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[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.
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.
King James Version
[1] Lo, mine eye H5869 hath seen H7200 (QalPerf) all this,
Mine ear H241 hath heard H8085 (QalPerf) and understood H995 (QalImpf) it.
[2] What ye know, H1847 the same do I know H3045 (QalPerf) also:
I am not inferior H5307 (QalActPtc) unto you.
[3] Surely H199 I would speak H1696 (PielImpf) to the Almighty, H7706
And I desire H2654 (QalImpf) to reason H3198 (HiphInf) with God. H410
[4] But H199 ye are forgers H2950 (QalActPtc) of lies, H8267
Ye are all physicians H7495 (QalActPtc) of no value. H457
[5] O that H5414 (QalImpf) ye would altogether H2790 (HiphInf) hold your peace! H2790 (HiphImpf)
And it should be your wisdom. H2451
[6] Hear H8085 (QalImpv) now my reasoning, H8433
And hearken H7181 (HiphImpv) to the pleadings H7379 of my lips. H8193
[7] Will ye speak H1696 (PielImpf) wickedly H5766 for God? H410
And talk H1696 (PielImpf) deceitfully H7423 for him?
[8] Will ye accept H5375 (QalImpf) his person? H6440
Will ye contend H7378 (QalImpf) for God? H410
[9] Is it good H2895 (QalPerf) that he should search you out? H2713 (QalImpf)
Or as one man H582 mocketh H2048 (PielInf) another, do ye so mock H2048 (PielImpf) him?
[10] He will surely H3198 (HiphInf) reprove H3198 (HiphImpf) you,
If ye do secretly H5643 accept H5375 (QalImpf) persons. H6440
[11] Shall not his excellency H7613 make you afraid? H1204 (PielImpf)
And his dread H6343 fall H5307 (QalImpf) upon you?
[12] Your remembrances H2146 are like H4912 unto ashes, H665
Your bodies H1354 to bodies H1354 of clay. H2563
[13] Hold your peace, H2790 (HiphImpv)§ let me alone, that I may speak, H1696 (PielImpf)
And let come H5674 (QalImpf) on me what will.
[14] Wherefore do I take H5375 (QalImpf) my flesh H1320 in my teeth, H8127
And put H7760 (QalImpf) my life H5315 in mine hand? H3709
[15] Though H2005 he slay H6991 (QalImpf) me, yet will I trust H3176 (PielImpf) in him:
But I will maintain§ H3198 (HiphImpf) mine own ways H1870 before H6440 him.
[16] He also shall be my salvation: H3444
For an hypocrite H2611 shall not come H935 (QalImpf) before H6440 him.
[17] Hear H8085 (QalImpv) diligently H8085 (QalInf) my speech, H4405
And my declaration H262 with your ears. H241
[18] Behold now, I have ordered H6186 (QalPerf) my cause; H4941
I know H3045 (QalPerf) that I shall be justified. H6663 (QalImpf)
[19] Who is he that will plead H7378 (QalImpf) with me?
For now, if I hold my tongue, H2790 (HiphImpf) I shall give up the ghost. H1478 (QalImpf)
[20] Only do H6213 (QalImpf) not two H8147 things unto me:
Then will I not hide H5641 (NiphImpf) myself from thee. H6440
[21] Withdraw H7368 thine hand H3709 far H7368 (HiphImpv) from me:
And let not thy dread H367 make me afraid. H1204 (PielImpf)
[22] Then call H7121 (QalImpv) thou, and I will answer: H6030 (QalImpf)
Or let me speak, H1696 (PielImpf) and answer H7725 (HiphImpv) thou me.
[23] How many are mine iniquities H5771 and sins? H2403
Make me to know H3045 (HiphImpv) my transgression H6588 and my sin. H2403
[24] Wherefore hidest H5641 (HiphImpf) thou thy face, H6440
And holdest H2803 (QalImpf) me for thine enemy? H341 (QalActPtc)
[25] Wilt thou break H6206 (QalImpf) a leaf H5929 driven to and fro? H5086 (NiphPtc)
And wilt thou pursue H7291 (QalImpf) the dry H3002 stubble? H7179
[26] For thou writest H3789 (QalImpf) bitter things H4846 against me,
And makest me to possess H3423 (HiphImpf) the iniquities H5771 of my youth. H5271
[27] Thou puttest H7760 (QalImpf) my feet H7272 also in the stocks, H5465
And lookest narrowly H8104 (QalImpf)§ unto all my paths; H734
Thou settest a print H2707 (HithImpf) upon the heels H8328§ of my feet. H7272
[28] And he, as a rotten thing, H7538 consumeth, H1086 (QalImpf)
As a garment H899 that is moth H6211 eaten. H398 (QalPerf)
Mine ear H241 hath heard H8085 (QalPerf) and understood H995 (QalImpf) it.
