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Job 23 :: New English Translation (NET)

Job 23:1

Job 23:1Then Job answered:

Job 23:2

Job 23:2"Even today my complaint is still bitter; his hand is heavy despite my groaning.

Job 23:3

Job 23:3O that I knew where I might find him, that I could come to his place of residence!

Job 23:4

Job 23:4I would lay out my case before him and fill my mouth with arguments.

Job 23:5

Job 23:5I would know with what words he would answer me, and understand what he would say to me.

Job 23:6

Job 23:6Would he contend with me with great power? No, he would only pay attention to me.

Job 23:7

Job 23:7There an upright person could present his case before him, and I would be delivered forever from my judge.

Job 23:8

Job 23:8"If I go to the east, he is not there, and to the west, yet I do not perceive him.

Job 23:9

Job 23:9In the north when he is at work, I do not see him; when he turns to the south, I see no trace of him.

Job 23:10

Job 23:10But he knows the pathway that I take; if he tested me, I would come forth like gold.

Job 23:11

Job 23:11My feet have followed his steps closely; I have kept to his way and have not turned aside.

Job 23:12

Job 23:12I have not departed from the commands of his lips; I have treasured the words of his mouth more than my allotted portion.

Job 23:13

Job 23:13But he is unchangeable, and who can change him? Whatever he has desired, he does.

Job 23:14

Job 23:14For he fulfills his decree against me, and many such things are his plans.

Job 23:15

Job 23:15That is why I am terrified in his presence; when I consider, I am afraid because of him.

Job 23:16

Job 23:16Indeed, God has made my heart faint; the Almighty has terrified me.

Job 23:17

Job 23:17Yet I have not been silent because of the darkness, because of the thick darkness that covered my face.
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