Job 23
New American Standard Bible 1995
Job Says He Longs for God
1Then Job 1replied,2“Even today my 2complaint is rebellion; 3His hand is 4heavy despite my groaning.3Oh that I knew where I might find Him, That I might come to His seat!4I would 5present my case before Him And fill my mouth with arguments.5I would learn the words which He would 6answer, And perceive what He would say to me.6Would He contend with me by 7the greatness of His power? No, surely He would pay attention to me.7There the upright would 8reason with Him; And I 9would be 10delivered forever from my Judge.
8“Behold, I go forward but He is not there, And backward, but I 11cannot perceive Him;9When He acts on the left, I cannot behold Him; He turns on the right, I cannot see Him.10But He knows the 12way I take; When He has 13tried me, I shall come forth as gold.11My foot has 14held fast to His path; I have kept His way and not turned aside.12I have not departed from the command of His lips; I have treasured the 15words of His mouth 16more than my 17necessary food.13But He is unique and who can turn Him? And what His soul desires, that He does.14For He performs what is appointed for me, And many such decrees are with Him.15Therefore, I would be dismayed at His presence; When I consider, I am terrified of Him.16It is God who has made my 18heart faint, And the Almighty who has dismayed me,17But I 19am not silenced by the darkness, Nor 20deep gloom which covers me.
Notes
- 1. Job 23:1 Lit answered and said ↩
- 2. Job 23:2 Job 7:11 ↩
- 3. Job 23:2 So with Gr and Syr; M.T. My ↩
- 4. Job 23:2 Job 6:2, 3; Ps 32:4 ↩
- 5. Job 23:4 Job 13:18 ↩
- 6. Job 23:5 Lit answer me ↩
- 7. Job 23:6 Job 9:4 ↩
- 8. Job 23:7 Job 13:3 ↩
- 9. Job 23:7 Or bring forth my justice forever ↩
- 10. Job 23:7 Job 13:16; 23:10 ↩
- 11. Job 23:8 Job 9:11; 35:14 ↩
- 12. Job 23:10 Lit way with me ↩
- 13. Job 23:10 Job 7:18; Ps 7:9; 11:5; 66:10; Zech 13:9; 1 Pet 1:7 ↩
- 14. Job 23:11 Job 31:7; Ps 17:5; 44:18 ↩
- 15. Job 23:12 Job 6:10; 22:22 ↩
- 16. Job 23:12 Or with some versions, in my breast ↩
- 17. Job 23:12 Lit prescribed portion ↩
- 18. Job 23:16 Deut 20:3; Job 27:2; Jer 51:46 ↩
- 19. Job 23:17 Job 10:18, 19 ↩
- 20. Job 23:17 Job 19:8 ↩
Commentaries on Job 23
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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