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[1] Then Job answered,
[2] “Truly I know that it is so,
but how can man be just with God?
[3] If he is pleased to contend with him,
he can’t answer him one time in a thousand.
[4] God is wise in heart, and mighty in strength.
Who has hardened himself against him and prospered?
[5] He removes the mountains, and they don’t know it,
when he overturns them in his anger.
[6] He shakes the earth out of its place.
Its pillars tremble.
[7] He commands the sun and it doesn’t rise,
and seals up the stars.
[8] He alone stretches out the heavens,
and treads on the waves of the sea.
[9] He makes the Bear, Orion, and the Pleiades,
and the rooms of the south.
[10] He does great things past finding out;
yes, marvelous things without number.
[11] Behold, he goes by me, and I don’t see him.
He passes on also, but I don’t perceive him.
[12] Behold, he snatches away.
Who can hinder him?
Who will ask him, ‘What are you doing?’ [13] “God will not withdraw his anger.
The helpers of Rahab stoop under him.
[14] How much less will I answer him,
and choose my words to argue with him?
[15] Though I were righteous, yet I wouldn’t answer him.
I would make supplication to my judge.
[16] If I had called, and he had answered me,
yet I wouldn’t believe that he listened to my voice.
[17] For he breaks me with a storm,
and multiplies my wounds without cause.
[18] He will not allow me to catch my breath,
but fills me with bitterness.
[19] If it is a matter of strength, behold, he is mighty!
If of justice, ‘Who,’ says he, ‘will summon me?’
[20] Though I am righteous, my own mouth will condemn me.
Though I am blameless, it will prove me perverse.
[21] I am blameless.
I don’t respect myself.
I despise my life. [22] “It is all the same.
Therefore I say he destroys the blameless and the wicked.
[23] If the scourge kills suddenly,
he will mock at the trial of the innocent.
[24] The earth is given into the hand of the wicked.
He covers the faces of its judges.
If not he, then who is it? [25] “Now my days are swifter than a runner.
They flee away. They see no good.
[26] They have passed away as the swift ships,
as the eagle that swoops on the prey.
[27] If I say, ‘I will forget my complaint,
I will put off my sad face, and cheer up,’
[28] I am afraid of all my sorrows.
I know that you will not hold me innocent.
[29] I will be condemned.
Why then do I labor in vain?
[30] If I wash myself with snow,
and cleanse my hands with lye,
[31] yet you will plunge me in the ditch.
My own clothes will abhor me.
[32] For he is not a man, as I am, that I should answer him,
that we should come together in judgment.
[33] There is no umpire between us,
that might lay his hand on us both.
[34] Let him take his rod away from me.
Let his terror not make me afraid;
[35] then I would speak, and not fear him,
for I am not so in myself.
King James Version

Job’s Reply

[1] Then Job H347 answered H6030 and said, H559
[2] I know H3045 it is so of a truth: H551
But how should man H582 be just H6663 with H5973 God? H410§
[3] If he will H2654 contend H7378 with H5973 him,
He cannot answer H6030 him one H259 of a thousand. H505
[4] He is wise H2450 in heart, H3824 and mighty H533 in strength: H3581
Who hath hardened H7185 himself against him, and hath prospered? H7999
[5] Which H834 removeth H6275 the mountains, H2022 and they know H3045 not:
Which overturneth H2015 them in his anger. H639
[6] Which shaketh H7264 the earth H776 out of her place, H4725
And the pillars H5982 thereof tremble. H6426
[7] Which commandeth H559 the sun, H2775 and it riseth H2224 not;
And sealeth up H2856 the stars. H3556
[8] Which alone spreadeth out H5186 the heavens, H8064
And treadeth H1869 upon H5921 the waves H1116§ of the sea. H3220
[9] Which maketh H6213 Arcturus, H5906 Orion, H3685 and Pleiades, H3598
And the chambers H2315 of the south. H8486
[10] Which doeth H6213 great things H1419 past H369 finding out; H2714
Yea, and wonders H6381 without number. H4557
[11] Lo, he goeth H5674 by me, and I see H7200 him not:
He passeth on H2498 also, but I perceive H995 him not.
[12] Behold, he taketh away, H2862 who can hinder H7725 him?§
Who will say H559 unto H413 him, What doest H6213 thou?
[13] If God H433 will H7725 not H3808 withdraw H7725 his anger, H639
The proud H7293 helpers H5826§ do stoop H7817 under him.
