http://brojed.org/cms/components/com_zefaniabible/images/bible_100.jpg http://brojed.org/cms/index.php?option=com_zefaniabible&view=standard&a=AposB&b=18&c=23&Itemid=101&ord=040726 http://brojed.org/cms/index.php?option=com_zefaniabible&view=standard&a=AposB&b=18&c=23&Itemid=101&ord=040726 Zefania Bible en-gb brojed.org Job chapter 23 http://brojed.org/cms/index.php?option=com_zefaniabible&view=standard&a=AposB&b=18&c=23&Itemid=101&ord=040726 http://brojed.org/cms/index.php?option=com_zefaniabible&view=standard&a=AposB&b=18&c=23&Itemid=101&ord=040726 Tue, 07 Apr 2026 06:06:49 +0000 Then Job answered and said, Yes, I know that pleading is out of my reach; and His hand has been made heavy upon my groaning. Oh, that I knew where I might find Him, and come to an end [of the matter]! And I would plead my own cause, and He would fill my mouth with arguments. And I would know the remedies which He would speak to me, and I would perceive what He would tell me. Though He should come on me in His great strength, then He would not threaten me; for truth and reproof are from Him, and He would bring forth my judgment to an end. For if I shall go first, and exist no longer, still what do I know [concerning] the latter end? When He worked on the left hand, then I observed it not: His right hand shall encompass me but I shall not see it. For He already knows my way, and He has tried me as gold. And I will go forth according to His commandments, for I have kept His ways; and I shall not turn aside from His commandments, neither shall I transgress; but I have hid His words in my bosom. And if He too has thus judged, who is he that has contradicted, for He has both willed a thing and done it. [This translation omits this verse.] [ 23:14] Therefore am I troubled at Him; and when I was reproved, I thought of Him. [ 23:15] Therefore let me take good heed before Him: I will consider, and be terrified of Him. But the Lord has softened my heart, and the Almighty has troubled me. For I knew not that darkness would come upon me, and thick darkness has covered me before my face.