Thematic Bible

Job 23:1

Then Job answered:
No Themes for this verse.

Job 23:2

Today also my complaint is bitter.
His hand is heavy despite my groaning.

Job 23:3

If only I knew how to find Him,
so that I could go to His throne.

Job 23:4

I would plead my case before Him
and fill my mouth with arguments.
No Themes for this verse.

Job 23:5

I would learn how He would answer me;
and understand what He would say to me.
No Themes for this verse.

Job 23:6

Would He prosecute me forcefully?
No, He will certainly pay attention to me.
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Job 23:7

Then an upright man could reason with Him,
and I would escape from my Judge forever.
No Themes for this verse.

Job 23:8

If I go east, He is not there,
and if I go west, I cannot perceive Him.

Job 23:9

When He is at work to the north, I cannot see Him;
when He turns south, I cannot find Him.

Job 23:10

Yet He knows the way I have taken;
when He has tested me, I will emerge as pure gold.

Job 23:11

My feet have followed in His tracks;
I have kept to His way and not turned aside.

Job 23:12

I have not departed from the commands of His lips;
I have treasured the words of His mouth
more than my daily food.

Job 23:13

But He is unchangeable; who can oppose Him?
He does what He desires.
No Themes for this verse.

Job 23:14

He will certainly accomplish what He has decreed for me,
and He has many more things like these in mind.
No Themes for this verse.

Job 23:15

Therefore I am terrified in His presence;
when I consider this, I am afraid of Him.

Job 23:16

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

Job 23:17

Yet I am not destroyed by the darkness,
by the thick darkness that covers my face.


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