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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.
[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
[1] Then JobH347 answeredH6030(QalImpf) and said,H559(QalImpf) [2] I knowH3045(QalPerf) [it is] so of a truth:H551 but how should manH582 be justH6663(QalImpf) with God?H410 [3] If he willH2654(QalImpf) contendH7378(QalInf) with him, he cannot answerH6030(QalImpf) him oneH259 of a thousand.H505 [4] [He is] wiseH2450 in heart,H3824 and mightyH533 in strength:H3581 who hath hardenedH7185(HiphPerf) [himself] against him, and hath prospered?H7999(QalImpf) [5] Which removethH6275(HiphPtc) the mountains,H2022 and they knowH3045(QalPerf) not: which overturnethH2015(QalPerf) them in his anger.H639 [6] Which shakethH7264(HiphPtc) the earthH776 out of her place,H4725 and the pillarsH5982 thereof tremble.H6426(HithImpf) [7] Which commandethH559(QalActPtc) the sun,H2775 and it risethH2224(QalImpf) not; and sealeth upH2856(QalImpf) the stars.H3556 [8] Which alone spreadeth outH5186(QalActPtc) the heavens,H8064 and treadethH1869(QalActPtc) upon the wavesH1116 of the sea.H3220 [9] Which makethH6213(QalActPtc) Arcturus,H5906 Orion,H3685 and Pleiades,H3598 and the chambersH2315 of the south.H8486 [10] Which doethH6213(QalActPtc) great thingsH1419 pastH369 finding out;H2714 yea, and wondersH6381(NiphPtc) without number.H4557 [11] Lo, he goethH5674(QalImpf) by me, and I seeH7200(QalImpf) [him] not: he passeth onH2498(QalImpf) also, but I perceiveH995(QalImpf) him not. [12] Behold, he taketh away,H2862(QalImpf) who can hinderH7725(HiphImpf) him? who will sayH559(QalImpf) unto him, What doestH6213(QalImpf) thou? [13] [If] GodH433 will not withdrawH7725(HiphImpf) his anger,H639 the proudH7293 helpersH5826(QalActPtc) do stoopH7817(QalPerf) under him. [14] How much less shall I answerH6030(QalImpf) him, [and] choose outH977(QalImpf) my wordsH1697 [to reason] with him? [15] Whom, though I were righteous,H6663(QalPerf) [yet] would I not answer,H6030(QalImpf) [but] I would make supplicationH2603(HithImpf) to my judge.H8199(PoelPtc) [16] If I had called,H7121(QalPerf) and he had answeredH6030(QalImpf) me; [yet] would I not believeH539(HiphImpf) that he had hearkenedH238(HiphImpf) unto my voice.H6963 [17] For he breakethH7779(QalImpf) me with a tempest,H8183 and multipliethH7235(HiphPerf) my woundsH6482 without cause.H2600 [18] He will not sufferH5414(QalImpf) me to takeH7725(HiphInf) my breath,H7307 but fillethH7646(HiphImpf) me with bitterness.H4472 [19] If [I speak] of strength,H3581 lo, [he is] strong:H533 and if of judgment,H4941 who shall setH3259(HiphImpf) me a time [to plead]? [20] If I justifyH6663(QalImpf) myself, mine own mouthH6310 shall condemnH7561(HiphImpf) me: [if I say], I [am] perfect,H8535 it shall also prove me perverse.H6140(QalImpf) [21] [Though] I [were] perfect,H8535 [yet] would I not knowH3045(QalImpf) my soul:H5315 I would despiseH3988(QalImpf) my life.H2416 [22] This [is] oneH259 [thing], therefore I saidH559(QalPerf) [it], He destroyethH3615(PielPtc) the perfectH8535 and the wicked.H7563 [23] If the scourgeH7752 slayH4191(HiphImpf) suddenly,H6597 he will laughH3932(QalImpf) at the trialH4531 of the innocent.H5355 [24] The earthH776 is givenH5414(NiphPerf) into the handH3027 of the wicked:H7563 he coverethH3680(PielImpf) the facesH6440 of the judgesH8199(QalActPtc) thereof; if not, where,H645 [and] who [is] he? [25] Now my daysH3117 are swifterH7043(QalPerf) than a post:H7323(QalPtc) they flee away,H1272(QalPerf) they seeH7200(QalPerf) no good.H2896 [26] They are passed awayH2498(QalPerf) asH5973 the swiftH16 ships:H591 as the eagleH5404 [that] hastethH2907(QalImpf) to the prey.H400 [27] If I say,H559(QalInf) I will forgetH7911(QalImpf) my complaint,H7879 I will leave offH5800(QalImpf) my heaviness,H6440 and comfortH1082(HiphImpf) [myself]: [28] I am afraidH3025(QalPerf) of all my sorrows,H6094 I knowH3045(QalPerf) that thou wilt not hold me innocent.H5352(PielImpf) [29] [If] I be wicked,H7561(QalImpf) why then labourH3021(QalImpf) I in vain?H1892 [30] If I washH7364(HithPerf) myself withH7950 snow water,H4325 and make my handsH3709 neverH1252(Ketiv) so clean;H2141(HiphPerf) [31] YetH227 shalt thou plungeH2881(QalImpf) me in the ditch,H7845 and mine own clothesH8008 shall abhorH8581(PielPerf) me. [32] For [he is] not a man,H376 as I [am, that] I should answerH6030(QalImpf) him, [and] we should comeH935(QalImpf) togetherH3162 in judgment.H4941 [33] Neither isH3426 there any daysmanH3198(HiphPtc) betwixt us, [that] might layH7896(QalImpf) his handH3027 upon us both.H8147 [34] Let him takeH5493 his rodH7626 awayH5493(HiphImpf) from me, and let not his fearH367 terrifyH1204(PielImpf) me: [35] [Then] would I speak,H1696(PielImpf) and not fearH3372(QalImpf) him; but [it is] not so with me.
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