# Job 23 ## Job 23:1 - [KJV] Then Job answered and said, - [ASV] Then Job answered and said, - [YLT] And Job answereth and saith: -- ### Notes on Job 23:1 - ## Job 23:2 - [KJV] Even to day *is* my complaint bitter: my stroke is heavier than my groaning. - [ASV] Even to-day is my complaint rebellious: My stroke is heavier than my groaning. - [YLT] Also -- to-day *is* my complaint bitter, My hand hath been heavy because of my sighing. ### Notes on Job 23:2 - ## Job 23:3 - [KJV] Oh that I knew where I might find him! *that* I might come *even* to his seat! - [ASV] Oh that I knew where I might find him! That I might come even to his seat! - [YLT] O that I had known -- and I find Him, I come in unto His seat, ### Notes on Job 23:3 - ## Job 23:4 - [KJV] I would order *my* cause before him, and fill my mouth with arguments. - [ASV] I would set my cause in order before him, And fill my mouth with arguments. - [YLT] I arrange before Him the cause, And my mouth fill *with* arguments. ### Notes on Job 23:4 - ## Job 23:5 - [KJV] I would know the words *which* he would answer me, and understand what he would say unto me. - [ASV] I would know the words which he would answer me, And understand what he would say unto me. - [YLT] I know the words He doth answer me, And understand what He saith to me. ### Notes on Job 23:5 - ## Job 23:6 - [KJV] Will he plead against me with *his* great power? No; but he would put *strength* in me. - [ASV] Would he contend with me in the greatness of his power? Nay; but he would give heed unto me. - [YLT] In the abundance of power doth He strive with me? No! surely He putteth *it* in me. ### Notes on Job 23:6 - ## Job 23:7 - [KJV] There the righteous might dispute with him; so should I be delivered for ever from my judge. - [ASV] There the upright might reason with him; So should I be delivered for ever from my judge. - [YLT] There the upright doth reason with Him, And I escape for ever from my judge. ### Notes on Job 23:7 - ## Job 23:8 - [KJV] Behold, I go forward, but he *is* not *there*; and backward, but I cannot perceive him: - [ASV] Behold, I go forward, but he is not *there*; And backward, but I cannot perceive him; - [YLT] Lo, forward I go -- and He is not, And backward -- and I perceive him not. ### Notes on Job 23:8 - ## Job 23:9 - [KJV] On the left hand, where he doth work, but I cannot behold *him*: he hideth himself on the right hand, that I cannot see *him*: - [ASV] 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. - [YLT] *To* the left in His working -- and I see not, He is covered *on* the right, and I behold not. ### Notes on Job 23:9 - ## Job 23:10 - [KJV] But he knoweth the way that I take: *when* he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold. - [ASV] But he knoweth the way that I take; When he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold. - [YLT] For He hath known the way with me, He hath tried me -- as gold I go forth. ### Notes on Job 23:10 - ## Job 23:11 - [KJV] My foot hath held his steps, his way have I kept, and not declined. - [ASV] My foot hath held fast to his steps; His way have I kept, and turned not aside. - [YLT] On His step hath my foot laid hold, His way I have kept, and turn not aside, ### Notes on Job 23:11 - ## Job 23:12 - [KJV] Neither have I gone back from the commandment of his lips; I have esteemed the words of his mouth more than my necessary *food*. - [ASV] 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. - [YLT] The command of His lips, and I depart not. Above my allotted portion I have laid up The sayings of His mouth. ### Notes on Job 23:12 - ## Job 23:13 - [KJV] But he *is* in one *mind*, and who can turn him? and *what* his soul desireth, even *that* he doeth. - [ASV] But he is in one *mind*, and who can turn him? And what his soul desireth, even that he doeth. - [YLT] And He *is* in one *mind*, And who doth turn Him back? And His soul hath desired -- and He doth *it*. ### Notes on Job 23:13 - ## Job 23:14 - [KJV] For he performeth *the thing that is* appointed for me: and many such *things are* with him. - [ASV] For he performeth that which is appointed for me: And many such things are with him. - [YLT] For He doth complete my portion, And many such things *are* with Him. ### Notes on Job 23:14 - ## Job 23:15 - [KJV] Therefore am I troubled at his presence: when I consider, I am afraid of him. - [ASV] Therefore am I terrified at his presence; When I consider, I am afraid of him. - [YLT] Therefore, from His presence I am troubled, I consider, and am afraid of Him. ### Notes on Job 23:15 - ## Job 23:16 - [KJV] For God maketh my heart soft, and the Almighty troubleth me: - [ASV] For God hath made my heart faint, And the Almighty hath terrified me; - [YLT] And God hath made my heart soft, And the Mighty hath troubled me. ### Notes on Job 23:16 - ## Job 23:17 - [KJV] Because I was not cut off before the darkness, *neither* hath he covered the darkness from my face. - [ASV] Because I was not cut off before the darkness, Neither did he cover the thick darkness from my face. - [YLT] For I have not been cut off before darkness, And before me He covered thick darkness. ### Notes on Job 23:17 -