{"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/kjv/job/23","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-30T02:39:17.816Z"},"reference":{"translation":"KJV","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 <i>is</i> my complaint bitter: my stroke is heavier than my groaning."},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"Oh that I knew where I might find him! <i>that</i> I might come <i>even</i> to his seat!"},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"I would order <i>my</i> cause before him, and fill my mouth with arguments."},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"I would know the words <i>which</i> he would answer me, and understand what he would say unto me."},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"Will he plead against me with <i>his</i> great power? No; but he would put <i>strength</i> in me."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"There the righteous might dispute with him; so should I be delivered for ever from my judge."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"Behold, I go forward, but he <i>is</i> not <i>there</i>; and backward, but I cannot perceive him:"},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"On the left hand, where he doth work, but I cannot behold <i>him</i>: he hideth himself on the right hand, that I cannot see <i>him</i>:"},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"But he knoweth the way that I take: <i>when</i> he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"My foot hath held his steps, his way have I kept, and not declined."},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"Neither have I gone back from the commandment of his lips; I have esteemed the words of his mouth more than my necessary <i>food</i>."},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"But he <i>is</i> in one <i>mind</i>, and who can turn him? and <i>what</i> his soul desireth, even <i>that</i> he doeth."},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"For he performeth <i>the thing that is</i> appointed for me: and many such <i>things are</i> 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 maketh my heart soft, and the Almighty troubleth me:"},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"Because I was not cut off before the darkness, <i>neither</i> hath he covered the darkness from my face."}],"citation":{"inline":"Job 23 (KJV)","markdown":"[Job 23](https://primebible.com/kjv/job/23)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* KJV. https://primebible.com/kjv/job/23 (accessed 2026-05-30)."}}