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| 23:1 | Then Job answered and said, |
| 23:2 | Even to day is my complaint bitter: my stroke is heavier than my groaning. |
| 23:3 | Oh that I knew where I might find him! that I might come even to his seat! |
| 23:4 | I would order my cause before him, and fill my mouth with arguments. |
| 23:5 | I would know the words which he would answer me, and understand what he would say unto me. |
| 23:6 | Will he plead against me with his great power? No; but he would put strength in me. |
| 23:7 | There the righteous might dispute with him; so should I be delivered for ever from my judge. |
| 23:8 | Behold, I go forward, but he is not there; and backward, but I cannot perceive him: |
| 23:9 | On the left hand, where he doth work, but I cannot behold him: he hideth himself on the right hand, that I cannot see him: |
| 23:10 | But he knoweth the way that I take: when he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold. |
| 23:11 | My foot hath held his steps, his way have I kept, and not declined. |
| 23:12 | Neither have I gone back from the commandment of his lips; I have esteemed the words of his mouth more than my necessary food. |
| 23:13 | But he is in one mind, and who can turn him? and what his soul desireth, even that he doeth. |
| 23:14 | For he performeth the thing that is appointed for me: and many such things are with him. |
| 23:15 | Therefore am I troubled at his presence: when I consider, I am afraid of him. |
| 23:16 | For God maketh my heart soft, and the Almighty troubleth me: |
| 23:17 | Because I was not cut off before the darkness, neither hath he covered the darkness from my face. |
| 23:1 | Bvt Iob answered and sayd, |
| 23:2 | Though my talke be this day in bitternes, and my plague greater then my groning, |
| 23:3 | Would God yet I knew how to finde him, I would enter vnto his place. |
| 23:4 | I would pleade the cause before him, and fill my mouth with arguments. |
| 23:5 | I would knowe the wordes, that he would answere me, and would vnderstand what he would say vnto me. |
| 23:6 | Would he plead against me with his great power? No, but he would put strength in me. |
| 23:7 | There the righteous might reason with him, so I shoulde be deliuered for euer from my Iudge. |
| 23:8 | Behold, if I go to the East, he is not there: if to the West, yet I can not perceiue him: |
| 23:9 | If to the North where he worketh, yet I cannot see him: he wil hide himselfe in the South, and I cannot beholde him. |
| 23:10 | But he knoweth my way, and trieth mee, and I shall come forth like the gold. |
| 23:11 | My foote hath followed his steps: his way haue I kept, and haue not declined. |
| 23:12 | Neyther haue I departed from the commandement of his lippes, and I haue esteemed the words of his mouth more then mine appointed foode. |
| 23:13 | Yet he is in one minde, and who can turne him? yea, he doeth what his minde desireth. |
| 23:14 | For he will performe that, which is decreed of me, and many such things are with him. |
| 23:15 | Therefore I am troubled at his presence, and in considering it, I am afraid of him. |
| 23:16 | For God hath softened mine heart, and the Almightie hath troubled me. |
| 23:17 | For I am not cut off in darknesse, but he hath hid the darkenesse from my face. |
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