{"book":"Job","slug":"job","ch":23,"genre":"poetry","sub":"Job","prev":"job/22","next":"job/24","verses":[{"v":1,"t":"Then Job answered:","f":[],"h":"Job Longs for God","style":"reg"},{"v":2,"t":"“ Even today my complaint is bitter. His hand is heavy despite my groaning.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"“ Even today my complaint is bitter."},{"style":"indent2","t":"His hand is heavy despite my groaning."}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":3,"t":"If only I knew where to find Him, so that I could go to His seat.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"If only I knew where to find Him,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"so that I could go to His seat."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":4,"t":"I would plead my case before Him and fill my mouth with arguments.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"I would plead my case before Him"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and fill my mouth with arguments."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":5,"t":"I would learn how He would answer, and consider what He would say.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"I would learn how He would answer,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and consider what He would say."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":6,"t":"Would He contend with me in His great power? No, He would certainly take [note] of me.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Would He contend with me in His great power?"},{"style":"indent2","t":"No, He would certainly take [note] of me."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":7,"t":"Then an upright man could reason with Him, and I would be delivered forever from my Judge.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Then an upright man could reason with Him,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and I would be delivered forever from my Judge."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":8,"t":"If I go east, He is not there, and if I go west, I cannot find Him.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"If I go east, He is not there,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and if I go west, I cannot find Him."}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":9,"t":"When He is at work in the north, I cannot behold [Him]; when He turns to the south, I cannot see [Him].","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"When He is at work in the north, I cannot behold [Him];"},{"style":"indent2","t":"when He turns to the south, I cannot see [Him]."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":10,"t":"Yet He knows the way I have taken; when He has tested me, I will come forth as gold.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Yet He knows the way I have taken;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"when He has tested me, I will come forth as gold."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":11,"t":"My feet have followed in His tracks; I have kept His way without turning aside.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"My feet have followed in His tracks;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"I have kept His way without turning aside."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":12,"t":"I have not departed from the command of His lips; I have treasured the words of His mouth more than my daily bread.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"I have not departed from the command of His lips;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"I have treasured the words of His mouth"},{"style":"indent2","t":"more than my daily bread."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":13,"t":"But He is unchangeable, and who can oppose Him? He does what He desires.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"But He is unchangeable, and who can oppose Him?"},{"style":"indent2","t":"He does what He desires."}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":14,"t":"For He carries out His decree against me, and He has many such plans.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"For He carries out His decree against me,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and He has many such plans."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":15,"t":"Therefore I am terrified in His presence; when I consider this, I fear Him.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Therefore I am terrified in His presence;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"when I consider this, I fear Him."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":16,"t":"God has made my heart faint; the Almighty has terrified me.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"God has made my heart faint;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"the Almighty has terrified me."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":17,"t":"Yet I am not silenced by the darkness, by the thick darkness that covers my face.[’’]","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Yet I am not silenced by the darkness,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"by the thick darkness that covers my face.[’’]"}],"style":"indent1"}]}