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The Book of Job, Chapter 23, Verse 1

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He shall deliver the island of the innocent: and it is delivered by the pureness of thine hands.
King James Version
Then Job answered and said,
American Standard Version
Then Job answered and said,
New English Translation
Job’s Reply to Eliphaz Then Job answered:
World English Bible
Then Job answered,
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Even to day [is] my complaint bitter: my stroke is heavier than my groaning.
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Oh that I knew where I might find him! [that] I might come [even] to his seat!
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I would order [my] cause before him, and fill my mouth with arguments.
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I would know the words [which] he would answer me, and understand what he would say unto me.
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Will he plead against me with [his] great power? No; but he would put [strength] in me.
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There the righteous might dispute with him; so should I be delivered for ever from my judge.
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Behold, I go forward, but he [is] not [there]; and backward, but I cannot perceive him:
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On the left hand, where he doth work, but I cannot behold [him]: he hideth himself on the right hand, that I cannot see [him]:
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But he knoweth the way that I take: [when] he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold.
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My foot hath held his steps, his way have I kept, and not declined.