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If he would not, then he will put his fear into me.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/job/23-7.htm#aramaic"><b>7</b></a></span>There I might contend justly with him; and I might be justified and acquitted.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/job/23-8.htm#aramaic"><b>8</b></a></span>Behold, if he goes before me, I know not; or behind, I cannot perceive him.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/job/23-9.htm#aramaic"><b>9</b></a></span>I seek him on my left hand, but I cannot behold him; then I turn to my right hand, but I cannot see him.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/job/23-10.htm#aramaic"><b>10</b></a></span>But it is he who knows my way and my existence, and has tried me like gold, and I came forth pure.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/job/23-11.htm#aramaic"><b>11</b></a></span>My feet have held firm to his steps, and I have kept his ways.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/job/23-12.htm#aramaic"><b>12</b></a></span>I have not despised the commandments of his lips; neither have I departed from his will, and have kept the words of his mouth.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/job/23-13.htm#aramaic"><b>13</b></a></span>But in return for one of these, what has he granted me? What his soul desires, even that he does.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/job/23-14.htm#aramaic"><b>14</b></a></span>But he performs his covenant; and many such things are with him.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/job/23-15.htm#aramaic"><b>15</b></a></span>Therefore I am fearful at his presence; when I consider, I am afraid of him.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/job/23-16.htm#aramaic"><b>16</b></a></span>For God has troubled my heart, and my mind is confused:<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/job/23-17.htm#aramaic"><b>17</b></a></span>Because I was not silenced before the darkness, and before the covering of the blackness.<p><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Holy Bible From The Ancient Eastern Texts: Aramaic Of The Peshitta by George M. 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