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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "//www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="//www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><title>Job 23 GNT</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/job/23.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/job/23-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="//biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">GNT</a> > Job 23</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../job/22.htm" title="Job 22">◄</a> Job 23 <a href="../job/24.htm" title="Job 24">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading">Good News Translation</div><div class="chap"><h5 class="sp">Job</h5><p class="q1"><span class="v18_23_1"><span class="reftext" id="Job.23.1-Job.23.2" class="v18_23_1">1-2</span>I still rebel and complain against God;</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v18_23_1">I cannot keep from groaning.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_23_3"><span class="reftext" id="Job.23.3" class="v18_23_3">3</span>How I wish I knew where to find him,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v18_23_3">and knew how to go where he is.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_23_4"><span class="reftext" id="Job.23.4" class="v18_23_4">4</span>I would state my case before him</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v18_23_4">and present all the arguments in my favor.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_23_5"><span class="reftext" id="Job.23.5" class="v18_23_5">5</span>I want to know what he would say</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v18_23_5">and how he would answer me.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_23_6"><span class="reftext" id="Job.23.6" class="v18_23_6">6</span>Would God use all his strength against me?</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v18_23_6">No, he would listen as I spoke.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_23_7"><span class="reftext" id="Job.23.7" class="v18_23_7">7</span>I am honest; I could reason with God;</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v18_23_7">he would declare me innocent<a href="#fn" id="link_Job.23.7!f.1" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> once and for all.</span></p><p class="b"></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_23_8"><span class="reftext" id="Job.23.8" class="v18_23_8">8</span>I have searched in the East, but God is not there;</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v18_23_8">I have not found him when I searched in the West.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_23_9"><span class="reftext" id="Job.23.9" class="v18_23_9">9</span>God has been at work in the North and the South,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v18_23_9">but still I have not seen him.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_23_10"><span class="reftext" id="Job.23.10" class="v18_23_10">10</span>Yet God knows every step I take;</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v18_23_10">if he tests me, he will find me pure.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_23_11"><span class="reftext" id="Job.23.11" class="v18_23_11">11</span>I follow faithfully the road he chooses,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v18_23_11">and never wander to either side.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_23_12"><span class="reftext" id="Job.23.12" class="v18_23_12">12</span>I always do what God commands;</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v18_23_12">I follow his will, not my own desires.</span></p><p class="b"></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_23_13"><span class="reftext" id="Job.23.13" class="v18_23_13">13</span>He never changes. No one can oppose him</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v18_23_13">or stop him from doing what he wants to do.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_23_14"><span class="reftext" id="Job.23.14" class="v18_23_14">14</span>He will fulfill what he has planned for me;</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v18_23_14">that plan is just one of the many he has;</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v18_23_15"><span class="reftext" id="Job.23.15" class="v18_23_15">15</span>I tremble with fear before him.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_23_16"><span class="reftext" id="Job.23.16-Job.23.17" class="v18_23_16">16-17</span>Almighty God has destroyed my courage.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_23_16">It is God, not the dark, that makes me afraid—</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v18_23_16">even though the darkness has made me blind.</span></p><a name="fn"></a><br /><br /><br /><b>Footnotes:<br /><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">23.7: </char><char style="fq" closed="false">he would declare me innocent; </char><char style="ft" closed="false">or </char><char style="fq" closed="false">then my rights would be safe.</char></note></div></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div align="center"><p><span style="font-size:11pt;">Good News Translation® (Today’s English Version, Second Edition)</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt;">© 1992 American Bible Society. 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