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Job 23 :: King James Version (KJV)

Job 23:1

Job 23:1Then Job answered and said,

Job 23:2

Job 23:2Even to day is my complaint bitter: my stroke is heavier than my groaning.

Job 23:3

Job 23:3Oh that I knew where I might find him! that I might come even to his seat!

Job 23:4

Job 23:4I would order my cause before him, and fill my mouth with arguments.

Job 23:5

Job 23:5I would know the words which he would answer me, and understand what he would say unto me.

Job 23:6

Job 23:6Will he plead against me with his great power? No; but he would put strength in me.

Job 23:7

Job 23:7There the righteous might dispute with him; so should I be delivered for ever from my judge.

Job 23:8

Job 23:8Behold, I go forward, but he is not there; and backward, but I cannot perceive him:

Job 23:9

Job 23:9On the left hand, where he doth work, but I cannot behold him: he hideth himself on the right hand, that I cannot see him:

Job 23:10

Job 23:10But he knoweth the way that I take: when he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold.

Job 23:11

Job 23:11My foot hath held his steps, his way have I kept, and not declined.

Job 23:12

Job 23:12Neither have I gone back from the commandment of his lips; I have esteemed the words of his mouth more than my necessary food.

Job 23:13

Job 23:13But he is in one mind, and who can turn him? and what his soul desireth, even that he doeth.

Job 23:14

Job 23:14For he performeth the thing that is appointed for me: and many such things are with him.

Job 23:15

Job 23:15Therefore am I troubled at his presence: when I consider, I am afraid of him.

Job 23:16

Job 23:16For God maketh my heart soft, and the Almighty troubleth me:

Job 23:17

Job 23:17Because I was not cut off before the darkness, neither hath he covered the darkness from my face.
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