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Job 23 :: New American Standard Bible 2020 (NASB20)

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Job Says He Longs for God

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Then Job responded,

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“Even today my complaint is rebellion;

[fn]His hand is heavy despite my groaning.

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“Oh that I knew how to find Him,

That I might come to His home!

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“I would present my case before Him

And fill my mouth with arguments.

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“I would learn the words which He would [fn]answer,

And perceive what He would tell me.

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“Would He contend with me by the greatness of His power?

No, surely He would pay attention to me.

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“There the upright would argue with Him;

And I [fn]would be free of my Judge forever.

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“Behold, I go forward but He is not there,

And backward, but I cannot perceive Him;

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When He acts on the left, I cannot see Him;

He turns to the right, but I cannot see Him.

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“But He knows the [fn]way I take;

When He has put me to the test, I will come out as gold.

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“My foot has held on to His path;

I have kept His way and not turned aside.

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“I have not [fn]failed the command of His lips;

I have treasured the words of His mouth [fn]more than my [fn]necessary food.

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“But He is unique, and who can [fn]make Him turn?

Whatever His soul desires, He does it.

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“For He carries out what is destined for me,

And many such destinies are with Him.

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“Therefore, I would be terrified at His presence;

When I consider this, I am frightened of Him.

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“It is God who has made my heart faint,

And the Almighty who has terrified me,

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But I am not destroyed by darkness,

Nor by deep gloom which covers me.

See the NASB20 Preface (Especially for Parenthesis, Brackets, & Asterisks).
NASB20 Footnotes
As in LXX and Syriac; MT My
Lit answer me
Or bring forth my justice forever
Lit way with me
Lit ceased from
Or with some ancient versions, in my breast
Lit prescribed portion
Or deprive Him of anything
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Job Chapter 23 — Additional Translations:

King James Version New King James Version New Living Translation New International Version English Standard Version Christian Standard Bible New American Standard Bible 1995 Legacy Standard Bible Amplified Bible New English Translation Revised Standard Version American Standard Version Young's Literal Translation Darby Translation Webster's Bible Hebrew Names Version Latin Vulgate Westminster Leningrad Codex Septuagint Smith Van Dyck Arabic Bible Open New Arabic Version Brenton's English Septuagint Reina Valera 1909 Reina-Valera 1960 Bible in Basic English Chinese Traditional Union Espanol Moderno Korean Holy Bible Louis Segond German Luther Russian Synodal Translation Sagradas Escrituras