1 Then Job answered and said, 2 Yea, I know that pleading is out of my reach; And his hand has been made heavy upon my groaning. 3 Who would then know that I might find him, And come to an end [of the matter]? 4 And I would plead my own cause, And he would fill my mouth with arguments. 5 And I would know the remedies which he would speak to me, And I would perceive what he would tell me. 6 Though he should come on me in [his] great strength, Then he would not threaten me; 7 For truth and reproof are from him; And he would bring forth my judgment to an end. 8 For if I shall go first, and exist no longer, Still what do I know [concerning] the latter end? 9 When he wrought on the left hand, then I observed [it] not: His right hand shall encompass me but I shall not see [it]. 10 For he knows already my way; And he has tried me as gold. 11 And I will go forth according to his commandments, For I have kept his ways; and I shall not turn aside from his commandments, 12 Neither shall I transgress; But I have hidden his words in my bosom. 13 And if too he has thus judged, who is he that has contradicted, For he has both willed [a thing] and done it. 15 Therefore am I troubled at him; And when I was reproved, I thought of him. 15a Therefore let me take good heed before him: I will consider, and be afraid of him. 16 But the Lord has softened my heart, And the Almighty has troubled me. 17 For I knew not that darkness would come upon me, And thick darkness has covered [me] before my face.
Job · Updated Brenton English Septuagint
Job 23 Updated Brenton English Septuagint
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Notes on this text (1)
- Same Septuagint text as Brenton, with modernised spelling.
There is no verse 14 in this translation; the verses after it keep their usual numbers.
Cross references (16)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 2 Job 10:1; Job 7:11; Psalm 32:4; Job 6:2–3; Psalm 77:2–9
- 3 Job 16:21; Job 31:35–37; Hebrews 4:6; Jeremiah 14:7; Job 13:3
- 4 Job 13:18; Daniel 9:18–19; Job 37:19; Genesis 18:25–32; Joshua 7:8–9
- 5 1 Corinthians 4:3–4; Job 13:22–23; Job 10:2; Job 42:2–6
- 6 2 Corinthians 12:9–10; Job 13:21; Job 9:33–34; Ezekiel 20:35; Job 9:19
- 7 Job 13:3; Isaiah 1:18; Romans 8:1; Jeremiah 12:1; Jeremiah 3:5
- 8 Psalm 10:1; Job 9:11; Job 35:14; 1 Timothy 6:16; Psalm 13:1–3
- 9 Isaiah 8:17; Psalm 89:46
- 10 James 1:12; 1 Peter 1:7; James 1:2–4; Psalm 139:1–3; Zechariah 13:9
- 11 Psalm 44:18; 2 Peter 2:20–22; Psalm 17:5; Psalm 125:5; Romans 2:7
- 12 Jeremiah 15:16; Psalm 119:11; Psalm 119:103; John 4:34; Psalm 19:9–10
- 13 Psalm 115:3; Proverbs 19:21; Isaiah 46:10; Daniel 4:35; Job 12:14
- 15 Psalm 119:120; Job 31:23; Psalm 77:3; Job 10:15; Job 23:3
- 16 Psalm 22:14; Job 27:2; Isaiah 6:5; Psalm 88:16; Deuteronomy 20:3
- 17 Job 19:8; Isaiah 57:1; 2 Kings 22:20; Job 18:6; Job 22:11
- 15a Psalm 119:120; Job 31:23; Psalm 77:3; Job 10:15; Job 23:3
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What the Fathers said
Passages from the Church Fathers that expound or quote this chapter, verbatim from the public-domain Schaff edition (19th-century English translations).
How these were chosen
“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).
Place there is none; we go both "backward" and "forward," and there is no place.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 1 (1886)