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Job 23	Job 23
Job 23:1 Then Job answered and said,	Job 23:1 And Job made answer and said,
Job 23:2 Even to-day is my complaint rebellious: My stroke is heavier than my groaning.	Job 23:2 Even today my outcry is bitter; his hand is hard on my sorrow.
Job 23:3 Oh that I knew where I might find him! That I might come even to his seat!	Job 23:3 If only I had knowledge of where he might be seen, so that I might come even to his seat!
Job 23:4 I would set my cause in order before him, And fill my mouth with arguments.	Job 23:4 I would put my cause in order before him, and my mouth would be full of arguments.
Job 23:5 I would know the words which he would answer me, And understand what he would say unto me.	Job 23:5 I would see what his answers would be, and have knowledge of what he would say to me.
Job 23:6 Would he contend with me in the greatness of his power? Nay; but he would give heed unto me.	Job 23:6 Would he make use of his great power to overcome me? No, but he would give attention to me.
Job 23:7 There the upright might reason with him; So should I be delivered for ever from my judge.	Job 23:7 There an upright man might put his cause before him; and I would be free for ever from my judge.
Job 23:8 Behold, I go forward, but he is not [there]; And backward, but I cannot perceive him;	Job 23:8 See, I go forward, but he is not there; and back, but I do not see him;
Job 23:9 On the left hand, when he doth work, but I cannot behold him; He hideth himself on the right hand, that I cannot see him.	Job 23:9 I am looking for him on the left hand, but there is no sign of him; and turning to the right, I am not able to see him.
Job 23:10 But he knoweth the way that I take; When he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold.	Job 23:10 For he has knowledge of the way I take; after I have been tested I will come out like gold.
Job 23:11 My foot hath held fast to his steps; His way have I kept, and turned not aside.	Job 23:11 My feet have gone in his steps; I have kept in his way, without turning to one side or to the other.
Job 23:12 I have not gone back from the commandment of his lips; I have treasured up the words of his mouth more than my necessary food.	Job 23:12 I have never gone against the orders of his lips; the words of his mouth have been stored up in my heart.
Job 23:13 But he is in one [mind], and who can turn him? And what his soul desireth, even that he doeth.	Job 23:13 But his purpose is fixed and there is no changing it; and he gives effect to the desire of his soul.
Job 23:14 For he performeth that which is appointed for me: And many such things are with him.	Job 23:14 For what has been ordered for me by him will be gone through to the end: and his mind is full of such designs.
Job 23:15 Therefore am I terrified at his presence; When I consider, I am afraid of him.	Job 23:15 For this cause I am in fear before him, my thoughts of him overcome me.
Job 23:16 For God hath made my heart faint, And the Almighty hath terrified me;	Job 23:16 For God has made my heart feeble, and my mind is troubled before the Ruler of all.
Job 23:17 Because I was not cut off before the darkness, Neither did he cover the thick darkness from my face.	Job 23:17 For I am overcome by the dark, and by the black night which is covering my face.