Apologetics Bible

Job 23:1

Hebrew

וַיַּעַן אִיּוֹב וַיֹּאמַֽר׃

vaya'an-'iyvov-vayo'mar

KJV: Then Job answered and said,

AKJV: Then Job answered and said,

ASV: Then Job answered and said,

YLT: And Job answereth and saith: --

Exposition: Job 23:1 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Then Job answered and said,'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Job 23:2

Hebrew

גַּם־הַיּוֹם מְרִי שִׂחִי יָדִי כָּבְדָה עַל־אַנְחָתִֽי׃

gam-hayvom-meriy-shichiy-yadiy-khavedah-'al-'anechatiy

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

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

ASV: Even to-day is my complaint rebellious:

YLT: Also--to-day is my complaint bitter, My hand hath been heavy because of my sighing.

Exposition: Job 23:2 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Even to day is my complaint bitter: my stroke is heavier than my groaning.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Job 23:3

Hebrew

מִֽי־יִתֵּן יָדַעְתִּי וְאֶמְצָאֵהוּ אָבוֹא עַד־תְּכוּנָתֽוֹ׃

miy-yiten-yada'etiy-ve'emetza'ehv-'avvo'-'ad-tekhvnatvo

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

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

ASV: Oh that I knew where I might find him!

YLT: O that I had known--and I find Him, I come in unto His seat,

Exposition: Job 23:3 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Oh that I knew where I might find him! that I might come even to his seat!'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Job 23:4

Hebrew

אֶעֶרְכָה לְפָנָיו מִשְׁפָּט וּפִי אֲמַלֵּא תוֹכָחֽוֹת׃

'e'erekhah-lefanayv-mishefat-vfiy-'amale'-tvokhachvot

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

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

ASV: I would set my cause in order before him,

YLT: I arrange before Him the cause, And my mouth fill with arguments.

Exposition: Job 23:4 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'I would order my cause before him, and fill my mouth with arguments.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Job 23:5

Hebrew

אֵדְעָה מִלִּים יַעֲנֵנִי וְאָבִינָה מַה־יֹּאמַר לִֽי׃

'ede'ah-miliym-ya'aneniy-ve'aviynah-mah-yo'mar-liy

KJV: I would know the words which he would answer me, and understand what he would say unto me.

AKJV: I would know the words which he would answer me, and understand what he would say to me.

ASV: I would know the words which he would answer me,

YLT: I know the words He doth answer me, And understand what He saith to me.

Exposition: Job 23:5 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'I would know the words which he would answer me, and understand what he would say unto me.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Job 23:6

Hebrew

הַבְּרָב־כֹּחַ יָרִיב עִמָּדִי לֹא אַךְ־הוּא יָשִׂם בִּֽי׃

haverav-khocha-yariyv-'imadiy-lo'-'akhe-hv'-yashim-viy

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

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

ASV: Would he contend with me in the greatness of his power?

YLT: In the abundance of power doth He strive with me? No! surely He putteth it in me.

Exposition: Job 23:6 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Will he plead against me with his great power? No; but he would put strength in me.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Job 23:7

Hebrew

שָׁם יָשָׁר נוֹכָח עִמּוֹ וַאֲפַלְּטָה לָנֶצַח מִשֹּׁפְטִֽי׃

sham-yashar-nvokhach-'imvo-va'afaletah-lanetzach-mishofetiy

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

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

ASV: There the upright might reason with him;

YLT: There the upright doth reason with Him, And I escape for ever from my judge.

Exposition: Job 23:7 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'There the righteous might dispute with him; so should I be delivered for ever from my judge.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Job 23:8

Hebrew

הֵן קֶדֶם אֶהֱלֹךְ וְאֵינֶנּוּ וְאָחוֹר וְֽלֹא־אָבִין לֽוֹ׃

hen-qedem-'ehelokhe-ve'eynenv-ve'achvor-velo'-'aviyn-lvo

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

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

ASV: Behold, I go forward, but he is notthere;

YLT: Lo, forward I go--and He is not, And backward--and I perceive him not.

Exposition: Job 23:8 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Behold, I go forward, but he is not there; and backward, but I cannot perceive him:'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Job 23:9

Hebrew

שְׂמֹאול בַּעֲשֹׂתוֹ וְלֹא־אָחַז יַעְטֹף יָמִין וְלֹא אֶרְאֶֽה׃

shemo'vl-va'ashotvo-velo'-'achaz-ya'etof-yamiyn-velo'-'ere'eh

KJV: 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:

AKJV: On the left hand, where he does work, but I cannot behold him: he hides himself on the right hand, that I cannot see him:

ASV: On the left hand, when he doth work, but I cannot behold him;

YLT: To the left in His working--and I see not, He is covered on the right, and I behold not.