[14] How much less shall I answer H6030 him,
And choose out H977 my words H1697 to reason with him?
[15] Whom, though I were righteous, H6663 yet would I not answer, H6030
But I would make supplication H2603 to my judge. H8199
[16] If I had called, H7121 and he had answered H6030 me;
Yet would I not believe H539 that he had hearkened H238 unto my voice. H6963
[17] For he breaketh H7779 me with a tempest, H8183
And multiplieth H7235 my wounds H6482 without cause. H2600
[18] He will H5414 not H3808 suffer H5414 me to take H7725 my breath, H7307
But filleth H7646 me with bitterness. H4472
[19] If I speak of strength, H3581 lo, he is strong: H533
And if of judgment, H4941 who shall set H3259 me a time to plead?
[20] If I justify H6663 myself, mine own mouth H6310 shall condemn H7561 me:
If I say, I am perfect, H8535 it shall also prove me perverse. H6140
[21] Though I were perfect, H8535 yet would I not know H3045 my soul: H5315
I would despise H3988 my life. H2416
[22] This is one H259 thing, therefore I said H559 it,
He destroyeth H3615 the perfect H8535 and the wicked. H7563
[23] If the scourge H7752 slay H4191 suddenly, H6597
He will laugh H3932 at the trial H4531 of the innocent. H5355
[24] The earth H776 is given H5414 into the hand H3027 of the wicked: H7563
He covereth H3680 the faces H6440 of the judges H8199 thereof;
If not, where, H645 and who is he?
[25] Now my days H3117 are swifter H7043 than a post: H7323
They flee away, H1272 they see H7200 no good. H2896
[26] They are passed away H2498 as H5973 the swift H16 ships: H591§
As the eagle H5404 that hasteth H2907 to the prey. H400
[27] If I say, H559 I will forget H7911 my complaint, H7879
I will leave off H5800 my heaviness, H6440 and comfort H1082 myself:
[28] I am afraid H3025 of all my sorrows, H6094
I know H3045 that thou wilt not hold me innocent. H5352
[29] If I be wicked, H7561
Why then labour H3021 I in vain? H1892
[30] If I wash H7364 myself with H7950 snow water, H4325
H1119 And make my hands H3709 never H1252 H1253 so clean; H2141
[31] Yet H227 shalt thou plunge H2881 me in the ditch, H7845
And mine own clothes H8008 shall abhor H8581 me.§
[32] For he is not a man, H376 as I am, that I should answer H6030 him,
And we should come H935 together H3162 in judgment. H4941
[33] Neither is H3426 there any daysman H3198§ betwixt us,
That might lay H7896 his hand H3027 upon H5921 us both. H8147
[34] Let him take H5493 his rod H7626 away H5493 from me,
And let not his fear H367 terrify H1204 me:
[35] Then would I speak, H1696 and not fear H3372 him;
But it is not so with me.§

Footnotes

  1. § 9:2 Or, before God
  2. § 9:8 Heb. heights
  3. § 9:12 Heb. who can turn him away?
