Job 23:1-12

Job still rebels, though he does his best to repress his complaints (Job 23:2). Translate as mg.

Job 23:6 f. shows the gain Job has got. Job 23:8. He is still in quest of God, but now is convinced that if he could find Him, God would treat him reasonably (contrast Job 9:14). God's inscrutableness (Job 23:8 f.) now causes him no fear (Job 23:10). Trial will but be the touchstone that will reveal his innocence (Job 23:10). Read in Job 23:12 b, with LXX and Vulgate, for more than my necessary food, in my bosom.