will (AA)condemn me;Though I am guiltless, He will declare me guilty.
20 If I justify myself, mine own mouth shall condemn me: if I say, I am perfect, it shall also prove me perverse.
20 Even if I were in the right, my own mouth would condemn me;(Q)if I were blameless, my mouth would declare me guilty.
20 Though I'm in the right, my own mouth will condemn me; though I'm blameless, he'll pronounce me as guilty.
23 If death comes suddenly through disease, he makes sport of the fate of those who have done no wrong.
23 If the scourge slay suddenly, he will laugh at the trial of the innocent.
23 When disaster brings sudden death,He mocks the despair of the innocent.
23 If a calamity causes sudden death, he'll mock at the despair of the innocent.
24 The land is given into the power of the evil-doer; the faces of its judges are covered; if not by him, then who has done it?
24 “The earth (AF)is given into the hand of the wicked;He (AG)covers the faces of its judges.If it is not He, then who is it?
24 The earth is given into the hand of the wicked: he covereth the faces of the judges thereof; if not, where, and who is he?
24 The earth(g) is handed over to the wicked;He blindfolds(h) its judges.(T)If it isn’t He, then who is it?
24 A land is given into the hands of a wicked person; he covers the faces of its judges. If it is not God, then who is it?"
27 If I say, I will put my grief out of mind, I will let my face be sad no longer and I will be bright;
27 “Though I say, ‘I will forget (AL)my complaint,I will leave off my sad countenance and be cheerful,’
27 If I say, I will forget my complaint, I will leave off my heaviness, and comfort myself:
27 If I said, “I will forget my complaint,change my expression, and smile,”
27 If I were to say, "Let me forget my complaint,' change the expression on my face, and look cheerful,
31 Then you will have me pushed into the dust, so that I will seem disgusting to my very clothing.
31 Yet You would plunge me into the pit,And my own clothes would abhor me.
31 Yet shalt thou plunge me in the ditch, and mine own clothes shall abhor me.
31 then You dip me in a pit of mud,and my own clothes despise me!
31 you'll still drop me into the Pit, and my own clothes will despise me.
32 For he is not a man as I am, that I might give him an answer, that we might come together before a judge.
32 For he is not a man, as I am, that I should answer him, and we should come together in judgment.
32 He's not a man like me, so that I can answer him, or that we can enter into litigation with one another.
33 There is no one to give a decision between us, who might have control over us.
33 Neither is there any daysman betwixt us, that might lay his hand upon us both.
33 There is no one to judge between us,to lay his hand on both of us.
33 There is not yet a mediator between us, who would set his hand on the two of us,
35 Then I would say what is in my mind without fear of him; for there is no cause of fear in myself.
35 Then would I speak, and not fear him; but it is not so with me.
35 Then I would speak and not fear Him.But that is not the case; I am on my own. >
35 Otherwise, I would speak without being terrified of him, because I'm not like that inside myself."
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