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| The Book of Job 23 | ||||||||||||||||
| The World English Online Bible (WLD) | ||||||||||||||||
| Job 23:1 | Then Job answered, | |||||||||||||||
| Job 23:2 | "Even today is my complaint rebellious. His hand is heavy in spite of 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 tell me. | |||||||||||||||
| Job 23:6 | Would he contend with me in the greatness of his power? No, but he would listen to me. | |||||||||||||||
| Job 23:7 | There the upright might reason with him, So I should be delivered forever from my judge. | |||||||||||||||
| Job 23:8 | "If I go east, he is not there; If west, I can't find him; | |||||||||||||||
| Job 23:9 | He works to the north, but I can't see him; He turns south, but I can't catch a glimpse of him. | |||||||||||||||
| Job 23:10 | But he knows the way that I take. When he has tried me, I shall come forth like gold. | |||||||||||||||
| Job 23:11 | My foot has held fast to his steps. His way have I kept, and not turned aside. | |||||||||||||||
| Job 23:12 | I haven't 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 stands alone, and who can oppose him? What his soul desires, even that he does. | |||||||||||||||
| Job 23:14 | For he performs that which is appointed for me. Many such things are with him. | |||||||||||||||
| Job 23:15 | Therefore I am terrified at his presence. When I consider, I am afraid of him. | |||||||||||||||
| Job 23:16 | For God has made my heart faint. The Almighty has 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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