{"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/erv/job/23","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-30T21:27:18.260Z"},"reference":{"translation":"ERV","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 today 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 order my cause 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 troubled 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 troubled 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 (ERV)","markdown":"[Job 23](https://primebible.com/erv/job/23)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* ERV. https://primebible.com/erv/job/23 (accessed 2026-05-30)."}}