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Passage Lookup: Job 23
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16 verses
Then Job replied:
Job 23:1
Then Job replied:
"Even today my complaint is bitter; his hand is heavy in spite of my groaning.
Job 23:2
"Even today my complaint is bitter; his hand is heavy in spite of my groaning.
If only I knew where to find him; if only I could go to his dwelling!
Job 23:3
If only I knew where to find him; if only I could go to his dwelling!
I would state my case before him and fill my mouth with arguments.
Job 23:4
I would state my case before him and fill my mouth with arguments.
I would find out what he would answer me, and consider what he would say.
Job 23:5
I would find out what he would answer me, and consider what he would say to me.
Would he oppose me with great power? No, he would not press charges against me.
Job 23:6
Would he vigorously oppose me? No, he would not press charges against me.
There an upright man could present his case before him, and I would be delivered forever from my judge.
Job 23:7
There the upright can establish their innocence before him, and there I would be delivered forever from my judge.
"But if I go to the east, he is not there; if I go to the west, I do not find him.
Job 23:8
"But if I go to the east, he is not there; if I go to the west, I do not find him.
When he is at work in the north, I do not see him; when he turns to the south, I catch no glimpse of him.
Job 23:9
When he is at work in the north, I do not see him; when he turns to the south, I catch no glimpse of him.
But he knows the way that I take; when he has tested me, I will come forth as gold.
Job 23:10
But he knows the way that I take; when he has tested me, I will come forth as gold.
My feet have closely followed his steps; I have kept to his way without turning aside.
Job 23:11
My feet have closely followed his steps; I have kept to his way without turning aside.
I have not departed from the commands of his lips; I have treasured the words of his mouth more than my daily bread.
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 bread.
"But he stands alone, and who can oppose him? He does whatever he pleases.
Job 23:13
"But he stands alone, and who can oppose him? He does whatever he pleases.
He carries out his decree against me, and many such plans he still has in store.
Job 23:14
He carries out his decree against me, and many such plans he still has in store.
That is why I am terrified before him; when I think of all this, I fear him.
Job 23:15
That is why I am terrified before him; when I think of all this, I fear him.
God has made my heart faint; the Almighty has terrified me.
Job 23:16
God has made my heart faint; the Almighty has terrified me.
Yet I am not silenced by the darkness, by the thick darkness that covers my face.
Job 23:17
Yet I am not silenced by the darkness, by the thick darkness that covers my face.
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