{"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/drb/job/23","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-30T16:40:37.970Z"},"reference":{"translation":"DRB","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":"Now also my words are in bitterness, and the hand of my scourge is more grievous than my mourning. "},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"Who will grant me that I might know and find him, and come even to his throne? "},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"I would set judgment before him, and would fill my mouth with complaints. "},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"That I might know the words that he would answer me, and understand what he would say to me. "},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"I would not that he should contend with me with much strength, nor overwhelm me with the weight of his greatness. "},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"Let him propose equity against me, and let my judgment come to victory. "},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"But if I go to the east, he appeareth not; if to the west, I shall not understand him. "},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"If to the left hand, what shall I do? I shall not take hold on him: if I turn myself to the right hand, I shall not see him. "},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"But he knoweth my way, and has tried me as gold that passeth through the fire: "},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"My foot hath followed his steps, I have kept his way, and have not declined from it. "},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"I have not departed from the commandments of his lips, and the words of his mouth I have hid in my bosom. "},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"For he is alone, and no man can turn away his thought: and whatsoever is soul hath desired, that hath he done. "},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"And when he shall have fulfilled his will in me, many other like things are also at hand with him. "},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"And therefore I am troubled at his presence, and when I consider him I am made pensive with fear. "},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"God hath softened my heart, and the Almighty hath troubled me. "},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"For I have not perished because of the darkness that hangs over me, neither hath the mist covered my face. "}],"citation":{"inline":"Job 23 (DRB)","markdown":"[Job 23](https://primebible.com/drb/job/23)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* DRB. https://primebible.com/drb/job/23 (accessed 2026-05-30)."}}