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Job 23

Job 23 ( Job • Chapter 23 (17 verses)): Then Job answered and said, Even to day is my complaint bitter: my stroke is heavier than my groaning. Oh that I knew where I might find him! that I might come even to his seat! It is closely linked with Job (Old Testament • 42 Chapters): Job (Old Testament, 42 chapters). Key figures: Eliphaz , Adam , Ram (or Amram ). Key places: Tema , Sheba , Ophir , Ethiopia , Adam , Jordan . Opens with: "There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job; and that man was perfect and upright, and one that feared God, and eschewed evil...."

Biblical Geography & Sacred Architecture

Key geographical locations connected to this topic include Tema (Ancient biblical location referenced in Job 6:19 , Isa 21:14 , Jer 25:23 .) Keilah (now Khirbet Qila. Referenced in Josh 15:44 , 1 Sam 23:1 , 1 Sam 23:2 , 1 Sam 23:3 , 1 Sam 23:4 .) Horesh (Ancient biblical location referenced in 1 Sam 23:15 , 1 Sam 23:16 , 1 Sam 23:18 , 1 Sam 23:19 .)

Scripture Witness (KJV) & Canonical Context

Primary KJV scripture witnesses include Job 23:1 : "Then Job answered and said,"; Job 23:16 : "For God maketh my heart soft, and the Almighty troubleth me:"; Job 28:23 : "God understandeth the way thereof, and he knoweth the place thereof.". Related canonical books and chapters: Job 23 ( Job • Chapter 23 (17 verses)), Job (Old Testament • 42 Chapters), Job 1 (Job • Chapter 1 (22 verses)).

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Topics, People & Places (36)

Job 23
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Job • Chapter 23 (17 verses)

Then Job answered and said, Even to day is my complaint bitter: my stroke is heavier than my groaning. Oh that I knew where I might find him! that I might come even to his seat!

Job
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Old Testament • 42 Chapters

Job (Old Testament, 42 chapters). Key figures: Eliphaz , Adam , Ram (or Amram ). Key places: Tema , Sheba , Ophir , Ethiopia , Adam , Jordan . Opens with: "There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job; and that man was perfect and upright, and one that feared God, and eschewed evil...."

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Book of Job
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VIDEO • overview

Overview of Job examining the mystery of suffering, divine wisdom, the inadequacy of the retribution principle, and trusting God's complex cosmic order.

BibleProject • BibleProject CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 / Standard YouTube License
Tema
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Biblical Place • 27.633°N, 38.554°E

Ancient biblical location referenced in Job 6:19 , Isa 21:14 , Jer 25:23 .

Job Map
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Interactive Book Map • Job

Geographic map plotting ancient cities, rivers, mountains, and events recorded across the Book of Job .

Job 1
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Job • Chapter 1 (22 verses)

There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job ; and that man was perfect and upright, and one that feared God, and eschewed evil. And there were born unto him seven sons and three daughters. His substance also was seven thousand sheep, and three thousand camels, and five h...

Job 42
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Job • Chapter 42 (17 verses)

Then Job answered the Lord, and said, I know that thou canst do every thing, and that no thought can be withholden from thee. Who is he that hideth counsel without knowledge? therefore have I uttered that I understood not; things too wonderful for me, which I knew not. Mentions: Eliphaz .

1 Samuel Chapter 16, Verse 23

Scripture passage in 1 Samuel 16:23

Genesis 23:19
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Genesis Chapter 23, Verse 19

Scripture passage in Genesis 23:19

2 Chronicles Chapter 26, Verse 23

Scripture passage in 2 Chronicles 26:23

Job 9
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Job • Chapter 9 (35 verses)

Then Job answered and said, I know it is so of a truth: but how should man be just with God? If he will contend with him, he cannot answer him one of a thousand.

Keilah
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Biblical Place • 31.614°N, 35.003°E

now Khirbet Qila. Referenced in Josh 15:44 , 1 Sam 23:1 , 1 Sam 23:2 , 1 Sam 23:3 , 1 Sam 23:4 .

Job 5
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Job • Chapter 5 (27 verses)

Call now, if there be any that will answer thee; and to which of the saints wilt thou turn? For wrath killeth the foolish man, and envy slayeth the silly one. I have seen the foolish taking root: but suddenly I cursed his habitation.

