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| The Book of Job 23 | ||||||||||||||||
| The American Standard Version Online Bible (ASV) | ||||||||||||||||
| Job 23:1 | Then Job answered and said, | |||||||||||||||
| Job 23:2 | Even to-day is my complaint rebellious: My stroke is heavier than my groaning. | |||||||||||||||
| Job 23:3 | Oh that I knew where I might find him! That I might come even to his seat! | |||||||||||||||
| Job 23:4 | I would set my cause in order before him, And fill my mouth with arguments. | |||||||||||||||
| Job 23:5 | I would know the words which he would answer me, And understand what he would say unto me. | |||||||||||||||
| Job 23:6 | Would he contend with me in the greatness of his power? Nay; but he would give heed unto me. | |||||||||||||||
| Job 23:7 | There the upright might reason with him; So should I be delivered for ever from my judge. | |||||||||||||||
| Job 23:8 | Behold, I go forward, but he is not [there]; And backward, but I cannot perceive him; | |||||||||||||||
| Job 23:9 | On the left hand, when he doth work, but I cannot behold him; He hideth himself on the right hand, that I cannot see him. | |||||||||||||||
| Job 23:10 | But he knoweth the way that I take; When he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold. | |||||||||||||||
| Job 23:11 | My foot hath held fast to his steps; His way have I kept, and turned not aside. | |||||||||||||||
| Job 23:12 | I have not gone back from the commandment of his lips; I have treasured up the words of his mouth more than my necessary food. | |||||||||||||||
| Job 23:13 | But he is in one [mind], and who can turn him? And what his soul desireth, even that he doeth. | |||||||||||||||
| Job 23:14 | For he performeth that which is appointed for me: And many such things are with him. | |||||||||||||||
| Job 23:15 | Therefore am I terrified at his presence; When I consider, I am afraid of him. | |||||||||||||||
| Job 23:16 | For God hath made my heart faint, And the Almighty hath terrified me; | |||||||||||||||
| Job 23:17 | Because I was not cut off before the darkness, Neither did he cover the thick darkness from my face. | |||||||||||||||
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