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Job Chapter: 23

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	King James Bible	King James Bible 1611

23:1	Then Job answered and said,	Then Iob answered, and said,
23:2	Even to day is my complaint bitter: my stroke is heavier than my groaning.	Euen to day is my complaint bitter: my stroke is heauier then my groning.
23:3	Oh that I knew where I might find him! that I might come even to his seat!	O that I knewe where I might find him! that I might come euen to his seate!
23:4	I would order my cause before him, and fill my mouth with arguments.	I would order my cause before him, and fill my mouth with arguments.
23:5	I would know the words which he would answer me, and understand what he would say unto me.	I would know the words which he would answere me, and vnderstand what he would say vnto me.
23:6	Will he plead against me with his great power? No; but he would put strength in me.	Will he plead against me with his great power? No, but hee would put strength in me.
23:7	There the righteous might dispute with him; so should I be delivered for ever from my judge.	There the righteous might dispute with him; so should I be deliuered for euer from my Iudge.
23:8	Behold, I go forward, but he is not there; and backward, but I cannot perceive him:	Behold, I goe forward, but he is not there, and backward, but I cannot perceiue him:
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:	On the left hand where hee doeth worke, but I cannot behold him: he hideth himselfe on the right hand, that I cannot see him.
23:10	But he knoweth the way that I take: when he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold.	But he knoweth the way that I take: when he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold.
23:11	My foot hath held his steps, his way have I kept, and not declined.	My foot hath held his steps, his way haue I kept, and not declined.
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.	Neither haue I gone backe from the commaundement of his lippes, I haue esteemed the words of his mouth more then my necessary food.
23:13	But he is in one mind, and who can turn him? and what his soul desireth, even that he doeth.	But hee is in one minde, and who can turne him? and what his soule desireth, euen that he doeth.
23:14	For he performeth the thing that is appointed for me: and many such things are with him.	For he performeth the thing that is appointed for mee: 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 am I troubled at his presence: when I consider, I am afraid of him.
23:16	For God maketh my heart soft, and the Almighty troubleth me:	For God maketh my heart soft, and the Almighty troubleth me:
23:17	Because I was not cut off before the darkness, neither hath he covered the darkness from my face.	Because I was not cut off before the darknes, neither hath he couered the darknes from my face.

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