Parallel Bible results for "Job 23"

Job 23

1 Then Job answered:

1 Then Job replied:

2 "My complaint is still bitter today. I groan because God's heavy hand is on me.

2 “Even today my complaint is bitter; his hand is heavy in spite of my groaning.

3 I wish I knew where to find God so I could go to where he lives.

3 If only I knew where to find him; if only I could go to his dwelling!

4 I would present my case before him and fill my mouth with arguments

4 I would state my case before him and fill my mouth with arguments.

5 I would learn how he would answer me and would think about what he would say.

5 I would find out what he would answer me, and consider what he would say to me.

6 Would he not argue strongly against me? No, he would really listen to me.

6 Would he vigorously oppose me? No, he would not press charges against me.

7 Then an honest person could present his case to God, and I would be saved forever by my judge.

7 There the upright can establish their innocence before him, and there I would be delivered forever from my judge.

8 "If I go to the east, God is not there; if I go to the west, I do not see him.

8 “But if I go to the east, he is not there; if I go to the west, I do not find him.

9 When he is at work in the north, I catch no sight of him; when he turns to the south, I cannot see him.

9 When he is at work in the north, I do not see him; when he turns to the south, I catch no glimpse of him.

10 But God knows the way that I take, and when he has tested me, I will come out like gold.

10 But he knows the way that I take; when he has tested me, I will come forth as gold.

11 My feet have closely followed his steps; I have stayed in his way; I did not turn aside.

11 My feet have closely followed his steps; I have kept to his way without turning aside.

12 I have never left the commands he has spoken; I have treasured his words more than my own.

12 I have not departed from the commands of his lips; I have treasured the words of his mouth more than my daily bread.

13 "But he is the only God. Who can come against him? He does anything he wants.

13 “But he stands alone, and who can oppose him? He does whatever he pleases.

14 He will do to me what he said he would do, and he has many plans like this

14 He carries out his decree against me, and many such plans he still has in store.

15 That is why I am frightened of him; when I think of this, I am afraid of him.

15 That is why I am terrified before him; when I think of all this, I fear him.

16 God has made me afraid; the Almighty terrifies me.

16 God has made my heart faint; the Almighty has terrified me.

17 But I am not hidden by the darkness, by the thick darkness that covers my face.

17 Yet I am not silenced by the darkness, by the thick darkness that covers my face.