{"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/web/job/23","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-06-10T00:40:40.757Z"},"reference":{"translation":"WEB","book":"Job","bookSlug":"job","chapter":23,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":22,"nextChapter":24,"totalChapters":42,"totalVerses":17},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"Then Job answered,"},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"|Even today my complaint is rebellious. His hand is heavy in spite of 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 tell me."},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"Would he contend with me in the greatness of his power? No, but he would listen to me."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"There the upright might reason with him, so I should be delivered forever from my judge."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"|If I go east, he is not there; if west, I can't find him;"},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"He works to the north, but I can't see him. He turns south, but I can't catch a glimpse of him."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"But he knows the way that I take. When he has tried me, I shall come forth like gold."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"My foot has held fast to his steps. I have kept his way, and not turned aside."},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"I haven't 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 stands alone, and who can oppose him? What his soul desires, even that he does."},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"For he performs that which is appointed for me. Many such things are with him."},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"Therefore I am terrified at his presence. When I consider, I am afraid of him."},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"For God has made my heart faint. The Almighty has 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 (WEB)","markdown":"[Job 23](https://primebible.com/web/job/23)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* WEB. https://primebible.com/web/job/23 (accessed 2026-06-10)."}}