  4. § 9:13 Heb. helpers of pride, or strength
  5. § 9:26 Heb. ships of desire. Or, ships of Ebeh
  6. § 9:31 Or, make me to be abhorred
  7. § 9:33 Heb. one that should argue. Or, Umpire
  8. § 9:35 Heb. but I am not so with myself
Septuaginta
[1] Ὑπολαβὼν G5274 δὲ G1161 Ιωβ G2492 λέγει G3004 [2] Ἐπ’ G1909 ἀληθείας G225 οἶδα G1492 ὅτι G3754 οὕτως G3779 ἐστίν· G2076 πῶς G4459 γὰρ G1063 ἔσται G2071 δίκαιος G1342 βροτὸς παρὰ G3844 κυρίῳ; G2962 [3] Ἐὰν G1437 γὰρ G1063 βούληται G1014 κριθῆναι G2919 αὐτῷ, G846 οὐ G3756 μὴ G3361 ὑπακούσῃ G5219 αὐτῷ, G846 ἵνα G2443 μὴ G3361 ἀντείπῃ πρὸς G4314 ἕνα G1520 λόγον G3056 αὐτοῦ G846 ἐκ G1537 χιλίων. G5507 [4] Σοφὸς G4680 γάρ G1063 ἐστιν G2076 διανοίᾳ, G1271 κραταιός G2900 τε G5037 καὶ G2532 μέγας· G3173 τίς G5101 σκληρὸς G4642 γενόμενος G1096 ἐναντίον G1726 αὐτοῦ G846 ὑπέμεινεν; G5278 [5] Ὁ G3588 παλαιῶν G3822 ὄρη G3735 καὶ G2532 οὐκ G3756 οἴδασιν, G1492 ὁ G3588 καταστρέφων G2690 αὐτὰ G846 ὀργῇ· G3709 [6] ὁ G3588 σείων G4579 τὴν G3588 ὑπ’ G5259 οὐρανὸν G3772 ἐκ G1537 θεμελίων, G2310 οἱ G3588 δὲ G1161 στῦλοι G4769 αὐτῆς G846 σαλεύονται· G4531 [7] ὁ G3588 λέγων G3004 τῷ G3588 ἡλίῳ G2246 καὶ G2532 οὐκ G3756 ἀνατέλλει, G393 κατὰ G2596 δὲ G1161 ἄστρων G798 κατασφραγίζει· G2696 [8] ὁ G3588 τανύσας τὸν G3588 οὐρανὸν G3772 μόνος G3441 καὶ G2532 περιπατῶν G4043 ὡς G5613 ἐπ’ G1909 ἐδάφους G1475 ἐπὶ G1909 θαλάσσης· G2281 [9] ὁ G3588 ποιῶν G4160 Πλειάδα καὶ G2532 Ἕσπερον καὶ G2532 Ἀρκτοῦρον καὶ G2532 ταμίεια G5009 νότου· G3558 [10] ὁ G3588 ποιῶν G4160 μεγάλα G3173 καὶ G2532 ἀνεξιχνίαστα, G421 ἔνδοξά G1741 τε G5037 καὶ G2532 ἐξαίσια, ὧν G3739 οὐκ G3756 ἔστιν G2076 ἀριθμός. G706 [11] Ἐὰν G1437 ὑπερβῇ G5233 με, G3165 οὐ G3756 μὴ G3361 ἴδω· G1492 καὶ G2532 ἐὰν G1437 παρέλθῃ G3928 με, G3165 οὐδ’ G3761 ὧς G5613 ἔγνων. G1097 [12] Ἐὰν G1437 ἀπαλλάξῃ, G525 τίς G5101 ἀποστρέψει; G654 Ἢ G2228 τίς G5101 ἐρεῖ G2046 αὐτῷ G846 Τί G5101 ἐποίησας; G4160 [13] Αὐτὸς G846 γὰρ G1063 ἀπέστραπται G654 ὀργήν, G3709 ὑπ’ G5259 αὐτοῦ G846 ἐκάμφθησαν G2578 κήτη G2785 τὰ G3588 ὑπ’ G5259 οὐρανόν. G3772 [14] Ἐὰν G1437 δέ G1161 μου G3450 ὑπακούσηται, G5219 ἦ G2229 διακρινεῖ G1252 τὰ G3588 ῥήματά G4487 μου. G3450 [15] Ἐάν G1437 τε G5037 γὰρ G1063 ὦ G5600 δίκαιος, G1342 οὐκ G3756 εἰσακούσεταί G1522 μου, G3450 τοῦ G3588 κρίματος G2917 αὐτοῦ G846 δεηθήσομαι· G1189 [16] ἐάν G1437 τε G5037 καλέσω G2564 καὶ G2532 ὑπακούσῃ, G5219 οὐ G3756 πιστεύω G4100 ὅτι G3754 εἰσακήκοέν G1522 μου. G3450 [17] Μὴ G3361 γνόφῳ G1105 με G3165 