# Job 23

- Translation: Berean Standard Bible
- Canonical: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/job/23
- License: Scripture: Berean Standard Bible (BSB), public domain. Source: Scriptoria (scriptoria.digital).

## Text

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

## Each verse

- Job 23:1 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/job/23/1
- Job 23:2 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/job/23/2
- Job 23:3 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/job/23/3
- Job 23:4 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/job/23/4
- Job 23:5 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/job/23/5
- Job 23:6 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/job/23/6
- Job 23:7 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/job/23/7
- Job 23:8 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/job/23/8
- Job 23:9 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/job/23/9
- Job 23:10 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/job/23/10
- Job 23:11 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/job/23/11
- Job 23:12 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/job/23/12
- Job 23:13 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/job/23/13
- Job 23:14 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/job/23/14
- Job 23:15 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/job/23/15
- Job 23:16 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/job/23/16
- Job 23:17 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/job/23/17