LEB by section JOB 23:1

Job’s Eighth Speech: A Response to Eliphaz

23 Then[fn] Job answered and said,

2 is bitter; my hand is heavy in addition to my groaning.
3 [fn] I knew and that I might find him; O that I might come to his dwelling.
4 my case[fn] and I would fill my mouth with arguments.
5 the words with which he would answer me, and I want to understand what he would say to me.
6 the greatness of his strength? No, but he himself[fn] would give heed to me.
7  and I would be acquitted forever by my judge.
8 [fn] or[fn] backward, I cannot see him.[fn]
9 [fn] on the left,[fn] him; he turns to the right, but[fn] I cannot seehim.
10 [fn] he tests me—I shall come out like gold.
11  I have kept his way, and I have not turned aside.
12 From the commandment of his lips, indeed[fn] I have not departed;I have treasured the words of his mouth more than my daily food.
13 [fn] he is[fn] and who can dissuade him? And[fn][fn] he does it.
14 [fn] and many things like these are with him.
15  when I consider, I tremble[fn] because of him.
16 [fn] God has made my heart faint,and Shaddai has terrified me.
17 [fn] and because of me he[fn] conceals thick darkness.

?:? Hebrew “And”

?:? Literally “Who shall give”

?:? Literally “to his face”

?:? Emphatic personal pronoun

?:? Literally “and there is not he,” or “and he is not”

?:? Hebrew “and”

?:? Hebrew “and I cannot see him”

?:? Literally “At his working”

?:? Literally “and I cannot see”

?:? Hebrew “and”

?:? Literally “way with me”

?:? Hebrew “and”

?:? Hebrew “And”

?:? Literally “as one”

?:? Literally “his inner self desires,” or “his soul desires”

?:? Hebrew “and”

?:? Literally “my portion,” or “my allotment”

?:? Hebrew “and I tremble,” or “then I tremble”

?:? Hebrew “And”

?:? Literally “from the face of darkness”

?:? Or “it”