Thematic Bible
Job 23:1 (show verse)
Then Job answered and said:
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Job 23:2 (show verse)
"Today also my complaint is bitter; my hand is heavy on account of my groaning.
Job 23:3 (show verse)
Oh, that I knew where I might find him, that I might come even to his seat!
Job 23:4 (show verse)
I would lay my case before him and fill my mouth with arguments.
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Job 23:5 (show verse)
I would know what he would answer me and understand what he would say to me.
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Job 23:6 (show verse)
Would he contend with me in the greatness of his power? No; he would pay attention to me.
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Job 23:7 (show verse)
There an upright man could argue with him, and I would be acquitted forever by my judge.
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Job 23:8 (show verse)
"Behold, I go forward, but he is not there, and backward, but I do not perceive him;
Job 23:9 (show verse)
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.
Job 23:10 (show verse)
But he knows the way that I take; when he has tried me, I shall come out as gold.
Job 23:11 (show verse)
My foot has held fast to his steps; I have kept his way and have not turned aside.
Job 23:12 (show verse)
I have not departed from the commandment of his lips; I have treasured the words of his mouth more than my portion of food.
Job 23:13 (show verse)
But he is unchangeable, and who can turn him back? What he desires, that he does.
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Job 23:14 (show verse)
For he will complete what he appoints for me, and many such things are in his mind.
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Job 23:15 (show verse)
Therefore I am terrified at his presence; when I consider, I am in dread of him.
Job 23:16 (show verse)
God has made my heart faint; the Almighty has terrified me;
Job 23:17 (show verse)
yet I am not silenced because of the darkness, nor because thick darkness covers my face.