Job:23-24
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Job:23:1 @
Then Job answered and said ,
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Job:23:2 @
Even to-day is my complaint rebellious :
My stroke is heavier than my groaning .
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Job:23:3 @
Oh that I knew where I might find him !
That I might come even to his seat !
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Job:23:4 @
I would set my cause in order before him ,
And fill my mouth with arguments .
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Job:23:5 @
I would know the words which he would answer me ,
And understand what he would say unto me .
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Job:23:6 @
Would he contend with me in the greatness of his power ?
Nay ;
but he would give heed unto me .
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Job:23:7 @
There the upright might reason with him ;
So should I be delivered for ever from my judge .
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Job:23:8 @
Behold ,
I go forward ,
but he is not there ;
And backward ,
but I cannot perceive him ;
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Job:23:9 @
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 .
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Job:23:10 @
But he knoweth the way that I take ;
When he hath tried me ,
I shall come forth as gold .
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Job:23:11 @
My foot hath held fast to his steps ;
His way have I kept ,
and turned not aside .
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Job:23:12 @
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 .
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Job:23:13 @
But he is in one mind ,
and who can turn him ?
And what his soul desireth ,
even that he doeth .
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Job:23:14 @
For he performeth that which is appointed for me :
And many such things are with him .
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Job:23:15 @
Therefore am I terrified at his presence ;
When I consider ,
I am afraid of him .
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Job:23:16 @
For God hath made my heart faint ,
And the Almighty hath terrified me ;
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Job:23:17 @
Because I was not cut off before the darkness ,
Neither did he cover the thick darkness from my face .
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Job:24:1 @
Why are times not laid up by the Almighty ?
And why do not they that know him see his days ?
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Job:24:2 @
There are that remove the landmarks ;
They violently take away flocks ,
and feed them .
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Job:24:3 @
They drive away the ass of the fatherless ;
They take the widow '
s ox for a pledge .
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Job:24:4 @
They turn the needy out of the way :
The poor of the earth all hide themselves .
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Job:24:5 @
Behold ,
as wild asses in the desert They go forth to their work ,
seeking diligently for food ;
The wilderness yieldeth them bread for their children .
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Job:24:6 @
They cut their provender in the field ;
And they glean the vintage of the wicked .
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Job:24:7 @
They lie all night naked without clothing ,
And have no covering in the cold .
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Job:24:8 @
They are wet with the showers of the mountains ,
And embrace the rock for want of a shelter .
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Job:24:9 @
There are that pluck the fatherless from the breast ,
And take a pledge of the poor ;
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Job:24:10 @
So that they go about naked without clothing ,
And being hungry they carry the sheaves .
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Job:24:11 @
They make oil within the walls of these men ;
They tread their winepresses ,
and suffer thirst .
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Job:24:12 @
From out of the populous city men groan ,
And the soul of the wounded crieth out :
Yet God regardeth not the folly .
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Job:24:13 @
These are of them that rebel against the light ;
They know not the ways thereof ,
Nor abide in the paths thereof .
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Job:24:14 @
The murderer riseth with the light ;
He killeth the poor and needy ;
And in the night he is as a thief .
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Job:24:15 @
The eye also of the adulterer waiteth for the twilight ,
Saying ,
No eye shall see me :
And he disguiseth his face .
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Job:24:16 @
In the dark they dig through houses :
They shut themselves up in the day-time ;
They know not the light .
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Job:24:17 @
For the morning is to all of them as thick darkness ;
For they know the terrors of the thick darkness .
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Job:24:18 @
Swiftly they pass away upon the face of the waters ;
Their portion is cursed in the earth :
They turn not into the way of the vineyards .
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Job:24:19 @
Drought and heat consume the snow waters :
So doth Sheol those that have sinned .
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Job:24:20 @
The womb shall forget him ;
The worm shall feed sweetly on him ;
He shall be no more remembered ;
And unrighteousness shall be broken as a tree .
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Job:24:21 @
He devoureth the barren that beareth not ,
And doeth not good to the widow .
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Job:24:22 @
Yet God preserveth the mighty by his power :
He riseth up that hath no assurance of life .
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Job:24:23 @
God giveth them to be in security ,
and they rest thereon ;
And his eyes are upon their ways .
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Job:24:24 @
They are exalted ;
yet a little while ,
and they are gone ;
Yea ,
they are brought low ,
they are taken out of the way as all others ,
And are cut off as the tops of the ears of grain .
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Job:24:25 @
And if it be not so now ,
who will prove me a liar ,
And make my speech nothing worth ?
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Job:25:1 @
Then answered Bildad the Shuhite ,
and said ,