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Job 23:1-3
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Job’s Seventh Response

Chapter 23

If Only I Knew Where To Find God![a] 1 Job then answered with these words:

2 “My complaint remains bitter;
    despite my groans, God’s hand lies heavy on me.
3 Oh, if only I knew where to find him
    so that I might discover his dwelling.

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  1. Job 23:1 Contrary to what Eliphaz believes, Job does not wish to escape the hand of God. He asks only that he may encounter God in order to set his case before him and let God know that an honest man is in his presence. But God is far off and inaccessible (see Job 9:11-12; Ps 139:7-10).
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Job 23:1-3
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Job

23 Then Job replied:

2 “Even today my complaint(A) is bitter;(B)
    his hand[a] is heavy in spite of[b] my groaning.(C)
3 If only I knew where to find him;
    if only I could go to his dwelling!(D)

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  1. Job 23:2 Septuagint and Syriac; Hebrew / the hand on me
  2. Job 23:2 Or heavy on me in
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