Job 2323JobJob and his friendsUnlocked Dynamic Bible

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1. Job Longs for God

2. 1UDBThen Job replied and said this:BSBBSB: Then Job answered:
3. 2UDB"Today I am again complaining bitterly to God; I continue to groan, but I suffer even more.BSBBSB: “Even today my complaint is bitter. His hand is heavy despite my groaning.
4. 3UDBI wish that I knew where I could meet with him so that I could go to the place where he lives.BSBBSB: If only I knew where to find Him, so that I could go to His seat.
5. 4UDBIf I could do that, I would tell him why I know that I am innocent; I would tell him many reasons for that.BSBBSB: I would plead my case before Him and fill my mouth with arguments.
6. 5UDBThen I would find out and understand what he would reply to me.BSBBSB: I would learn how He would answer, and consider what He would say.
7. 6UDBWould he use his great power to argue with me? No, he would listen to me carefully.BSBBSB: Would He contend with me in His great power? No, He would certainly take note of me.
8. 7UDBI am an honest man, so I would be able to discuss things with him fairly, and then he would declare that I am innocent, and he would not trouble me again.BSBBSB: Then an upright man could reason with Him, and I would be delivered forever from my Judge.
9. 8UDBHowever, I have gone to the east, and he is not there; I have gone to the west, but I have not found him there.BSBBSB: If I go east, He is not there, and if I go west, I cannot find Him.
10. 9UDBI have gone north and I have gone south, but I have not seen him anywhere for he keeps himself from me.BSBBSB: When He is at work in the north, I cannot behold Him; when He turns to the south, I cannot see Him.
11. 10UDBHe knows how I have conducted my life; when he has finished testing me, he will see that I am as pure as gold whose impurities have all been burned out.BSBBSB: Yet He knows the way I have taken; when He has tested me, I will come forth as gold.
12. 11UDBI have faithfully walked on the road that he showed me; I have not turned away from obeying him.BSBBSB: My feet have followed in His tracks; I have kept His way without turning aside.
13. 12UDBI have always obeyed what he commanded; I have hidden away in my inner being the words that he has spoken.BSBBSB: I have not departed from the command of His lips; I have treasured the words of His mouth more than my daily bread.
14. 13UDBHe never changes. There is no one who can stop him from doing what he desires. Whatever he wants to do, he does.BSBBSB: But He is unchangeable, and who can oppose Him? He does what He desires.
15. 14UDBHe will finish doing the things that he has planned for me, and I am sure that he has thought about doing many things for me.BSBBSB: For He carries out His decree against me, and He has many such plans.
16. 15UDBSo I am terrified when I am in front of him; when I think about what he can do, I am very afraid.BSBBSB: Therefore I am terrified in His presence; when I consider this, I fear Him.
17. 16UDBAlmighty God has made me very afraid.BSBBSB: God has made my heart faint; the Almighty has terrified me.
18. 17UDBThe thick darkness in front of me has not make me silent, even that terrible darkness that covers my face has not kept me from speaking."BSBBSB: Yet I am not silenced by the darkness, by the thick darkness that covers my face.

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