Job 23 :: Bible in Basic English (BBE)

Job 23:1And Job made answer and said,

Job 23:2Even today my outcry is bitter; his hand is hard on my sorrow.

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

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

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

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

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

Job 23:8See, I go forward, but he is not there; and back, but I do not see him;

Job 23:9I 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.

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

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

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

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

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

Job 23:15For this cause I am in fear before him, my thoughts of him overcome me.

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

Job 23:17For I am overcome by the dark, and by the black night which is covering my face.

The Bible in Basic English was translated by Professor Samuel Henry Hooke (1874-1968)
This translation of the Bible is in the public domain.