Job 9
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1Then Job answered:1Then Job answered:
2“Yes, I know that it is so, but how can a mortal be righteous before God?2"Truly, I know that this is so. But how can a human be just before God?
3If one wished to contend with God, he could not answer Him one time out of a thousand.3If someone wishes to contend with him, he cannot answer him one time in a thousand.
4God is wise in heart and mighty in strength. Who has resisted Him and prospered?4He is wise in heart and mighty in strength--who has resisted him and remained safe?
5He moves mountains without their knowledge and overturns them in His anger.5He who removes mountains suddenly, who overturns them in his anger;
6He shakes the earth from its place, so that its foundations tremble.6he who shakes the earth out of its place so that its pillars tremble;
7He commands the sun not to shine; He seals off the stars.7he who commands the sun and it does not shine and seals up the stars;
8He alone stretches out the heavens and treads on the waves of the sea.8he alone spreads out the heavens, and treads on the waves of the sea;
9He is the Maker of the Bear and Orion, of the Pleiades and the constellations of the south.9he makes the Bear, Orion, and the Pleiades, and the constellations of the southern sky;
10He does great things beyond searching out, and wonders without number.10he does great and unsearchable things, and wonderful things without number.
11Were He to pass by me, I would not see Him; were He to move, I would not recognize Him.11If he passes by me, I cannot see him, if he goes by, I cannot perceive him.
12If He takes away, who can stop Him? Who dares to ask Him, ‘What are You doing?’12If he snatches away, who can turn him back? Who dares to say to him, 'What are you doing?'
13God does not restrain His anger; the helpers of Rahab cower beneath Him.13God does not restrain his anger; under him the helpers of Rahab lie crushed.
14How then can I answer Him or choose my arguments against Him?14"How much less, then, can I answer him and choose my words to argue with him!
15For even if I were right, I could not answer. I could only beg my Judge for mercy.15Although I am innocent, I could not answer him; I could only plead with my judge for mercy.
16If I summoned Him and He answered me, I do not believe He would listen to my voice.16If I summoned him, and he answered me, I would not believe that he would be listening to my voice--
17For He would crush me with a tempest and multiply my wounds without cause.17he who crushes me with a tempest, and multiplies my wounds for no reason.
18He does not let me catch my breath, but overwhelms me with bitterness.18He does not allow me to recover my breath, for he fills me with bitterness.
19If it is a matter of strength, He is indeed mighty! If it is a matter of justice, who can summon Him?19If it is a matter of strength, most certainly he is the strong one! And if it is a matter of justice, he will say, 'Who will summon me?'
20Even if I were righteous, my mouth would condemn me; if I were blameless, it would declare me guilty.20Although I am innocent, my mouth would condemn me; although I am blameless, it would declare me perverse.
21Though I am blameless, I have no concern for myself; I despise my own life.21I am blameless. I do not know myself. I despise my life.
22It is all the same, and so I say, ‘He destroys both the blameless and the wicked.’22"It is all one! That is why I say, 'He destroys the blameless and the guilty.'
23When the scourge brings sudden death, He mocks the despair of the innocent.23If a scourge brings sudden death, he mocks at the despair of the innocent.
24The earth is given into the hand of the wicked; He blindfolds its judges. If it is not He, then who is it?24If a land has been given into the hand of a wicked man, he covers the faces of its judges; if it is not he, then who is it?
25My days are swifter than a runner; they flee without seeing good.25"My days are swifter than a runner, they speed by without seeing happiness.
26They sweep by like boats of papyrus, like an eagle swooping down on its prey.26They glide by like reed boats, like an eagle that swoops down on its prey.
27If I were to say, ‘I will forget my complaint and change my expression and smile,’27If I say, 'I will forget my complaint, I will change my expression and be cheerful,'
28I would still dread all my sufferings; I know that You will not acquit me.28I dread all my sufferings, for I know that you do not hold me blameless.
29Since I am already found guilty, why should I labor in vain?29If I am guilty, why then weary myself in vain?
30If I should wash myself with snow and cleanse my hands with lye,30If I wash myself with snow water, and make my hands clean with lye,
31then You would plunge me into the pit, and even my own clothes would despise me.31then you plunge me into a slimy pit and my own clothes abhor me.
32For He is not a man like me, that I can answer Him, that we can take each other to court.32For he is not a human being like I am, that I might answer him, that we might come together in judgment.
33Nor is there a mediator between us, to lay his hand upon us both.33Nor is there an arbiter between us, who might lay his hand on us both,
34Let Him remove His rod from me, so that His terror will no longer frighten me.34who would take his rod away from me so that his terror would not make me afraid.
35Then I would speak without fear of Him. But as it is, I am on my own.35Then would I speak and not fear him, but it is not so with me.
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