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◄ Job 23 ►

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Berean Study Bible

1Job's response was to say:

1Then Job answered:

2"I'm still complaining bitterly today; my hand is heavy because of groaning.

2“Even today my complaint is bitter. His hand is heavy despite my groaning.

3If only I knew where to find him, I would visit him where he has taken his seat.

3If only I knew where to find Him, so that I could go to His seat.

4I would lay out my case before him; and fill my mouth with arguments.

4I would plead my case before Him and fill my mouth with arguments.

5I know how he would answer me; I understand what he'll tell me.

5I would learn how He would answer, and consider what He would say.

6"Would he use his great power to fight me? No, he'll pay attention to me.

6Would He contend with me in His great power? No, He would certainly take note of me.

7In that place, the upright can reason with him; and I'll be acquitted once and for all by my judge."

7Then an upright man could reason with Him, and I would be delivered forever from my Judge.

8"Look! If I go east, he isn't there! If I go to the west, I don't perceive him.

8If I go east, He is not there, and if I go west, I cannot find Him.

9If he's working in the north, I can't observe him; If he turns south, I can't see him.

9When He is at work in the north, I cannot behold Him; when He turns to the south, I cannot see Him.

10Because he knows the road on which I travel, when he had tested me, I'll come out like gold.

10Yet He knows the way I have taken; when He has tested me, I will come forth as gold.

11My feet stay where his footsteps lead; I kept on his pathway and haven't turned aside.

11My feet have followed in His tracks; I have kept His way without turning aside.

12I haven't wandered away from the commands that he has spoken; I've treasured what he has said more than my own meals."

12I have not departed from the command of His lips; I have treasured the words of His mouth more than my daily bread.

13"But he is One—who can change him? He does whatever he wants to do.

13But He is unchangeable, and who can oppose Him? He does what He desires.

14He'll complete what he has planned for me; he has many things in mind for me!

14For He carries out His decree against me, and He has many such plans.

15That's why I'm terrified at his presence! When I think about it, I'm afraid of him.

15Therefore I am terrified in His presence; when I consider this, I fear Him.

16God has caused me to faint; the Almighty makes me terrified!

16God has made my heart faint; the Almighty has terrified me.

17Nevertheless, I haven't been silenced because of the darkness, even when thick darkness obscures my vision."

17Yet I am not silenced by the darkness, by the thick darkness that covers my face.