Job 23:1-11

Grant me a trial

1 Job answered:
2 Today my complaint is again bitter; my strength is weighed down because of my groaning.
3 Oh, that I could know how to find him— come to his dwelling place;
4 I would lay out my case before him, fill my mouth with arguments,
5 know the words with which he would answer, understand what he would say to me.
6 Would he contend with me through brute force? No, he would surely listen to me.
7 There those who do the right thing can argue with him; I could escape from my judge forever.

God’s hiddenness

8 Look, I go east; he's not there, west, and don't discover him;
9 north in his activity, and I don't grasp him; he turns south, and I don't see.
10 Surely he knows my way; when he tests me, I will emerge as gold.
11 My feet have stayed right in his tracks. I have kept his way and not left it,

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Footnotes 1

  • [a]. Vulg, Syr, Tg; MT my complaint is rebellious.
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