Exposition: Job 23:9 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: '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:'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Job 23:10

Hebrew

כִּֽי־יָדַע דֶּרֶךְ עִמָּדִי בְּחָנַנִי כַּזָּהָב אֵצֵֽא׃

khiy-yada'-derekhe-'imadiy-vechananiy-khazahav-'etze'

KJV: But he knoweth the way that I take: when he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold.

AKJV: But he knows the way that I take: when he has tried me, I shall come forth as gold.

ASV: But he knoweth the way that I take;

YLT: For He hath known the way with me, He hath tried me--as gold I go forth.

Exposition: Job 23:10 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'But he knoweth the way that I take: when he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Job 23:11

Hebrew

בַּאֲשֻׁרוֹ אָחֲזָה רַגְלִי דַּרְכּוֹ שָׁמַרְתִּי וְלֹא־אָֽט׃

va'ashurvo-'achazah-rageliy-darekhvo-shamaretiy-velo'-'at

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

AKJV: My foot has held his steps, his way have I kept, and not declined.

ASV: My foot hath held fast to his steps;

YLT: On His step hath my foot laid hold, His way I have kept, and turn not aside,

Exposition: Job 23:11 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'My foot hath held his steps, his way have I kept, and not declined.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Job 23:12

Hebrew

מִצְוַת שְׂפָתָיו וְלֹא אָמִישׁ מֵחֻקִּי צָפַנְתִּי אִמְרֵי־פִֽיו׃

mitzevat-shefatayv-velo'-'amiysh-mechuqiy-tzafanetiy-'imerey-fiyv

KJV: Neither have I gone back from the commandment of his lips; I have esteemed the words of his mouth more than my necessary food.

AKJV: Neither have I gone back from the commandment of his lips; I have esteemed the words of his mouth more than my necessary food.

ASV: I have not gone back from the commandment of his lips;

YLT: The command of His lips, and I depart not. Above my allotted portion I have laid up The sayings of His mouth.

Exposition: Job 23:12 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Neither have I gone back from the commandment of his lips; I have esteemed the words of his mouth more than my necessary food.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Job 23:13

Hebrew

וְהוּא בְאֶחָד וּמִי יְשִׁיבֶנּוּ וְנַפְשׁוֹ אִוְּתָה וַיָּֽעַשׂ׃

vehv'-ve'echad-vmiy-yeshiyvenv-venafeshvo-'ivetah-vaya'ash

KJV: But he is in one mind, and who can turn him? and what his soul desireth, even that he doeth.

AKJV: But he is in one mind, and who can turn him? and what his soul desires, even that he does.

ASV: But he is in onemind, and who can turn him?

YLT: And He is in one mind , And who doth turn Him back? And His soul hath desired--and He doth it .

Exposition: Job 23:13 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'But he is in one mind, and who can turn him? and what his soul desireth, even that he doeth.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Job 23:14

Hebrew

כִּי יַשְׁלִים חֻקִּי וְכָהֵנָּה רַבּוֹת עִמּֽוֹ׃

khiy-yasheliym-chuqiy-vekhahenah-ravvot-'imvo

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

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

ASV: For he performeth that which is appointed for me:

YLT: For He doth complete my portion, And many such things are with Him.

Exposition: Job 23:14 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'For he performeth the thing that is appointed for me: and many such things are with him.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Job 23:15

Hebrew

עַל־כֵּן מִפָּנָיו אֶבָּהֵל אֶתְבּוֹנֵן וְאֶפְחַד מִמֶּֽנּוּ׃

'al-khen-mifanayv-'evahel-'etevvonen-ve'efechad-mimenv

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

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

ASV: Therefore am I terrified at his presence;

YLT: Therefore, from His presence I am troubled, I consider, and am afraid of Him.

Exposition: Job 23:15 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Therefore am I troubled at his presence: when I consider, I am afraid of him.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Job 23:16

Hebrew

וְאֵל הֵרַךְ לִבִּי וְשַׁדַּי הִבְהִילָֽנִי׃

ve'el-herakhe-liviy-veshaday-hivehiylaniy

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

AKJV: For God makes my heart soft, and the Almighty troubles me:

ASV: For God hath made my heart faint,

YLT: And God hath made my heart soft, And the Mighty hath troubled me.

Exposition: Job 23:16 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'For God maketh my heart soft, and the Almighty troubleth me:'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Job 23:17

Hebrew

כִּֽי־לֹא נִצְמַתִּי מִפְּנֵי־חֹשֶׁךְ וּמִפָּנַי כִּסָּה־אֹֽפֶל׃

khiy-lo'-nitzematiy-mifeney-choshekhe-vmifanay-khisah-'ofel

KJV: Because I was not cut off before the darkness, neither hath he covered the darkness from my face.

AKJV: Because I was not cut off before the darkness, neither has he covered the darkness from my face.

ASV: Because I was not cut off before the darkness,

YLT: For I have not been cut off before darkness, And before me He covered thick darkness.

Exposition: Job 23:17 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Because I was not cut off before the darkness, neither hath he covered the darkness from my face.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.