Job 23 (NET)

Job 23:1¹Then Job answered:Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AI

Job 23:2²“Even today my complaint is still bitter; his hand is heavy despite my groaning.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Job 10:1Job 7:11Ps 32:4Job 11:6Job 6:2-3Lam 3:19-20Ps 77:2-9

Job 23:3³O that I knew where I might find him, that I could come to his place of residence!Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Job 16:21Heb 4:6Jer 14:7Job 13:3Job 31:35-372 Cor 5:19-20Isa 26:8Isa 55:6-7Job 40:1-5

Job 23:4⁴I would lay out my case before him and fill my mouth with arguments.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Job 13:18Dan 9:18-19Exod 32:12-13Gen 18:25-32Gen 32:12Isa 43:26Job 37:19Josh 7:8-9Num 14:13-19Ps 25:11

Job 23:5⁵I would know with what words he would answer me, and understand what he would say to me.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Cor 4:3-4Job 10:2Job 13:22-23Job 42:2-6

Job 23:6⁶Would he contend with me with great power? No, he would only pay attention to me.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Cor 12:9-10Job 13:21Job 9:33-34Ezek 20:33Ezek 20:35Isa 27:4Isa 27:8Job 9:19Job 9:4Ps 138:3

Job 23:7⁷There an upright person could present his case before him, and I would be delivered forever from my judge.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Job 13:3Isa 1:18Rom 8:1Jer 12:1Jer 3:5Job 9:15Rom 3:19-22Rom 8:33-34

Job 23:8⁸“If I go to the east, he is not there, and to the west, yet I do not perceive him.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Job 9:11Ps 10:11 Tim 6:16Job 35:14Isa 45:15Ps 13:1-3

Job 23:9⁹In the north when he is at work, I do not see him; when he turns to the south, I see no trace of him.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Isa 8:17Ps 89:46

Job 23:10¹⁰But he knows the pathway that I take; if he tested me, I would come forth like gold.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Jas 1:121 Pet 1:7Jas 1:2-4Ps 139:1-3Prov 17:3Ps 66:10Zech 13:9Ps 17:3Heb 11:17Mal 3:2-3

Job 23:11¹¹My feet have followed his steps closely; I have kept to his way and have not turned aside.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ps 44:182 Pet 2:20-22Job 17:9Ps 125:5Ps 17:5Rom 2:72 Cor 1:12Acts 20:18-19Luke 8:13-15Ps 18:20-24

Job 23:12¹²I have not departed from the commands of his lips; I have treasured the words of his mouth more than my allotted portion.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Jer 15:16Ps 119:11Ps 119:103John 4:34Ps 19:9-10Job 22:22John 4:32John 8:31Ps 119:127Job 6:10

Job 23:13¹³But he is unchangeable, and who can change him? Whatever he has desired, he does.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ps 115:3Prov 19:21Dan 4:35Isa 46:10Eccl 3:14Job 12:14Num 23:19-20Ps 135:6Isa 14:24-27Eccl 1:15

Job 23:14¹⁴For he fulfills his decree against me, and many such things are his plans.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Thess 3:31 Thess 5:9Isa 40:27-28Ps 77:19Ps 97:2Rom 11:331 Pet 2:8Job 7:3Mic 6:9

Job 23:15¹⁵That is why I am terrified in his presence; when I consider, I am afraid because of him.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ps 119:120Job 31:23Ps 77:3Hab 3:16Job 10:15Job 23:3

Job 23:16¹⁶Indeed, God has made my heart faint; the Almighty has terrified me.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ps 22:14Job 27:2Deut 20:3Isa 6:5Ps 88:16Isa 57:16Joel 1:15Ruth 1:20Jer 51:46

Job 23:17¹⁷Yet I have not been silent because of the darkness, because of the thick darkness that covered my face.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Job 19:8Isa 57:12 Kgs 22:20Job 15:22Job 18:18Job 18:6Job 22:11Job 6:9