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Job 23

Job 23:1 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Then Job
'Iyowb (Hebrew #347)
hated (i.e. persecuted); Ijob, the patriarch famous for his patience
KJV usage: Job.
Pronounce: ee-yobe'
Origin: from 340
answered
`anah (Hebrew #6030)
properly, to eye or (generally) to heed, i.e. pay attention; by implication, to respond; by extens. to begin to speak; specifically to sing, shout, testify, announce
KJV usage: give account, afflict (by mistake for 6031), (cause to, give) answer, bring low (by mistake for 6031), cry, hear, Leannoth, lift up, say, X scholar, (give a) shout, sing (together by course), speak, testify, utter, (bear) witness. See also 1042, 1043.
Pronounce: aw-naw'
Origin: a primitive root
and said
'amar (Hebrew #559)
to say (used with great latitude)
KJV usage: answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, + (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, X desire, determine, X expressly, X indeed, X intend, name, X plainly, promise, publish, report, require, say, speak (against, of), X still, X suppose, talk, tell, term, X that is, X think, use (speech), utter, X verily, X yet.
Pronounce: aw-mar'
Origin: a primitive root
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Ministry on This Verse

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1-5:  Job longs to appear before God,
6-7:  in confidence of his mercy.
8-10:  God, who is invisible, observes our ways.
11-12:  Job's innocency.
13-17:  God's decree is immutable.
Job 23:1• 1And Job answered and said, (Job 23:1)
• His longing to lay his case before God (chap. 23:1-9). (“Job 3-31” by S. Ridout)
• Job does not trouble himself to reply to the grievous charges of Eliphaz....Here his concern is with God. The cloud has again fallen and obscured Him from the view of faith which had shone out brightly a little while before. This sad eclipse leads Job to utter hard things against the Lord; but we can see it is from having lost sight of God, not the malice of one who turns against Him. (“Job 3-31” by S. Ridout)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And Job answered and said,