Job 23:1-12 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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Job still rebels, though he does his best to repress his complaints (Job 23:2). Translate as mg.

Job 23:6 f. shows the gain Job has got. Job 23:8-12. He is still in quest of God, but now is convinced that if he could find Him, God would treat him reasonably (contrast Job 9:14-16). God's inscrutableness (Job 23:8 f.) now causes him no fear (Job 23:10). Trial will but be the touchstone that will reveal his innocence (Job 23:10-12). Read in Job 23:12 b, with LXX and Vulgate, for more than my necessary food, in my bosom.

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Job 23:1-12

1 Then Job answered and said,

2 Even to day is my complaint bitter: my strokea is heavier than my groaning.

3 Oh that I knew where I might find him! that I might come even to his seat!

4 I would order my cause before him, and fill my mouth with arguments.

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.

7 There the righteous might dispute with him; so should I be delivered for ever from my judge.

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:

10 But he knoweth the way that I take: when he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold.

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 esteemedb the words of his mouth more than my necessary food.