Job 23
- 1Then Job answered and said,
- 2Even today is my complaint bitter: my stroke is heavier than my groaning.
- 3Oh, if only I knew where I might find him! That I might come even to his seat!
- 4I would order my cause before him, and fill my mouth with arguments.
- 5I would know the words which he would answer me, and understand what he would say to me.
- 6Will he plead against me with his great power? No, but he would put strength in me.
- 7There the righteous might dispute with him, so I should be delivered forever from my judge.
- 8I go forward, but he is not there, and backward, but I cannot see him.
- 9On the left hand, where he does work, but I cannot look at him. He hides himself on the right hand, that I cannot see him.
- 10But he knows the way that I take: when he has tried me, I shall come out as gold.
- 11My foot has held his steps, his way have I kept, and not declined.
- 12Neither have I gone back from the commandment of his lips. I have valued the words of his mouth more than my necessary food.
- 13But he is in one mind, and who can turn him? And what his soul desires, even that he does.
- 14For he performs the thing that is appointed for me: and many such things are with him.
- 15Therefore I am troubled at his presence. When I consider, I am afraid of him.
- 16For God makes my heart soft, and the Almighty troubles me:
- 17Because I was not cut off before the darkness, neither has he covered the darkness from my face.
What changed from the KJV
GIGAKJV is a modern English revision of the King James Version. The comparison below uses the project's KJV text in the later 1769 tradition and marks, word by word, each verse of Job 23 where the wording differs: struck-through words are the KJV's, highlighted words are GIGAKJV's.
KJVEven to day is my complaint bitter: my stroke is heavier than my groaning.
GIGAKJVEven today is my complaint bitter: my stroke is heavier than my groaning.
KJVOh that I knew where I might find him! that I might come even to his seat!
GIGAKJVOh, if only I knew where I might find him! That I might come even to his seat!
KJVI would know the words which he would answer me, and understand what he would say unto me.
GIGAKJVI would know the words which he would answer me, and understand what he would say to me.
KJVWill he plead against me with his great power? No; but he would put strength in me.
GIGAKJVWill he plead against me with his great power? No, but he would put strength in me.
KJVThere the righteous might dispute with him; so should I be delivered for ever from my judge.
GIGAKJVThere the righteous might dispute with him, so I should be delivered forever from my judge.
KJVBehold, I go forward, but he is not there; and backward, but I cannot perceive him:
GIGAKJVI go forward, but he is not there, and backward, but I cannot see him.
KJVOn the left hand, where he doth work, but I cannot behold him: he hideth himself on the right hand, that I cannot see him:
GIGAKJVOn the left hand, where he does work, but I cannot look at him. He hides himself on the right hand, that I cannot see him.
KJVBut he knoweth the way that I take: when he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold.
GIGAKJVBut he knows the way that I take: when he has tried me, I shall come out as gold.
KJVMy foot hath held his steps, his way have I kept, and not declined.
GIGAKJVMy foot has held his steps, his way have I kept, and not declined.
KJVNeither have I gone back from the commandment of his lips; I have esteemed the words of his mouth more than my necessary food.
GIGAKJVNeither have I gone back from the commandment of his lips. I have valued the words of his mouth more than my necessary food.
KJVBut he is in one mind, and who can turn him? and what his soul desireth, even that he doeth.
GIGAKJVBut he is in one mind, and who can turn him? And what his soul desires, even that he does.
KJVFor he performeth the thing that is appointed for me: and many such things are with him.
GIGAKJVFor he performs the thing that is appointed for me: and many such things are with him.
KJVTherefore am I troubled at his presence: when I consider, I am afraid of him.
GIGAKJVTherefore I am troubled at his presence. When I consider, I am afraid of him.
KJVFor God maketh my heart soft, and the Almighty troubleth me:
GIGAKJVFor God makes my heart soft, and the Almighty troubles me:
KJVBecause I was not cut off before the darkness, neither hath he covered the darkness from my face.
GIGAKJVBecause I was not cut off before the darkness, neither has he covered the darkness from my face.
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