Job 2
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Job • Chapter 2 (13 verses)

Again there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the Lord, and Satan came also among them to present himself before the Lord. And the Lord said unto Satan, From whence comest thou? And Satan answered the Lord, and said, From going to and fro in the ear... Mentions: Eliphaz .

Matthew 4:23
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Matthew Chapter 4, Verse 23

Scripture passage in Matthew 4:23

Job 40
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Job • Chapter 40 (24 verses)

Moreover the Lord answered Job , and said, Shall he that contendeth with the Almighty instruct him? he that reproveth God, let him answer it. Then Job answered the Lord, and said, Mentions: Jordan .

Job 29
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Job • Chapter 29 (25 verses)

Moreover Job continued his parable, and said, Oh that I were as in months past, as in the days when God preserved me; When his candle shined upon my head, and when by his light I walked through darkness;

Acts 23
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Acts • Chapter 23 (35 verses)

And Paul, earnestly beholding the council, said, Men and brethren, I have lived in all good conscience before God until this day. And the high priest Ananias commanded them that stood by him to smite him on the mouth. Then said Paul unto him, God shall smite thee, thou whited wal... Mentions: Jerusalem , Rome , Caesarea , Antipatris , Cilicia .

Romans 16:23
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Romans Chapter 16, Verse 23

Scripture passage in Romans 16:23

Exodus 23:16
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Exodus Chapter 23, Verse 16

Scripture passage in Exodus 23:16

Job 25
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Job • Chapter 25 (6 verses)

Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said, Dominion and fear are with him, he maketh peace in his high places. Is there any number of his armies? and upon whom doth not his light arise?

Job 27
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Job • Chapter 27 (23 verses)

Moreover Job continued his parable, and said, As God liveth, who hath taken away my judgment; and the Almighty, who hath vexed my soul; All the while my breath is in me, and the spirit of God is in my nostrils;

Matthew 23
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Matthew • Chapter 23 (39 verses)

Then spake Jesus to the multitude, and to his disciples, Saying, The scribes and the Pharisees sit in Moses ' seat: All therefore whatsoever they bid you observe, that observe and do; but do not ye after their works: for they say, and do not. Mentions: Yeshua the Messiah , Moses , Abel , Jerusalem .

Job 6
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Job • Chapter 6 (30 verses)

But Job answered and said, Oh that my grief were thoroughly weighed, and my calamity laid in the balances together! For now it would be heavier than the sand of the sea: therefore my words are swallowed up. Mentions: Tema , Sheba .

Job 3
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Job • Chapter 3 (26 verses)

After this opened Job his mouth, and cursed his day. And Job spake, and said, Let the day perish wherein I was born, and the night in which it was said, There is a man child conceived.

Horesh
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Biblical Place • 31.451°N, 35.088°E

Ancient biblical location referenced in 1 Sam 23:15 , 1 Sam 23:16 , 1 Sam 23:18 , 1 Sam 23:19 .

Job 8
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Job • Chapter 8 (22 verses)

Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said, How long wilt thou speak these things? and how long shall the words of thy mouth be like a strong wind? Doth God pervert judgment? or doth the Almighty pervert justice?

Job 21
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Job • Chapter 21 (34 verses)

But Job answered and said, Hear diligently my speech, and let this be your consolations. Suffer me that I may speak; and after that I have spoken, mock on.

Luke 23
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Luke • Chapter 23 (56 verses)

And the whole multitude of them arose, and led him unto Pilate. And they began to accuse him, saying, We found this fellow perverting the nation, and forbidding to give tribute to Caesar, saying that he himself is Christ a King. And Pilate asked him, saying, Art thou the King of ... Mentions: Yeshua the Messiah , Simon , Joseph , Galilee , Jerusalem .

1 Samuel 23
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1 Samuel • Chapter 23 (29 verses)

Then they told David , saying, Behold, the Philistines fight against Keilah , and they rob the threshingfloors. Therefore David enquired of the Lord, saying, Shall I go and smite these Philistines? And the Lord said unto David, Go, and smite the Philistines, and save Keilah . And Da... Mentions: David, Judah , Saul , Jacob/Israel , Jonathan , Keilah, Ziph 1 , Gibeah 1 , Hachilah , Jeshimon .

