Then Job answered and said,
2 Even to day is my complaint bitter: my stroke is heavier than my groaning.
3 Oh that I knew where I might find him! that I might come even to his seat!
4 I would order my cause before him, and fill my mouth with arguments.
5 I would know the words which he would answer me, and understand what he would say unto me.
6 Will he plead against me with his great power? No; but he would put strength in me.
7 There the righteous might dispute with him; so should I be delivered for ever from my judge.
8 Behold, I go forward, but he is not there; and backward, but I cannot perceive 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:
10 But he knoweth the way that I take: when he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold.
11 My foot hath held his steps, his way have I kept, and not declined.
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.
13 But he is in one mind, and who can turn him? and what his soul desireth, even that he doeth.
14 For he performeth the thing that is appointed for me: and many such things are with him.
15 Therefore am I troubled at his presence: when I consider, I am afraid of him.
16 For God maketh my heart soft, and the Almighty troubleth me:
17 Because I was not cut off before the darkness, neither hath he covered the darkness from my face.
1Afei Hiob buaeɛ kaa sɛ,Under pastoral review
2Ɛnnɛ mpo, m'anwiinwii yɛ nwono: deɛ ɛrehwe me no yɛ duru sene m'apinisie.Under pastoral review
3Ao sɛ menim baabi a mɛhunu no! sɛ mɛtumi aba n'atenaeɛ mpo!Under pastoral review
4Mɛhyehyɛ m'asɛm n'anim, na mede akyinnyeɛ ahyɛ m'anom ma.Under pastoral review
5Mɛhunu nsɛm a ɔde bɛbua me, na mɛte deɛ ɔbɛka akyerɛ me ase.Under pastoral review
6Ɔde ne tumi kɛseɛ bɛdi asɛm atia me anaa? Daabi; na mmom ɔde ahoɔden bɛhyɛ me mu.Under pastoral review
7Ɛhɔ na ɔteneneeni bɛtumi adi asɛm ne no; na wɔbɛgye me afiri me temmufoɔ nsam daa.Under pastoral review
8Hwɛ, mekɔ m'anim, nanso ɔnni hɔ; na m'akyi, nanso mentumi nhunu no:Under pastoral review
9Benkum so, baabi a ɔyɛ adwuma, nanso mentumi nhwɛ no: ɔde ne ho sie nifa so, enti mentumi nhunu no:Under pastoral review
10Nanso ɔnim ɛkwan a mefa so: sɛ wasɔ me ahwɛ a, mɛfiri adi sɛ sika kɔkɔɔ.Under pastoral review
11Me nan akura n'anammɔn mu, n'ɛkwan so na madi, na mensanee.Under pastoral review
12Na mensanee m'akyi mfirii n'ano mmaransɛm ho; mabu n'anom nsɛm sene m'aduane a ɛhia me.Under pastoral review
13Nanso ɔwɔ adwene baako mu, na hwan na ɔbɛtumi adane no? na deɛ ne kra pɛ, ɛno ara na ɔyɛ.Under pastoral review
14Efisɛ ɔyɛ adeɛ a wɔahyɛ ama me: na nneɛma a ɛte saa bebree wɔ ne nkyɛn.Under pastoral review
15Ɛno enti me ho yeraw me wɔ n'anim: sɛ medwene ho a, mesuro no.Under pastoral review
16Efisɛ Onyankopɔn ma m'akoma yɛ mmerɛ, na Otumfoɔ Panin ha me:Under pastoral review
17Efisɛ wɔantwa me mu ansa na esum baeɛ, na ɔmmɔɔ esum no so kataa m'anim.Under pastoral review