{"meta":{"source":"Prime Bible","sourceUrl":"https://primebible.com","license":"Public domain (translation text); see citation policy at /citation-policy","organization":"501(c)(3) nonprofit — EIN 41-2531951","canonicalUrl":"https://primebible.com/asv/job/23","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-30T18:40:59.466Z"},"reference":{"translation":"ASV","book":"Job","bookSlug":"job","chapter":23,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":22,"nextChapter":24,"totalChapters":42,"totalVerses":17},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"Then Job answered and said,"},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"Even to-day is my complaint rebellious: My stroke is heavier than my groaning."},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"Oh that I knew where I might find him! That I might come even to his seat!"},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"I would set my cause in order before him, And fill my mouth with arguments."},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"I would know the words which he would answer me, And understand what he would say unto me."},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"Would he contend with me in the greatness of his power? Nay; but he would give heed unto me."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"There the upright might reason with him; So should I be delivered for ever from my judge."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"Behold, I go forward, but he is not there ; And backward, but I cannot perceive him;"},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"On the left hand, when he doth work, but I cannot behold him; He hideth himself on the right hand, that I cannot see him."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"But he knoweth the way that I take; When he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"My foot hath held fast to his steps; His way have I kept, and turned not aside."},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"I have not gone back from the commandment of his lips; I have treasured up the words of his mouth more than my necessary food."},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"But he is in one mind , and who can turn him? And what his soul desireth, even that he doeth."},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"For he performeth that which is appointed for me: And many such things are with him."},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"Therefore am I terrified at his presence; When I consider, I am afraid of him."},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"For God hath made my heart faint, And the Almighty hath terrified me;"},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"Because I was not cut off before the darkness, Neither did he cover the thick darkness from my face."}],"citation":{"inline":"Job 23 (ASV)","markdown":"[Job 23](https://primebible.com/asv/job/23)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* ASV. https://primebible.com/asv/job/23 (accessed 2026-05-30)."}}