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  23:1 ¶
Then Job answered and said, |
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23:1 ¶
Then Job answered and said, |
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23:2
Even to day [is] my complaint bitter: my stroke is heavier than my groaning. |
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23:2
Even to day [is] my complaint bitter: my stroke is heavier than my groaning. |
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23:3
Oh that I knew where I might find him! [that] I might come [even] to his seat! |
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23:3
Oh that I knew where I might find him! [that] I might come [even] to his seat! |
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23:4
I would order [my] cause before him, and fill my mouth with arguments. |
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23:4
I would order [my] cause before him, and fill my mouth with arguments. |
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23:5
I would know the words [which] he would answer me, and understand what he would say unto me. |
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23:5
I would know the words [which] he would answer me, and understand what he would say unto me. |
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23:6
Will he plead against me with [his] great power? No; but he would put [strength] in me. |
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23:6
Will he plead against me with [his] great power? No; but he would put [strength] in me. |
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23:7
There the righteous might dispute with him; so should I be delivered for ever from my judge. |
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23:7
There the righteous might dispute with him; so should I be delivered for ever from my judge. |
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23:8
Behold, I go forward, but he [is] not [there]; and backward, but I cannot perceive him: |
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23:8
Behold, I go forward, but he [is] not [there]; and backward, but I cannot perceive him: |
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23:9
On the left hand, where he doth work, but I cannot behold [him]: he hideth himself on the right hand, that I cannot see [him]: |
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On the left hand, where he doth work, but I cannot behold [him]: he hideth himself on the right hand, that I cannot see [him]: |
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23:10
But he knoweth the way that I take: [when] he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold. |
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23:10
But he knoweth the way that I take: [when] he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold. |
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23:11
My foot hath held his steps, his way have I kept, and not declined. |
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23:11
My foot hath held his steps, his way have I kept, and not declined. |
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23:12
Neither have I gone back from the commandment of his lips; I have esteemed the words of his mouth more than my necessary [food]. |
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23:12
Neither have I gone back from the commandment of his lips; I have esteemed the words of his mouth more than my necessary [food]. |
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23:13
But he [is] in one [mind], and who can turn him? and [what] his soul desireth, even [that] he doeth. |
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But he [is] in one [mind], and who can turn him? and [what] his soul desireth, even [that] he doeth. |
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23:14
For he performeth [the thing that is] appointed for me: and many such [things are] with him. |
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23:14
For he performeth [the thing that is] appointed for me: and many such [things are] with him. |
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23:15
Therefore am I troubled at his presence: when I consider, I am afraid of him. |
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23:15
Therefore am I troubled at his presence: when I consider, I am afraid of him. |
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23:16
For El maketh my heart soft, and Shaddai troubleth me: |
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23:16
For God maketh my heart soft, and the Almighty troubleth me: |
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23:17
Because I was not cut off before the darkness, [neither] hath he covered the darkness from my face. |
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23:17
Because I was not cut off before the darkness, [neither] hath he covered the darkness from my face. |
