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Job 23 :: New American Standard Bible 1995 (NASB95)

Job Says He Longs for God

Job 23:1

Job 23:1Then Job [fn]replied,

Job 23:2

Job 23:2“Even today my complaint is rebellion;
[fn]His hand is heavy despite my groaning.

Job 23:3

Job 23:3“Oh that I knew where I might find Him,
That I might come to His seat!

Job 23:4

Job 23:4“I would present my case before Him
And fill my mouth with arguments.

Job 23:5

Job 23:5“I would learn the words which He would [fn]answer,
And perceive what He would say to me.

Job 23:6

Job 23:6“Would He contend with me by the greatness of His power?
No, surely He would pay attention to me.

Job 23:7

Job 23:7“There the upright would reason with Him;
And I [fn]would be delivered forever from my Judge.

Job 23:8

Job 23:8“Behold, I go forward but He is not there,
And backward, but I cannot perceive Him;

Job 23:9

Job 23:9When He acts on the left, I cannot behold Him;
He turns on the right, I cannot see Him.

Job 23:10

Job 23:10“But He knows the [fn]way I take;
When He has tried me, I shall come forth as gold.

Job 23:11

Job 23:11“My foot has held fast to His path;
I have kept His way and not turned aside.

Job 23:12

Job 23:12“I have not departed from the command of His lips;
I have treasured the words of His mouth [fn]more than my [fn]necessary food.

Job 23:13

Job 23:13“But He is unique and who can turn Him?
And what His soul desires, that He does.

Job 23:14

Job 23:14“For He performs what is appointed for me,
And many such decrees are with Him.

Job 23:15

Job 23:15“Therefore, I would be dismayed at His presence;
When I consider, I am terrified of Him.

Job 23:16

Job 23:16“It is God who has made my heart faint,
And the Almighty who has dismayed me,

Job 23:17

Job 23:17But I am not silenced by the darkness,
Nor deep gloom which covers me.
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NASB95 Footnotes
Literally: answered and said
So with Gr and Syr; M.T. My
Literally: answer me
Or, bring forth my justice forever
Literally: way with me
Or, with some versions, in my breast
Literally: prescribed portion
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