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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://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 Legacy Standard Bible</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></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="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">LSB</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 width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="../menu.htm" width="100%" height="48" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table><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"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">Legacy Standard Bible</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/nasb_/job/23.htm" style="color:#0092f2" title="NASB">►► </a></td></tr></table></div><p class="hdg">Where Is God?</p><p><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/23-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>Then Job answered and said, <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/23-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>“Even today my musing is rebellion; <p class="indent2"><span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>His hand is heavy despite my groaning. <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/23-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>Oh that I knew where I might find Him, <p class="indent2">That I might come to His seat! <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/23-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>I would arrange <i>my case for</i> justice before Him <p class="indent2">And fill my mouth with arguments. <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/23-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>I would know the words <i>which</i> He would <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>answer, <p class="indent2">And discern what He would say to me. <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/23-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>Would He contend with me by the greatness of <i>His</i> power? <p class="indent2">No, surely He would pay attention to me. <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/23-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>There the upright would argue with Him; <p class="indent2">And I <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>would have escaped forever from my Judge. <p class="reg"><p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/23-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>“Behold, I go forward but He is not <i>there</i>, <p class="indent2">And backward, but I cannot discern Him; <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/23-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>When He acts on the left, I cannot behold <i>Him</i>; <p class="indent2">He turns on the right, I cannot see Him. <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/23-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>But He knows the <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>way I take; <p class="indent2"><i>When</i> He has tested me, I shall come forth as gold. <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/23-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>My foot has held fast to His path; <p class="indent2">I have kept His way and not turned aside. <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/23-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>I have not departed from the command of His lips; <p class="indent2">I have treasured the words of His mouth <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>more than my <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>portion <i>of food</i>. <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/23-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>But He is unique and who can turn Him? <p class="indent2">And <i>what</i> His soul desires, that He does. <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/23-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>For He performs what is apportioned for me, <p class="indent2">And many such <i>decrees</i> are with Him. <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/23-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>Therefore, I would be dismayed at His presence; <p class="indent2">I carefully consider, and I am in dread of Him. <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/23-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span><i>It is</i> God <i>who</i> has made my heart faint, <p class="indent2">And the Almighty <i>who</i> has dismayed me, <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/23-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>But I am not silenced by the darkness, <p class="indent2">Nor thick darkness <i>which</i> covers me.<A name="fn"></a></p><br /><br /><span class="fnverse">2</span> As in Gr and Syr; M.T. <i>My</i><br><span class="fnverse">5</span> Lit <i>answer me</i><br><span class="fnverse">7</span> Or <i>bring forth my justice forever</i><br><span class="fnverse">10</span> Lit <i>way with me</i><br><span class="fnverse">12</span> Some versions <i>in my breast</i><br><span class="fnverse">12</span> Lit <i>statute</i><br></div><br /><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Legacy Standard Bible Copyright ©2021 by The Lockman Foundation<br>All rights reserved. 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