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No; but he would put <i>strength</i> in me.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/23-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>There the righteous might dispute with him; so should I be delivered for ever from my judge.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/23-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Behold, I go forward, but he <i>is</i> not <i>there</i>; and backward, but I cannot perceive him:</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/23-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>On the left hand, where he doth work, but I cannot behold <i>him</i>: he hideth himself on the right hand, that I cannot see <i>him</i>:</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/23-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>But he knoweth the way that I take: <i>when</i> he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/23-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>My foot hath held his steps, his way have I kept, and not declined.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/23-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>Neither have I gone back from the commandment of his lips; I have esteemed the words of his mouth more than my necessary <i>food</i>.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/23-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>But he <i>is</i> in one <i>mind</i>, and who can turn him? and <i>what</i> his soul desireth, even <i>that</i> he doeth.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/23-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>For he performeth <i>the thing that is</i> appointed for me: and many such <i>things are</i> with him.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/23-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>Therefore am I troubled at his presence: when I consider, I am afraid of him.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/23-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>For God maketh my heart soft, and the Almighty troubleth me:</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/23-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>Because I was not cut off before the darkness, <i>neither</i> hath he covered the darkness from my face.</p></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">King James Bible<br /><br />Text courtesy of <a href="//www.bibleprotector.com/"> BibleProtector.com</a><br /><br />Section Headings Courtesy <a href="//intbible.com/">INT Bible</a><br />© 2012, Used by Permission<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/">Bible Hub</a></div></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../job/22.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Job 22"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Job 22" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../job/24.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Job 24"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Job 24" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="rightbox"><div class="padright"><div id="pic"><iframe width="100%" height="860" scrolling="no" src="/scan/job/23-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></div></div><div id="rightbox4"><div class="padright2"><div id="spons1"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td class="sp1"><iframe width="122" height="860" scrolling="no" src="../sidemenu.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhchap.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></body></html>