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Bible study · Job 23:1-17

Job 23: I will come out like gold

Read Job 23:1-17 before you meet.

In a few lines

The necessary food Job ranks below the words of God's mouth (23:12) and the that which is appointed for me God performs (23:14) are one Hebrew word, choq, with the same my. And the four directions where Job can't find God (23:8-9) are Hebrew words for front, back, left and right.

The verse to carry

“But he knows the way that I take. When he has tried me, I will come out like gold.”

Job 23:10

To talk about

  1. 1. "Oh that I knew where I might find him!" (23:3). Has there been a time when God felt hard to find? What did you do with it?

  2. 2. "But he knows the way that I take" (23:10). Job says this right after saying he can't find God. What difference does it make to you that God knows your way?

  3. 3. "I have treasured up the words of his mouth more than my necessary food" (23:12). What would treasuring God's words like that look like for you this week?

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