Job 23
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Job 23
Job Replies: My Complaint Is Bitter
1Then Job answered:
2 #
Job 7.11
“Today also my complaint is bitter;#23.2 Syr Vg Tg: Heb rebellious
his#23.2 Gk Syr: Heb my hand is heavy despite my groaning.
3 #
Deut 4.29; Ps 9.4 Oh, that I knew where I might find him,
that I might come even to his dwelling!
4 #
Job 13.18
I would lay my case before him
and fill my mouth with arguments.
5I would learn what he would answer me
and understand what he would say to me.
6Would he contend with me in the greatness of his power?
No, but he would give heed to me.
7 #
Job 13.3, 16 There the upright could reason with him,
and I should be acquitted forever by my judge.
8 #
Job 9.11
“If I go forward, he is not there;
or backward, I cannot perceive him;
9on the left he hides, and I cannot behold him;
I turn#23.9 Syr Vg: Heb he turns to the right, but I cannot see him.
10 #
Ps 139.1–3
But he knows the way that I take;
when he has tested me, I shall come out like gold.
11 #
Ps 44.18
My foot has held fast to his steps;
I have kept his way and have not turned aside.
12 #
Jn 4.32, 34 I have not departed from the commandment of his lips;
I have treasured his words in my bosom.#23.12 Gk: Heb words more than my daily bread
13 #
Job 9.12; Ps 115.3 But he stands alone, and who can dissuade him?
What he desires, that he does.
14 #
1 Thess 3.3
For he will complete what he appoints for me,
and many such things are in his mind.
15Therefore I am terrified at his presence;
when I consider, I am in dread of him.
16 #
Ps 22.14; Jer 51.46 God has made my heart faint;
the Almighty#23.16 Traditional rendering of Heb Shaddai has terrified me.
17 #
Job 10.18, 19; 19.8 If only I could vanish in darkness,
and thick darkness would cover my face!#23.17 Or But I am not destroyed by the darkness; he has concealed the thick darkness from me
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Job 23
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Job 23
Job Replies: My Complaint Is Bitter
1Then Job answered:
2 #
Job 7.11
“Today also my complaint is bitter;#23.2 Syr Vg Tg: Heb rebellious
his#23.2 Gk Syr: Heb my hand is heavy despite my groaning.
3 #
Deut 4.29; Ps 9.4 Oh, that I knew where I might find him,
that I might come even to his dwelling!
4 #
Job 13.18
I would lay my case before him
and fill my mouth with arguments.
5I would learn what he would answer me
and understand what he would say to me.
6Would he contend with me in the greatness of his power?
No, but he would give heed to me.
7 #
Job 13.3, 16 There the upright could reason with him,
and I should be acquitted forever by my judge.
8 #
Job 9.11
“If I go forward, he is not there;
or backward, I cannot perceive him;
9on the left he hides, and I cannot behold him;
I turn#23.9 Syr Vg: Heb he turns to the right, but I cannot see him.
10 #
Ps 139.1–3
But he knows the way that I take;
when he has tested me, I shall come out like gold.
11 #
Ps 44.18
My foot has held fast to his steps;
I have kept his way and have not turned aside.
12 #
Jn 4.32, 34 I have not departed from the commandment of his lips;
I have treasured his words in my bosom.#23.12 Gk: Heb words more than my daily bread
13 #
Job 9.12; Ps 115.3 But he stands alone, and who can dissuade him?
What he desires, that he does.
14 #
1 Thess 3.3
For he will complete what he appoints for me,
and many such things are in his mind.
15Therefore I am terrified at his presence;
when I consider, I am in dread of him.
16 #
Ps 22.14; Jer 51.46 God has made my heart faint;
the Almighty#23.16 Traditional rendering of Heb Shaddai has terrified me.
17 #
Job 10.18, 19; 19.8 If only I could vanish in darkness,
and thick darkness would cover my face!#23.17 Or But I am not destroyed by the darkness; he has concealed the thick darkness from me
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