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Passage Lookup: Job 23

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Job 23:1
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Then Job answered:
Job 23:2
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Today also my complaint is bitter.[a](a) His[b] hand is heavy despite my groaning.
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Job 23:3
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If only I knew how to find Him, so that I could go to His throne.
Job 23:4
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I would plead my case before Him(b) and fill my mouth with arguments.
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Job 23:5
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I would learn how[c] He would answer me; and understand what He would say to me.
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Job 23:6
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Would He prosecute(c) me forcefully? No, He will certainly pay attention to me.
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Job 23:7
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Then an upright man could reason(d) with Him, and I would escape from my Judge(e) forever.
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Job 23:8
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If I go east, He is not there, and if I go west, I cannot perceive Him.(f)
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Job 23:9
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When He is at work to the north, I cannot see Him; when He turns south, I cannot find Him.
Job 23:10
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Yet He knows the way I have taken;[d] when He has tested me,(g) I will emerge as pure gold.
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Job 23:11
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My feet have followed in His tracks; I have kept to His way(h) and not turned aside.
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Job 23:12
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I have not departed from the commands of His lips; I have treasured[e] the words(i) of His mouth more than my daily food.
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Job 23:13
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But He is unchangeable; who can oppose Him? He does what He desires.(j)
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Job 23:14
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He will certainly accomplish what He has decreed for me, and He has many more things like these in mind.[f]
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Job 23:15
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Therefore I am terrified(k) in His presence; when I consider this, I am afraid of Him.
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Job 23:16
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God has made my heart faint;(l) the Almighty has terrified me.
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Job 23:17
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Yet I am not destroyed[g] by the darkness,(m) by the thick darkness that covers my face.
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