Job 23 | BSB Bible Study

Job 23:1 (BSB)
Then Job answered:

Job 23:2 (BSB)
“Even today my complaint is bitter. His hand is heavy despite my groaning.

Job 23:3 (BSB)
If only I knew where to find Him, so that I could go to His seat.

Job 23:4 (BSB)
I would plead my case before Him and fill my mouth with arguments.

Job 23:5 (BSB)
I would learn how He would answer, and consider what He would say.

Job 23:6 (BSB)
Would He contend with me in His great power? No, He would certainly take note of me.

Job 23:7 (BSB)
Then an upright man could reason with Him, and I would be delivered forever from my Judge.

Job 23:8 (BSB)
If I go east, He is not there, and if I go west, I cannot find Him.

Job 23:9 (BSB)
When He is at work in the north, I cannot behold Him; when He turns to the south, I cannot see Him.

Job 23:10 (BSB)
Yet He knows the way I have taken; when He has tested me, I will come forth as gold.

Job 23:11 (BSB)
My feet have followed in His tracks; I have kept His way without turning aside.

Job 23:12 (BSB)
I have not departed from the command of His lips; I have treasured the words of His mouth more than my daily bread.

Job 23:13 (BSB)
But He is unchangeable, and who can oppose Him? He does what He desires.

Job 23:14 (BSB)
For He carries out His decree against me, and He has many such plans.

Job 23:15 (BSB)
Therefore I am terrified in His presence; when I consider this, I fear Him.

Job 23:16 (BSB)
God has made my heart faint; the Almighty has terrified me.

Job 23:17 (BSB)
Yet I am not silenced by the darkness, by the thick darkness that covers my face.

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