Job 23
Job's Reply: Oh, That I Knew Where to Find Him!
1 Then Job answered and said,
2 Even to day is my complaint bitter: my stroke is heavier than my groaning. Parallel theme: Job 10:1
3 Oh that I knew where I might find him! that I might come even to his seat! Parallel theme: Job 13:3, 16:21
4 I would order my cause before him, and fill my mouth with arguments. Parallel theme: Job 13:18
5 I would know the words which he would answer me, and understand what he would say unto me.
6 Will he plead against me with his great power? No; but he would put strength in me. Parallel theme: Job 13:21
7 There the righteous might dispute with him; so should I be delivered for ever from my judge. Parallel theme: Job 13:3, Romans 8:1
8 Behold, I go forward, but he is not there; and backward, but I cannot perceive him:
9 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: Parallel theme: Psalms 89:46, Isaiah 8:17
10 But he knoweth the way that I take: when he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold. Parallel theme: Deuteronomy 8:2, Psalms 1:6, 17:3, 66:10, Proverbs 17:3, Zechariah 13:9, John 21:17, Hebrews 11:17, James 1:12, 1 Peter 1:7 +5
11 My foot hath held his steps, his way have I kept, and not declined.
12 Neither have I gone back from the commandment of his lips; I have esteemed the words of his mouth more than my necessary food. Word: Job 6:10, 22:22, Psalms 119:11, 119:103, 119:127, Jeremiah 15:16, John 8:31. Parallel theme: John 4:32, 4:34, Acts 14:22 +5
13 But he is in one mind, and who can turn him? and what his soul desireth, even that he doeth. Parallel theme: Job 12:14, 34:29, Psalms 115:3, 135:6, Proverbs 19:21, Ecclesiastes 1:15, 3:14, Isaiah 46:10, Daniel 4:35, Romans 9:19 +5
14 For he performeth the thing that is appointed for me: and many such things are with him. Parallel theme: Job 7:3, Psalms 77:19, 97:2, Micah 6:9, Romans 11:33, 1 Thessalonians 3:3, 5:9, 1 Peter 2:8 +3
15 Therefore am I troubled at his presence: when I consider, I am afraid of him. Parallel theme: Psalms 119:120
16 For God maketh my heart soft, and the Almighty troubleth me: References God: Job 27:2. Parallel theme: Deuteronomy 20:3, Psalms 22:14
17 Because I was not cut off before the darkness, neither hath he covered the darkness from my face. Darkness: Job 19:8. Parallel theme: Isaiah 57:1