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Job 23:1-7

King James Version (KJV)

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— D.L. Moody

Scripture focus

1. Then Job answered and said, 2. Even to day [is] my complaint bitter: my stroke 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.

Job 23:1-7 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Job 23:1

Theological / Devotional

Job answered. Job replies to Eliphaz in a speech occupying two chapters (chs. 23 and 24) of 42 verses. Unlike Job’s previous replies, this speech is in the form of a monologue, without direct address to the friends. He begins by justifying the vehemence of his complaints. In ch. 24 he reviews his previous arguments, maintaining that the wicked enjoy prosperity. He closes with a challenge to his opponents to disprove the truth of what he has said.

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