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Job 23 :: Bible in Basic English (BBE)

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 23:1 - And Job made answer and said,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 23:2 - Even today my outcry is bitter; his hand is hard on my sorrow.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 23:3 - If only I had knowledge of where he might be seen, so that I might come even to his seat!

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 23:4 - I would put my cause in order before him, and my mouth would be full of arguments.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 23:5 - I would see what his answers would be, and have knowledge of what he would say to me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 23:6 - Would he make use of his great power to overcome me? No, but he would give attention to me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 23:7 - There an upright man might put his cause before him; and I would be free for ever from my judge.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 23:8 - See, I go forward, but he is not there; and back, but I do not see him;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 23:9 - I am looking for him on the left hand, but there is no sign of him; and turning to the right, I am not able to see him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 23:10 - For he has knowledge of the way I take; after I have been tested I will come out like gold.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 23:11 - My feet have gone in his steps; I have kept in his way, without turning to one side or to the other.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 23:12 - I have never gone against the orders of his lips; the words of his mouth have been stored up in my heart.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 23:13 - But his purpose is fixed and there is no changing it; and he gives effect to the desire of his soul.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 23:14 - For what has been ordered for me by him will be gone through to the end: and his mind is full of such designs.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 23:15 - For this cause I am in fear before him, my thoughts of him overcome me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 23:16 - For God has made my heart feeble, and my mind is troubled before the Ruler of all.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 23:17 - For I am overcome by the dark, and by the black night which is covering my face.
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The Bible in Basic English was translated by Professor Samuel Henry Hooke (1874-1968)
This translation of the Bible is in the public domain.

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