Job 23

KING JAMES BIBLE	DOUAI-RHEIMS
1 Then Job answered and said,	1 Then Job answered, and said:
2 Even to day is my complaint bitter: my stroke is heavier than my groaning.	2 Now also my words are in bitterness, and the hand of my scourge is more grievous than my mourning.
3 Oh that I knew where I might find him! that I might come even to his seat!	3 Who will grant me that I might know and find him, and come even to his throne?
4 I would order my cause before him, and fill my mouth with arguments.	4 I would set judgment before him, and would fill my mouth with complaints.
5 I would know the words which he would answer me, and understand what he would say unto me.	5 That I might know the words that he would answer me, and understand what he would say to me.
6 Will he plead against me with his great power? No; but he would put strength in me.	6 I would not that he should contend with me with much strength, nor overwhelm me with the weight of his greatness.
7 There the righteous might dispute with him; so should I be delivered for ever from my judge.	7 Let him propose equity against me, and let my judgment come to victory.
8 Behold, I go forward, but he is not there; and backward, but I cannot perceive him:	8 But if I go to the east, he appeareth not; if to the west, I shall not understand him.
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 If to the left hand, what shall I do? I shall not take hold on him: if I turn myself to the right hand, I shall not see him.
10 But he knoweth the way that I take: when he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold.	10 But he knoweth my way, and has tried me as gold that passeth through the fire:
11 My foot hath held his steps, his way have I kept, and not declined.	11 My foot hath followed his steps, I have kept his way, and have not declined from it.
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 I have not departed from the commandments of his lips, and the words of his mouth I have hid in my bosom.
13 But he is in one mind, and who can turn him? and what his soul desireth, even that he doeth.	13 For he is alone, and no man can turn away his thought: and whatsoever is soul hath desired, that hath he done.
14 For he performeth the thing that is appointed for me: and many such things are with him.	14 And when he shall have fulfilled his will in me, many other like things are also at hand with him.
15 Therefore am I troubled at his presence: when I consider, I am afraid of him.	15 And therefore I am troubled at his presence, and when I consider him I am made pensive with fear.
16 For God maketh my heart soft, and the Almighty troubleth me:	16 God hath softened my heart, and the Almighty hath troubled me.
17 Because I was not cut off before the darkness, neither hath he covered the darkness from my face.	17 For I have not perished because of the darkness that hangs over me, neither hath the mist covered my face.