Hiob 23 | Bibelen på hverdagsdansk

Jobs ottende tale: Et svar til Elifaz

1 Hertil svarede Job:

2 „Jeg må stadig klage i min håbløshed, for Guds hårde straf får mig til at stønne.

3 Kunne jeg dog bare få Gud i tale, træde frem for hans trone,

4 forklare ham mit syn på sagen, og fremlægge mine argumenter,

5 så kunne jeg få at vide, hvad han mener, og prøve at forstå hans svar.

6 Ville den almægtige Gud bare tromle mig ned? Nej, han ville høre efter, hvad jeg havde at sige.

7 Med ham som dommer får man en fair behandling, og jeg tror bestemt, han ville frifinde mig.

8 Men går jeg mod øst, finder jeg ham ikke. Går jeg mod vest, er han heller ikke der.

9 Mod nord kan jeg ikke få øje på ham, mod syd kan jeg ikke finde hans spor.

10 Men han kender mit liv og mine gerninger, jeg ville bestå hans prøve med glans.

11 Trofast har jeg fulgt i hans fodspor, vandret den vej, han har anvist.

12 Jeg har ikke overtrådt hans befalinger, men bevaret hans ord i mit hjerte.

13 Men hvem kan standse Gud? Han fører det igennem, han har sat sig for.

14 Han handler med mig efter sin plan, og hvem ved, hvad han mere har i sinde?

15 Er det så sært, at jeg frygter ham, at jeg gruer ved tanken om, hvad han kan gøre?

16 Gud har taget alt modet fra mig, den Almægtige gør mig bange.

17 Men jeg kan ikke bare holde min mund, fordi jeg sidder i et mørkt fangehul.

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English Standard Version

Job Replies: Where Is God?

1 Then Job answered and said:

2 “Today also my complaint is bitter;* my hand is heavy on account of my groaning.

3 Oh, that I knew where I might find him, that I might come even to his seat!

4 I would lay my case before him and fill my mouth with arguments.

5 I would know what he would answer me and understand what he would say to me.

6 Would he contend with me in the greatness of his power? No; he would pay attention to me.

7 There an upright man could argue with him, and I would be acquitted forever by my judge.

8 “Behold, I go forward, but he is not there, and backward, but I do not perceive him;

9 on the left hand when he is working, I do not behold him; he turns to the right hand, but I do not see him.

10 But he knows the way that I take; when he has tried me, I shall come out as gold.

11 My foot has held fast to his steps; I have kept his way and have not turned aside.

12 I have not departed from the commandment of his lips; I have treasured the words of his mouth more than my portion of food.

13 But he is unchangeable,* and who can turn him back? What he desires, that he does.

14 For he will complete what he appoints for me, and many such things are in his mind.

15 Therefore I am terrified at his presence; when I consider, I am in dread of him.

16 God has made my heart faint; the Almighty has terrified me;

17 yet I am not silenced because of the darkness, nor because thick darkness covers my face.

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