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Job 23 :: Amplified Bible (AMP)

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Job Says He Longs for God

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Then Job answered and said,

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“Even today my complaint is contentious;

His hand is heavy despite my groaning.

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“Oh, that I knew where I might find Him,

That I might [even] come to His seat!

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“I would present my cause before Him

And fill my mouth with arguments.

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“I would learn the words which He would answer,

And understand what He would say to me.

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“Would He contend against me with His great power?

No, surely He would give attention to me.

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“There the righteous and upright could reason with Him;

So I would be acquitted forever by my Judge.

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“Behold, I go forward (to the east), but He is not there;

I go backward (to the west), but I cannot perceive Him;

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To the left (north) He turns, but I cannot behold Him;

He turns to the right hand (south), but I cannot see Him.

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“But He knows the way that I take [and He pays attention to it].

When He has tried me, I will come forth as [refined] gold [pure and luminous].

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“My feet have carefully followed His steps;

I have kept His ways and not turned aside.

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“I have not departed from the commandment of His lips;

I have kept the words of His mouth more than my necessary food.

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“But He is unique and unchangeable, and who can turn Him?

And what His soul desires, that He does.

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“For He performs what is planned (appointed) for me,

And He is mindful of many such things.

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“Therefore I would be terrified at His presence;

When I consider [all of this], I tremble in dread of Him.

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“For God has made my heart faint,

And the Almighty has terrified me,

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But I am not silenced by the darkness [of these woes that fell on me],

Nor by the thick darkness which covers my face.

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Job Chapter 23 — Additional Translations:

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