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World English Bible

Job 13 (WEBP)

[1] “Behold, my eye has seen all this. My ear has heard and understood it.
[2] What you know, I know also. I am not inferior to you.
[3] “Surely I would speak to the Almighty. I desire to reason with God.
[4] But you are forgers of lies. You are all physicians of no value.
[5] Oh that you would be completely silent! Then you would be wise.
[6] Hear now my reasoning. Listen to the pleadings of my lips.
[7] Will you speak unrighteously for God, and talk deceitfully for him?
[8] Will you show partiality to him? Will you contend for God?
[9] Is it good that he should search you out? Or as one deceives a man, will you deceive him?
[10] He will surely reprove you if you secretly show partiality.
[11] Won’t his majesty make you afraid and his dread fall on you?
[12] Your memorable sayings are proverbs of ashes. Your defenses are defenses of clay.
[13] “Be silent! Leave me alone, that I may speak. Let come on me what will.
[14] Why should I take my flesh in my teeth, and put my life in my hand?
[15] Behold, he will kill me. I have no hope. Nevertheless, I will maintain my ways before him.
[16] This also will be my salvation, that a godless man will not come before him.
[17] Listen carefully to my speech. Let my declaration be in your ears.
[18] See now, I have set my cause in order. I know that I am righteous.
[19] Who is he who will contend with me? For then would I hold my peace and give up the spirit.
[20] “Only don’t do two things to me, then I will not hide myself from your face:
[21] withdraw your hand far from me, and don’t let your terror make me afraid.
[22] Then call, and I will answer, or let me speak, and you answer me.
[23] How many are my iniquities and sins? Make me know my disobedience and my sin.
[24] Why do you hide your face, and consider me your enemy?
[25] Will you harass a driven leaf? Will you pursue the dry stubble?
[26] For you write bitter things against me, and make me inherit the iniquities of my youth.
[27] You also put my feet in the stocks, and mark all my paths. You set a bound to the soles of my feet,
[28] though I am decaying like a rotten thing, like a garment that is moth-eaten.

Scripture quotations are taken from The World English Bible™ of eBible.org, 2020 stable text edition. It is in the public domain.

King James w/Strong’s #s

Job 13 (KJVS)

[1] Lo, mine eye hath seen () all [this], mine ear hath heard () and understood () it.
[2] What ye know , [the same] do I know () also: I [am] not inferior () unto you.
[3] Surely I would speak () to the Almighty , and I desire () to reason () with God .
[4] But ye [are] forgers () of lies , ye [are] all physicians () of no value .
[5] O that () ye would altogether () hold your peace ()! and it should be your wisdom .
[6] Hear () now my reasoning , and hearken () to the pleadings of my lips .
[7] Will ye speak () wickedly for God ? and talk () deceitfully for him?
[8] Will ye accept () his person ? will ye contend () for God ?
[9] Is it good () that he should search you out ()? or as one man mocketh () another, do ye [so] mock () him?
[10] He will surely () reprove () you, if ye do secretly accept () persons .
[11] Shall not his excellency make you afraid ()? and his dread fall () upon you?
[12] Your remembrances [are] like unto ashes , your bodies to bodies of clay .
[13] Hold your peace (), let me alone, that I may speak (), and let come () on me what [will].
[14] Wherefore do I take () my flesh in my teeth , and put () my life in mine hand ?
[15] Though he slay () me, yet will I trust () in him: but I will maintain () mine own ways before him.
[16] He also [shall be] my salvation : for an hypocrite shall not come () before him.
[17] Hear () diligently () my speech , and my declaration with your ears .
[18] Behold now, I have ordered () [my] cause ; I know () that I shall be justified ().
[19] Who [is] he [that] will plead () with me? for now, if I hold my tongue (), I shall give up the ghost ().
[20] Only do () not two [things] unto me: then will I not hide () myself from thee .
[21] Withdraw thine hand far () from me: and let not thy dread make me afraid ().
[22] Then call () thou, and I will answer (): or let me speak (), and answer () thou me.
[23] How many [are] mine iniquities and sins ? make me to know () my transgression and my sin .
[24] Wherefore hidest () thou thy face , and holdest () me for thine enemy ()?
[25] Wilt thou break () a leaf driven to and fro ()? and wilt thou pursue () the dry stubble ?
[26] For thou writest () bitter things against me, and makest me to possess () the iniquities of my youth .
[27] Thou puttest () my feet also in the stocks , and lookest narrowly () unto all my paths ; thou settest a print () upon the heels of my feet .
[28] And he, as a rotten thing , consumeth (), as a garment that is moth eaten ().

Young’s Literal Translation

Job 13 (YLT)

[1] Lo, all-hath mine eye seen, Heard hath mine ear, and it attendeth to it.
[2] According to your knowledge I have known-also I. I am not fallen more than you.
[3] Yet I for the Mighty One do speak, And to argue for God I delight.
[4] And yet, ye are forgers of falsehood, Physicians of nought-all of you,
[5] O that ye would keep perfectly silent, And it would be to you for wisdom.
[6] Hear, I pray you, my argument, And to the pleadings of my lips attend,
[7] For God do ye speak perverseness? And for Him do ye speak deceit?
[8] His face do ye accept, if for God ye strive?
[9] Is it good that He doth search you, If, as one mocketh at a man, ye mock at Him?
[10] He doth surely reprove you, if in secret ye accept faces.
[11] Doth not His excellency terrify you? And His dread fall upon you?
[12] Your remembrances are similes of ashes, For high places of clay your heights.
[13] Keep silent from me, and I speak, And pass over me doth what?
[14] Wherefore do I take my flesh in my teeth? And my soul put in my hand?
[15] Lo, He doth slay me-I wait not! Only, my ways unto His face I argue.
[16] Also-He is to me for salvation, For the profane cometh not before Him.
[17] Hear ye diligently my word, And my declaration with your ears.
[18] Lo, I pray you, I have set in order the cause, I have known that I am righteous.
[19] Who is he that doth strive with me? For now I keep silent and gasp.
[20] Only two things, O God, do with me: Then from Thy face I am not hidden.
[21] Thy hand put far off from me, And Thy terror let not terrify me.
[22] And call Thou, and I-I answer, Or-I speak, and answer Thou me.
[23] How many iniquities and sins have I? My transgression and my sin let me know.
[24] Why dost Thou hide Thy face? And reckonest me for an enemy to Thee?
[25] A leaf driven away dost Thou terrify? And the dry stubble dost Thou pursue?
[26] For Thou writest against me bitter things, And causest me to possess iniquities of my youth:
[27] And puttest in the stocks my feet, And observest all my paths, On the roots of my feet Thou settest a print,
[28] And he, as a rotten thing, weareth away, As a garment hath a moth consumed him.