Job 23:1

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Then Job answered and said,

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Bvt Iob answered and sayd,

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Job's Reply to Eliphaz Job said:

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And Job answered and said,

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THEN Job answered and said,

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I still rebel and complain against God; I cannot keep from groaning. <

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And Job answered and said:

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Iob answered, and sayd:

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And Job made answer and said,

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Then Iob answered, and said,

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Iob aunswered, & said:

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Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Sotheli Joob answeride, and seide,

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Then Job spoke again:

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And Job answereth and saith: --

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Then Job replied,

Contextual Overview

¹Then Job answered and said,²"Even today my complaint is contentious; His hand is heavy despite my groaning. ³"Oh, that I knew where I might find Him, That I might [even] come to His seat! ⁴"I would present my cause before Him And fill my mouth with arguments. ⁵"I would learn the words which He would answer, And understand what He would say to me. ⁶"Would He contend against me with His great power? No, surely He would give attention to me. ⁷"There the righteous and upright could reason with Him; So I would be acquitted forever by my Judge.

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Cross-References

Genesis 17:17
Then Abraham fell on his face and laughed, and said in his heart, "Shall a child be born to a man who is a hundred years old? And shall Sarah, who is ninety years old, bear a child?"

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Then Job answered and said. In reply to Eliphaz; for though he does not direct his discourse to him, nor take any notice of his friends; yet, as a proof of his innocence, against his and their accusations and charges, he desires no other than to have his cause laid before God himself, by whom he had no doubt he should be acquitted; and, contrary to their notions, he shows in this chapter, that he, a righteous man, was afflicted by God, according to his unchangeable decrees; and, in the next, that wicked men greatly prosper; so that what he herein says may be considered as a sufficient answer to Eliphaz and his friends; and after which no more is said to him by them, excepting a few words dropped by Bildad.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

CHAPTER XXIII

Job answers; apologizes for his complaining; wishes to plead

his cause in the presence of his Maker, from whom he knows he

should receive justice; but regrets that he cannot find him,

1-9.

He, however, gives himself and his cause up to God, with the

conviction of his own innocence, and God's justice and

goodness, 10-14.

He is, nevertheless, afraid when he considers the majesty of

his Maker, 15-17.

NOTES ON CHAP. XXIII