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Themes in Job 23

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Themes in Job 23

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Job 23:1 (show verse)

Then Job answered:

No Themes for this verse.

Job 23:2 (show verse)

Today also my complaint is bitter.

His hand is heavy despite my groaning.

Complaints » Complaints of men to God

Job 23:3 (show verse)

If only I knew how to find Him,
so that I could go to His throne.

God » Remember » Search for

Job 23:4 (show verse)

I would plead my case before Him
and fill my mouth with arguments.

No Themes for this verse.

Job 23:5 (show verse)

I would learn how He would answer me;
and understand what He would say to me.

No Themes for this verse.

Job 23:6 (show verse)

Would He prosecute me forcefully?
No, He will certainly pay attention to me.

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Job 23:7 (show verse)

Then an upright man could reason with Him,
and I would escape from my Judge forever.

No Themes for this verse.

Job 23:8 (show verse)

If I go east, He is not there,
and if I go west, I cannot perceive Him.

God » Trust in » Unseen
God » Is declared to be » Invisible

Job 23:9 (show verse)

When He is at work to the north, I cannot see Him;
when He turns south, I cannot find Him.

veiled Deity » God spoken of as hiding himself
God » Hand of » Hidden
God » Is declared to be » Invisible

Job 23:10 (show verse)

Yet He knows the way I have taken;
when He has tested me, I will emerge as pure gold.

Afflictions » Blessings in disguise
Afflictions » Often blessings in disguise
Afflictions » Promises concerning » Refining influence of
Afflictions made beneficial » In testing and exhibiting our sincerity
Gold » Illustrative of » Saints after affliction
spiritual Refining » The refining influence afflictions
Righteous » Compared with » Gold
compared to Saints » Gold
Spiritual » Refining » The refining influence of afflictions
Trials » Often blessings in disguise
Trials » The refining influence of
God, Wisdom of » Exhibited in knowing » The way of saints

Job 23:11 (show verse)

My feet have followed in His tracks;
I have kept to His way and not turned aside.

Decision » Instances of » Job
Seven » Example of steadfastness » Job, in his religious life
Stability » Seven notable examples of » Job, in his religious life
Steadfastness » Seven notable examples of » Job, in his religious life

Job 23:12 (show verse)

I have not departed from the commands of His lips;
I have treasured the words of His mouth
more than my daily food.

Being Devoted to God » A characteristic of saints
Decision » Instances of » Job
The scriptures » Saints » Esteem, above all things
The word of God » Despised by the foolish » Food for the soul

Job 23:13 (show verse)

But He is unchangeable; who can oppose Him?
He does what He desires.

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Job 23:14 (show verse)

He will certainly accomplish what He has decreed for me,
and He has many more things like these in mind.

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Job 23:15 (show verse)

Therefore I am terrified in His presence;
when I consider this, I am afraid of Him.

divine Presence » A terror to sinners a comfort to saints » A terror to evil does

Job 23:16 (show verse)

God has made my heart faint;
the Almighty has terrified me.

Heart » Renewed » Tender

Job 23:17 (show verse)

Yet I am not destroyed by the darkness,
by the thick darkness that covers my face.

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Darkness » Illustrative of » Heavy afflictions