Job 16
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Job • Chapter 16 (22 verses)

Then Job answered and said, I have heard many such things: miserable comforters are ye all. Shall vain words have an end? or what emboldeneth thee that thou answerest?

2 Samuel 23
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2 Samuel • Chapter 23 (39 verses)

Now these be the last words of David . David the son of Jesse said, and the man who was raised up on high, the anointed of the God of Jacob , and the sweet psalmist of Israel , said, The Spirit of the Lord spake by me, and his word was in my tongue. The God of Israel said, the Rock ... Mentions: David, Jesse , Jacob/Israel, Eleazar , Zeruiah , Adullam , Rephaim , Kabzeel , Moab , Abiezer .

Job 32
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Job • Chapter 32 (22 verses)

So these three men ceased to answer Job , because he was righteous in his own eyes. Then was kindled the wrath of Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite, of the kindred of Ram : against Job was his wrath kindled, because he justified himself rather than God. Also against his three fr... Mentions: Ram (or Amram ).

1 Chronicles 23
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1 Chronicles • Chapter 23 (32 verses)

So when David was old and full of days, he made Solomon his son king over Israel . And he gathered together all the princes of Israel , with the priests and the Levites . Now the Levites were numbered from the age of thirty years and upward: and their number by their polls, man by m... Mentions: David , Solomon , Jacob/Israel, Levi , Gershon ( Gershom ), Haran , Hebron , Eder 1 , Jerusalem .

Job 24
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Job • Chapter 24 (25 verses)

Why, seeing times are not hidden from the Almighty, do they that know him not see his days? Some remove the landmarks; they violently take away flocks, and feed thereof. They drive away the ass of the fatherless, they take the widow's ox for a pledge.

Deuteronomy 23
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Deuteronomy • Chapter 23 (25 verses)

He that is wounded in the stones, or hath his privy member cut off, shall not enter into the congregation of the Lord. A bastard shall not enter into the congregation of the Lord; even to his tenth generation shall he not enter into the congregation of the Lord. An Ammonite or Mo... Mentions: Jacob/Israel , Egypt , Pethor , Mesopotamia .

Scripture Passages (24)

Job 23:1 (KJV)
Job 23 KJV

Then Job answered and said,

For God maketh my heart soft, and the Almighty troubleth me:

God understandeth the way thereof, and he knoweth the place thereof.

The quiver rattleth against him, the glittering spear and the shield.

One dieth in his full strength, being wholly at ease and quiet.

Job 23:4 (KJV)
Job 23 KJV

I would order my cause before him, and fill my mouth with arguments.

If the scourge slay suddenly, he will laugh at the trial of the innocent.

Job 23:2 (KJV)
Job 23 KJV

Even to day is my complaint bitter: my stroke is heavier than my groaning.

My foot hath held his steps, his way have I kept, and not declined.

Who hath enjoined him his way? or who can say, Thou hast wrought iniquity?

He increaseth the nations, and destroyeth them: he enlargeth the nations, and straiteneth them again.

Oh that my words were now written! oh that they were printed in a book!

Therefore am I troubled at his presence: when I consider, I am afraid of him.

Men shall clap their hands at him, and shall hiss him out of his place.

How many are mine iniquities and sins? make me to know my transgression and my sin.

Job 23:8 (KJV)
Job 23 KJV

Behold, I go forward, but he is not there; and backward, but I cannot perceive him:

Which I have reserved against the time of trouble, against the day of battle and war?

Why is light given to a man whose way is hid, and whom God hath hedged in?

Or, Deliver me from the enemy's hand? or, Redeem me from the hand of the mighty?

Job 23:3 (KJV)
Job 23 KJV

Oh that I knew where I might find him! that I might come even to his seat!

Job 23:6 (KJV)
Job 23 KJV

Will he plead against me with his great power? No; but he would put strength in me.

Job 23:7 (KJV)
Job 23 KJV

There the righteous might dispute with him; so should I be delivered for ever from my judge.

For he performeth the thing that is appointed for me: and many such things are with him.

The flakes of his flesh are joined together: they are firm in themselves; they cannot be moved.

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