1 And Job answered and said, DBY — Job 23:1
2 Even to-day is my complaint bitter: my stroke is heavier than my groaning. DBY — Job 23:2
3 Oh that I knew where I might find him, that I might come to his seat! DBY — Job 23:3
4 I would order the cause before him, and fill my mouth with arguments; DBY — Job 23:4
5 I would know the words he would answer me, and understand what he would say unto me. DBY — Job 23:5
6 Would he plead against me with [his] great power? Nay; but he would give heed unto me. DBY — Job 23:6
7 There would an upright man reason with him; and I should be delivered for ever from my judge. DBY — Job 23:7
8 Lo, I go forward, but he is not there; and backward, but I do not perceive him; DBY — Job 23:8
9 On the left hand, where he doth work, but I behold [him] not; he hideth himself on the right hand, and I see [him] not. DBY — Job 23:9
10 But he knoweth the way that I take; he trieth me, I shall come forth as gold. DBY — Job 23:10
11 My foot hath held to his steps; his way have I kept, and not turned aside. DBY — Job 23:11
12 Neither have I gone back from the commandment of his lips; I have laid up the words of his mouth more than the purpose of my own heart. DBY — Job 23:12
13 But he is in one [mind], and who can turn him? And what his soul desireth, that will he do. DBY — Job 23:13
14 For he will perform [what] is appointed for me; and many such things are with him. DBY — Job 23:14
15 Therefore am I troubled at his presence; I consider, and I am afraid of him. DBY — Job 23:15
16 For God hath made my heart soft, and the Almighty troubleth me; DBY — Job 23:16
17 Because I was not cut off before the darkness, neither hath he hidden the gloom from me. DBY — Job 23:17