Job 23 :: New King James Version (NKJV)

Job Proclaims God’s Righteous Judgments

God Knows Men’s Ways

Job 23:1

Job 23:1Then Job answered and said:

Job 23:2

Job 23:2“Even today my complaint is bitter;
My[fn] hand is listless because of my groaning.

Job 23:3

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

Job 23:4

Job 23:4I would present my case 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 to me.

Job 23:6

Job 23:6Would He contend with me in His great power?
No! But He would take note of me.

Job 23:7

Job 23:7There the upright could reason with Him,
And I would be delivered forever from my Judge.

Job 23:8

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

Job 23:9

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

Job 23:10

Job 23:10But He knows the way that I take;
When He has tested me, I shall come forth as gold.

Job 23:11

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

Job 23:12

Job 23:12I have not departed from the commandment of His lips;
I have treasured the words of His mouth
More than my necessary food.

Job 23:13

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

Job 23:14

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

Job 23:15

Job 23:15Therefore I am terrified at His presence;
When I consider this, I am afraid of Him.

Job 23:16

Job 23:16For God made my heart weak,
And the Almighty terrifies me;

Job 23:17

Job 23:17Because I was not cut off from the presence of darkness,
And He did not hide deep darkness from my face.

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NKJV Footnotes

(23:2)

Following Masoretic Text, Targum, and Vulgate; Septuagint and Syriac read His.

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