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The Book of Job, Chapter 23, Verse 2

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Then Job answered and said,
King James Version
Even to day [is] my complaint bitter: my stroke is heavier than my groaning.
American Standard Version
Even to-day is my complaint rebellious: My stroke is heavier than my groaning.
New English Translation
“Even today my complaint is still bitter; his hand is heavy despite my groaning.
World English Bible
"Even today my complaint is rebellious. His hand is heavy in spite of 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.
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Neither have I gone back from the commandment of his lips; I have esteemed the words of his mouth more than my necessary [food].