Job 23 (NET)

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Job 23:1¹Then Job answered:Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions

Job 23:2²“Even today my complaint is still bitter; his hand is heavy despite my groaning.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions

Job 23:3³O that I knew where I might find him, that I could come to his place of residence!Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions

Job 23:4⁴I would lay out my case before him and fill my mouth with arguments.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions

Job 23:5⁵I would know with what words he would answer me, and understand what he would say to me.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions

Job 23:6⁶Would he contend with me with great power? No, he would only pay attention to me.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions

Job 23:7⁷There an upright person could present his case before him, and I would be delivered forever from my judge.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions

Job 23:8⁸“If I go to the east, he is not there, and to the west, yet I do not perceive him.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions

Job 23:9⁹In the north when he is at work, I do not see him; when he turns to the south, I see no trace of him.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions

Job 23:10¹⁰But he knows the pathway that I take; if he tested me, I would come forth like gold.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions

Job 23:11¹¹My feet have followed his steps closely; I have kept to his way and have not turned aside.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions

Job 23:12¹²I have not departed from the commands of his lips; I have treasured the words of his mouth more than my allotted portion.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions

Job 23:13¹³But he is unchangeable, and who can change him? Whatever he has desired, he does.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions

Job 23:14¹⁴For he fulfills his decree against me, and many such things are his plans.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions

Job 23:15¹⁵That is why I am terrified in his presence; when I consider, I am afraid because of him.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions

Job 23:16¹⁶Indeed, God has made my heart faint; the Almighty has terrified me.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions

Job 23:17¹⁷Yet I have not been silent because of the darkness, because of the thick darkness that covered my face.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions

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