Job 23:1 Then Job347 answered6030 and said,559 cr 2 Even to day3117 is my complaint7879 bitter:4805 my stroke3027{Heb. my hand} is heavier3513 than my groaning.585 cr 3 Oh that5414 I knew3045 where I might find4672 him! that I might come935 even to his seat!8499 cr 4 I would order6186 my cause4941 before6440 him, and fill4390 my mouth6310 with arguments.8433 cr 5 I would know3045 the words4405 which he would answer6030 me, and understand995 what he would say559 unto me. cr

Job 23:6 Will he plead7378 against5978 me with his great7230 power?3581 No; but he would put7760 strength in me. cr 7 There the righteous3477 might dispute3198 with him; so should I be delivered6403 for ever5331 from my judge.8199 cr

Job 23:8 Behold, I go1980 forward,6924 but he is not there; and backward,268 but I cannot perceive995 him: cr 9 On the left hand,8040 where he doth work,6213 but I cannot behold2372 him: he hideth5848 himself on the right hand,3225 that I cannot see7200 him: cr 10 But he knoweth3045 the way1870 that I take:5978{Heb. the way that is with me} when he hath tried974 me, I shall come forth3318 as gold.2091 cr

Job 23:11 My foot7272 hath held270 his steps,838 his way1870 have I kept,8104 and not declined.5186 cr 12 Neither have I gone back4185 from the commandment4687 of his lips;8193 I have esteemed6845{Heb. I have hid, or laid up} the words561 of his mouth6310 more than my necessary2706 food.{Or, my appointed portion} cr 13 But he is in one259 mind, and who can turn7725 him? and what his soul5315 desireth,183 even that he doeth.6213 cr 14 For he performeth7999 the thing that is appointed2706 for me: and many7227 such2007 things are with him. cr 15 Therefore am I troubled926 at his presence:6440 when I consider,995 I am afraid6342 of him. cr 16 For God410 maketh my heart3820 soft,7401 and the Almighty7706 troubleth926 me: cr 17 Because I was not cut off6789 before6440 the darkness,2822 neither hath he covered3680 the darkness652 from my face.6440 cr