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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=1.0; maximum-scale=1.0; user-scalable=0;"/><title>Job 23 NKJV KJV Parallel</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/newp.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="/job/">Job</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.shtml" title="Job 22">◄</a> Job 23 <a href="../job/24.shtml" 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">NKJV Parallel KJV <a href="../../bsb/job/23.shtml">[BSB</a> <a href="../../csb/job/23.shtml">CSB</a> <a href="../../esv/job/23.shtml">ESV</a> <a href="../../hcs/job/23.shtml">HCS</a> <a href="../../kjv/job/23.shtml">KJV</a> <a href="../../isv/job/23.shtml">ISV</a> <a href="../../nas/job/23.shtml">NAS</a> <a href="../../net/job/23.shtml">NET</a> <a href="../../niv/job/23.shtml">NIV</a> <a href="../../nlt/job/23.shtml">NLT</a> <a href="../../heb/job/23.shtml">HEB]</a></div><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td class="version" width="50%">New King James Version</td><td class="version" width="50%">King James Bible</td></tr></table><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/23-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span><span class="btext1">Then Job answered and said:<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/23-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span><span class="btext2">Then Job answered and said,</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/23-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span><span class="btext1">“Even today my complaint is bitter; My hand is listless because of my groaning.<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/23-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span><span class="btext2">Even to day <i>is</i> my complaint bitter: my stroke is heavier than my groaning.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/23-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span><span class="btext1">Oh, that I knew where I might find Him, <i>That</i> I might come to His seat!<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/23-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span><span class="btext2">Oh that I knew where I might find him! <i>that</i> I might come <i>even</i> to his seat!</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/23-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span><span class="btext1">I would present <i>my</i> case before Him, And fill my mouth with arguments.<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/23-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span><span class="btext2">I would order <i>my</i> cause before him, and fill my mouth with arguments.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/23-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span><span class="btext1">I would know the words <i>which</i> He would answer me, And understand what He would say to me.<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/23-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span><span class="btext2">I would know the words <i>which</i> he would answer me, and understand what he would say unto me.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/23-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span><span class="btext1">Would He contend with me in His great power? No! But He would take <i>note</i> of me.<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/23-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span><span class="btext2">Will he plead against me with <i>his</i> great power? No; but he would put <i>strength</i> in me.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/23-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span><span class="btext1">There the upright could reason with Him, And I would be delivered forever from my Judge.<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/23-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span><span class="btext2">There the righteous might dispute with him; so should I be delivered for ever from my judge.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/23-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span><span class="btext1">“Look, I go forward, but He is not <i>there,</i> And backward, but I cannot perceive Him;<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/23-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span><span class="btext2">Behold, I go forward, but he <i>is</i> not <i>there</i>; and backward, but I cannot perceive him:</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/23-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span><span class="btext1">When He works on the left hand, I cannot behold <i>Him;</i> When He turns to the right hand, I cannot see <i>Him.</i><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/23-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span><span class="btext2">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>:</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/23-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span><span class="btext1">But He knows the way that I take; <i>When</i> He has tested me, I shall come forth as gold.<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/23-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span><span class="btext2">But he knoweth the way that I take: <i>when</i> he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/23-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span><span class="btext1">My foot has held fast to His steps; I have kept His way and not turned aside.<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/23-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span><span class="btext2">My foot hath held his steps, his way have I kept, and not declined.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/23-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span><span class="btext1">I have not departed from the commandment of His lips; I have treasured the words of His mouth More than my necessary <i>food.</i><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/23-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span><span class="btext2">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>.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/23-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span><span class="btext1">“But He <i>is</i> unique, and who can make Him change? And <i>whatever</i> His soul desires, <i>that</i> He does.<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/23-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span><span class="btext2">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.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/23-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span><span class="btext1">For He performs <i>what is</i> appointed for me, And many such <i>things are</i> with Him.<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/23-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span><span class="btext2">For he performeth <i>the thing that is</i> appointed for me: and many such <i>things are</i> with him.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/23-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span><span class="btext1">Therefore I am terrified at His presence; When I consider <i>this,</i> I am afraid of Him.<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/23-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span><span class="btext2">Therefore am I troubled at his presence: when I consider, I am afraid of him.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/23-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span><span class="btext1">For God made my heart weak, And the Almighty terrifies me;<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/23-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span><span class="btext2">For God maketh my heart soft, and the Almighty troubleth me:</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/23-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span><span class="btext1">Because I was not cut off from the presence of darkness, And He did <i>not</i> hide deep darkness from my face.<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/23-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span><span class="btext2">Because I was not cut off before the darkness, <i>neither</i> hath he covered the darkness from my face.</span></td></tr></table><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td class="copy" width="50%">The Holy Bible, New King James Version, Copyright © 1982 Thomas Nelson. 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