{"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/ylt/job/23","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-27T03:05:38.009Z"},"reference":{"translation":"YLT","book":"Job","bookSlug":"job","chapter":23,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":22,"nextChapter":24,"totalChapters":42,"totalVerses":17},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"And Job answereth and saith: — "},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"Also — to-day is my complaint bitter, My hand hath been heavy because of my sighing."},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"O that I had known — and I find Him, I come in unto His seat,"},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"I arrange before Him the cause, And my mouth fill with arguments."},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"I know the words He doth answer me, And understand what He saith to me."},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"In the abundance of power doth He strive with me? No! surely He putteth it in me."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"There the upright doth reason with Him, And I escape for ever from my judge."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"Lo, forward I go — and He is not, And backward — and I perceive him not."},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"To the left in His working — and I see not, He is covered on the right, and I behold not."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"For He hath known the way with me, He hath tried me — as gold I go forth."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"On His step hath my foot laid hold, His way I have kept, and turn not aside,"},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"The command of His lips, and I depart not. Above my allotted portion I have laid up The sayings of His mouth."},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"And He is in one mind, And who doth turn Him back? And His soul hath desired — and He doth it."},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"For He doth complete my portion, And many such things are with Him."},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"Therefore, from His presence I am troubled, I consider, and am afraid of Him."},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"And God hath made my heart soft, And the Mighty hath troubled me."},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"For I have not been cut off before darkness, And before me He covered thick darkness."}],"citation":{"inline":"Job 23 (YLT)","markdown":"[Job 23](https://primebible.com/ylt/job/23)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* YLT. https://primebible.com/ylt/job/23 (accessed 2026-05-27)."}}