[2] What ye know, H1847 the same do I know H3045 (QalPerf) also:
I am not inferior H5307 (QalActPtc) unto you.
[3] Surely H199 I would speak H1696 (PielImpf) to the Almighty, H7706
And I desire H2654 (QalImpf) to reason H3198 (HiphInf) with God. H410
[4] But H199 ye are forgers H2950 (QalActPtc) of lies, H8267
Ye are all physicians H7495 (QalActPtc) of no value. H457
[5] O that H5414 (QalImpf) ye would altogether H2790 (HiphInf) hold your peace! H2790 (HiphImpf)
And it should be your wisdom. H2451
[6] Hear H8085 (QalImpv) now my reasoning, H8433
And hearken H7181 (HiphImpv) to the pleadings H7379 of my lips. H8193
[7] Will ye speak H1696 (PielImpf) wickedly H5766 for God? H410
And talk H1696 (PielImpf) deceitfully H7423 for him?
[8] Will ye accept H5375 (QalImpf) his person? H6440
Will ye contend H7378 (QalImpf) for God? H410
[9] Is it good H2895 (QalPerf) that he should search you out? H2713 (QalImpf)
Or as one man H582 mocketh H2048 (PielInf) another, do ye so mock H2048 (PielImpf) him?
[10] He will surely H3198 (HiphInf) reprove H3198 (HiphImpf) you,
If ye do secretly H5643 accept H5375 (QalImpf) persons. H6440
[11] Shall not his excellency H7613 make you afraid? H1204 (PielImpf)
And his dread H6343 fall H5307 (QalImpf) upon you?
[12] Your remembrances H2146 are like H4912 unto ashes, H665
Your bodies H1354 to bodies H1354 of clay. H2563
[13] Hold your peace, H2790 (HiphImpv)§ let me alone, that I may speak, H1696 (PielImpf)
And let come H5674 (QalImpf) on me what will.
[14] Wherefore do I take H5375 (QalImpf) my flesh H1320 in my teeth, H8127
And put H7760 (QalImpf) my life H5315 in mine hand? H3709
[15] Though H2005 he slay H6991 (QalImpf) me, yet will I trust H3176 (PielImpf) in him:
But I will maintain§ H3198 (HiphImpf) mine own ways H1870 before H6440 him.
[16] He also shall be my salvation: H3444
For an hypocrite H2611 shall not come H935 (QalImpf) before H6440 him.
[17] Hear H8085 (QalImpv) diligently H8085 (QalInf) my speech, H4405
And my declaration H262 with your ears. H241
[18] Behold now, I have ordered H6186 (QalPerf) my cause; H4941
I know H3045 (QalPerf) that I shall be justified. H6663 (QalImpf)
[19] Who is he that will plead H7378 (QalImpf) with me?
For now, if I hold my tongue, H2790 (HiphImpf) I shall give up the ghost. H1478 (QalImpf)
[20] Only do H6213 (QalImpf) not two H8147 things unto me:
Then will I not hide H5641 (NiphImpf) myself from thee. H6440
[21] Withdraw H7368 thine hand H3709 far H7368 (HiphImpv) from me:
And let not thy dread H367 make me afraid. H1204 (PielImpf)
[22] Then call H7121 (QalImpv) thou, and I will answer: H6030 (QalImpf)
Or let me speak, H1696 (PielImpf) and answer H7725 (HiphImpv) thou me.
[23] How many are mine iniquities H5771 and sins? H2403
Make me to know H3045 (HiphImpv) my transgression H6588 and my sin. H2403
[24] Wherefore hidest H5641 (HiphImpf) thou thy face, H6440
And holdest H2803 (QalImpf) me for thine enemy? H341 (QalActPtc)
[25] Wilt thou break H6206 (QalImpf) a leaf H5929 driven to and fro? H5086 (NiphPtc)
And wilt thou pursue H7291 (QalImpf) the dry H3002 stubble? H7179
[26] For thou writest H3789 (QalImpf) bitter things H4846 against me,
And makest me to possess H3423 (HiphImpf) the iniquities H5771 of my youth. H5271
[27] Thou puttest H7760 (QalImpf) my feet H7272 also in the stocks, H5465
And lookest narrowly H8104 (QalImpf)§ unto all my paths; H734
Thou settest a print H2707 (HithImpf) upon the heels H8328§ of my feet. H7272
[28] And he, as a rotten thing, H7538 consumeth, H1086 (QalImpf)
As a garment H899 that is moth H6211 eaten. H398 (QalPerf)
Footnotes
- § 13:13 Heb. be silent from me
- § 13:15 Heb. prove, or argue
- § 13:27a Heb. observeth
- § 13:27b Heb. roots
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