Job 23 - NKJV Bible Online

Job 23

Then Job answered and said:

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“Even today my ^acomplaint is bitter;

¹My hand is listless because of my groaning.

^aOh, that I knew where I might find Him,

That I might come to His seat!

I would present my case before Him,

And fill my mouth with arguments.

I would know the words which He would answer me,

And understand what He would say to me.

^aWould He contend with me in His great power?

No! But He would take note of me.

There the upright could reason with Him,

And I would be delivered forever from my Judge.

“Look,^a I go forward, but He is not there,

And backward, but I cannot perceive Him;

When He works on the left hand, I cannot behold Him;

When He turns to the right hand, I cannot see Him.

But ^aHe knows the way that I take;

When ^bHe has tested me, I shall come forth as gold.

^aMy foot has held fast to His steps;

I have kept His way and not turned aside.

I have not departed from the ^acommandment of His lips;

^bI have treasured the words of His mouth

More than my ¹necessary food.

“But He is unique, and who can make Him change?

And whatever ^aHis soul desires, that He does.

For He performs what is ^aappointed for me,

And many such things are with Him.

Therefore I am terrified at His presence;

When I consider this, I am afraid of Him.

For God ^amade my heart weak,

And the Almighty terrifies me;

Because I was not ^acut off ¹from the presence of darkness,

And He did not hide deep darkness from my face.