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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 CEV</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="../">CEV</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">Contemporary English Version</div><div class="chap"><h5 class="sp">Job's Reply to Eliphaz</h5><h3 class="s1">Today I Complain Bitterly</h3><p class="q1"><span class="v18_23_1"><span class="reftext" id="Job.23.1" class="v18_23_1">1</span>Job said:</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_23_2"><span class="reftext" id="Job.23.2" class="v18_23_2">2</span>Today I complain bitterly,</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_23_2">because God has been cruel</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v18_23_2">and made me suffer.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_23_3"><span class="reftext" id="Job.23.3" class="v18_23_3">3</span>If I knew where to find God,</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_23_3">I would go there</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v18_23_4"><span class="reftext" id="Job.23.4" class="v18_23_4">4</span>and argue my case.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_23_5"><span class="reftext" id="Job.23.5" class="v18_23_5">5</span>Then I would discover</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v18_23_5">what he wanted to say.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_23_6"><span class="reftext" id="Job.23.6" class="v18_23_6">6</span>Would he overwhelm me</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v18_23_6">with his greatness?</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_23_6">No! He would listen</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v18_23_7"><span class="reftext" id="Job.23.7" class="v18_23_7">7</span>because I am innocent,</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_23_7">and he would say,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v18_23_7">“I now set you free!”</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 cannot find God anywhere—</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_23_8">in front or back of me,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v18_23_9"><span class="reftext" id="Job.23.9" class="v18_23_9">9</span>to my left or my right.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_23_9">God is always at work,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v18_23_9">though I never see him.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_23_10"><span class="reftext" id="Job.23.10" class="v18_23_10">10</span>But he knows what I am doing,</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_23_10">and when he tests me,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v18_23_10">I will be pure as gold.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_23_10">* </span><span class="v18_23_11"><span class="reftext" id="Job.23.11" class="v18_23_11">11</span>I have never refused to follow</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v18_23_11">any of his commands,</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_23_12"><span class="reftext" id="Job.23.12" class="v18_23_12">12</span>and I have always treasured</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v18_23_12">his teachings.<a href="#fn" id="link_Job.23.12!f.1" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> </span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_23_13"><span class="reftext" id="Job.23.13" class="v18_23_13">13</span>But he alone is God,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v18_23_13">and who can oppose him?</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_23_13">God does as he pleases,</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_23_14"><span class="reftext" id="Job.23.14" class="v18_23_14">14</span>and he will do exactly</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v18_23_14">what he intends with me.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_23_14">* </span><span class="v18_23_15"><span class="reftext" id="Job.23.15" class="v18_23_15">15</span>Merely the thought</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_23_15">of God All-Powerful</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v18_23_16"><span class="reftext" id="Job.23.16" class="v18_23_16">16</span>makes me tremble with fear.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_23_17"><span class="reftext" id="Job.23.17" class="v18_23_17">17</span>God has covered me</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v18_23_17">with darkness,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v18_23_17">but I refuse to be silent.<a href="#fn" id="link_Job.23.17!f.1" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> </span></p> <a name="fn"></a><br /><br /><br /><b>Footnotes:<br /><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">23.12 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">treasured his teachings: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text.</char></note><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">23.17 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">silent: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text of verse 17.</char></note></div></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div align="center"><p><span style="font-size:11pt;">Contemporary English Version, Second Edition (CEV®)</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt;">© 2006 American Bible Society. 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