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Job Chapter: 23

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	King James Bible	Youngs Literal Translation

23:1	Then Job answered and said,	And Job answereth and saith: --
23:2	Even to day is my complaint bitter: my stroke is heavier than my groaning.	Also -- to-day `is' my complaint bitter, My hand hath been heavy because of my sighing.
23:3	Oh that I knew where I might find him! that I might come even to his seat!	O that I had known -- and I find Him, I come in unto His seat,
23:4	I would order my cause before him, and fill my mouth with arguments.	I arrange before Him the cause, And my mouth fill `with' arguments.
23:5	I would know the words which he would answer me, and understand what he would say unto me.	I know the words He doth answer me, And understand what He saith to me.
23:6	Will he plead against me with his great power? No; but he would put strength in me.	In the abundance of power doth He strive with me? No! surely He putteth `it' in me.
23:7	There the righteous might dispute with him; so should I be delivered for ever from my judge.	There the upright doth reason with Him, And I escape for ever from my judge.
23:8	Behold, I go forward, but he is not there; and backward, but I cannot perceive him:	Lo, forward I go -- and He is not, And backward -- and I perceive him not.
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:	`To' the left in His working -- and I see not, He is covered `on' the right, and I behold not.
23:10	But he knoweth the way that I take: when he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold.	For He hath known the way with me, He hath tried me -- as gold I go forth.
23:11	My foot hath held his steps, his way have I kept, and not declined.	On His step hath my foot laid hold, His way I have kept, and turn not aside,
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.	The command of His lips, and I depart not. Above my allotted portion I have laid up The sayings of His mouth.
23:13	But he is in one mind, and who can turn him? and what his soul desireth, even that he doeth.	And He `is' in one `mind', And who doth turn Him back? And His soul hath desired -- and He doth `it'.
23:14	For he performeth the thing that is appointed for me: and many such things are with him.	For He doth complete my portion, And many such things `are' with Him.
23:15	Therefore am I troubled at his presence: when I consider, I am afraid of him.	Therefore, from His presence I am troubled, I consider, and am afraid of Him.
23:16	For God maketh my heart soft, and the Almighty troubleth me:	And God hath made my heart soft, And the Mighty hath troubled me.
23:17	Because I was not cut off before the darkness, neither hath he covered the darkness from my face.	For I have not been cut off before darkness, And before me He covered thick darkness.

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