ἐκτρίψῃ; Πολλὰ G4183 δέ G1161 μου G3450 τὰ G3588 συντρίμματα G4938 πεποίηκεν G4160 διὰ G1223 κενῆς. G2756 [18] Οὐκ G3756 ἐᾷ G1439 γάρ G1063 με G3165 ἀναπνεῦσαι, ἐνέπλησεν G1705 δέ G1161 με G3165 πικρίας. G4088 [19] Ὅτι G3754 μὲν G3303 γὰρ G1063 ἰσχύι G2479 κρατεῖ· G2902 τίς G5101 οὖν G3767 κρίματι G2917 αὐτοῦ G846 ἀντιστήσεται; G436 [20] Ἐὰν G1437 γὰρ G1063 ὦ G5600 δίκαιος, G1342 τὸ G3588 στόμα G4750 μου G3450 ἀσεβήσει· G764 ἐάν G1437 τε G5037 ὦ G5600 ἄμεμπτος, G273 σκολιὸς G4646 ἀποβήσομαι. G576 [21] Εἴτε G1535 γὰρ G1063 ἠσέβησα, G764 οὐκ G3756 οἶδα G1492 τῇ G3588 ψυχῇ, G5590 πλὴν G4133 ὅτι G3754 ἀφαιρεῖταί G851 μου G3450 ἡ G3588 ζωή. G2222 [22] Διὸ G1352 εἶπον G2036 Μέγαν G3173 καὶ G2532 δυνάστην G1413 ἀπολλύει G622 ὀργή, G3709 [23] ὅτι G3754 φαῦλοι G5337 ἐν G1722 θανάτῳ G2288 ἐξαισίῳ, ἀλλὰ G235 δίκαιοι G1342 καταγελῶνται· G2606 [24] παραδέδονται G3860 γὰρ G1063 εἰς G1519 χεῖρας G5495 ἀσεβοῦς. G765 Πρόσωπα G4383 κριτῶν G2923 αὐτῆς G846 συγκαλύπτει· G4780 εἰ G1487 δὲ G1161 μὴ G3361 αὐτός, G846 τίς G5101 ἐστιν; G2076 [25] Ὁ G3588 δὲ G1161 βίος G979 μού G3450 ἐστιν G2076 ἐλαφρότερος G1645 δρομέως· ἀπέδρασαν καὶ G2532 οὐκ G3756 εἴδοσαν. G1492 [26] Ἦ G2229 καὶ G2532 ἔστιν G2076 ναυσὶν G3491 ἴχνος G2487 ὁδοῦ G3598 ἢ G2228 ἀετοῦ G105 πετομένου G4072 ζητοῦντος G2212 βοράν; [27] Ἐάν G1437 τε G5037 γὰρ G1063 εἴπω, G2036 ἐπιλήσομαι G1950 λαλῶν, G2980 συγκύψας G4794 τῷ G3588 προσώπῳ G4383 στενάξω. G4727 [28] Σείομαι G4579 πᾶσιν G3956 τοῖς G3588 μέλεσιν, G3196 οἶδα G1492 γὰρ G1063 ὅτι G3754 οὐκ G3756 ἀθῷόν G121 με G3165 ἐάσεις. G1439 [29] Ἐπειδὴ G1894 δέ G1161 εἰμι G1510 ἀσεβής, G765 διὰ G1223 τί G5101 οὐκ G3756 ἀπέθανον; G599 [30] Ἐὰν G1437 γὰρ G1063 ἀπολούσωμαι G628 χιόνι G5510 καὶ G2532 ἀποκαθάρωμαι χερσὶν G5495 καθαραῖς, G2513 [31] ἱκανῶς ἐν G1722 ῥύπῳ G4509 με G3165 ἔβαψας, G911 ἐβδελύξατο G948 δέ G1161 με G3165 ἡ G3588 στολή. G4749 [32] Οὐ G3756 γὰρ G1063 εἶ G1488 ἄνθρωπος G444 κατ’ G2596 ἐμέ, G1691 ᾧ G3739 ἀντικρινοῦμαι, ἵνα G2443 ἔλθωμεν G2064 ὁμοθυμαδὸν G3661 εἰς G1519 κρίσιν. G2920 [33] Εἴθε ἦν G2258 ὁ G3588 μεσίτης G3316 ἡμῶν G2257 καὶ G2532 ἐλέγχων G1651 καὶ G2532 διακούων G1251 ἀνὰ G303 μέσον G3319 ἀμφοτέρων· G297 [34] ἀπαλλαξάτω G525 ἀπ’ G575 ἐμοῦ G1699 τὴν G3588 ῥάβδον, G4464 ὁ G3588 δὲ G1161 φόβος G5401 αὐτοῦ G846 μή G3361 με G3165 στροβείτω, [35] καὶ G2532 οὐ G3756 μὴ G3361 φοβηθῶ, G5399 ἀλλὰ G235 λαλήσω· G2980 οὐ G3756 γὰρ G1063 οὕτω G3779 συνεπίσταμαι.
Septuaginta, in place of Byzantine Greek New Testament