| New American Standard Bible 1995 | [an error occurred while processing this directive] |
| 1Then Job answered, | 1[an error occurred while processing this directive] |
| 2"In truth I know that this is so; But how can a man be in the right before God? | 2[an error occurred while processing this directive] |
| 3"If one wished to dispute with Him, He could not answer Him once in a thousand times. | 3[an error occurred while processing this directive] |
| 4"Wise in heart and mighty in strength, Who has defied Him without harm? | 4[an error occurred while processing this directive] |
| 5"It is God who removes the mountains, they know not how, When He overturns them in His anger; | 5[an error occurred while processing this directive] |
| 6Who shakes the earth out of its place, And its pillars tremble; | 6[an error occurred while processing this directive] |
| 7Who commands the sun not to shine, And sets a seal upon the stars; | 7[an error occurred while processing this directive] |
| 8Who alone stretches out the heavens And tramples down the waves of the sea; | 8[an error occurred while processing this directive] |
| 9Who makes the Bear, Orion and the Pleiades, And the chambers of the south; | 9[an error occurred while processing this directive] |
| 10Who does great things, unfathomable, And wondrous works without number. | 10[an error occurred while processing this directive] |
| 11"Were He to pass by me, I would not see Him; Were He to move past me, I would not perceive Him. | 11[an error occurred while processing this directive] |
| 12"Were He to snatch away, who could restrain Him? Who could say to Him, 'What are You doing?' | 12[an error occurred while processing this directive] |
| 13"God will not turn back His anger; Beneath Him crouch the helpers of Rahab. | 13[an error occurred while processing this directive] |
| 14"How then can I answer Him, And choose my words before Him? | 14[an error occurred while processing this directive] |
| 15"For though I were right, I could not answer; I would have to implore the mercy of my judge. | 15[an error occurred while processing this directive] |
| 16"If I called and He answered me, I could not believe that He was listening to my voice. | 16[an error occurred while processing this directive] |
| 17"For He bruises me with a tempest And multiplies my wounds without cause. | 17[an error occurred while processing this directive] |
| 18"He will not allow me to get my breath, But saturates me with bitterness. | 18[an error occurred while processing this directive] |
| 19"If it is a matter of power, behold, He is the strong one! And if it is a matter of justice, who can summon Him? | 19[an error occurred while processing this directive] |
| 20"Though I am righteous, my mouth will condemn me; Though I am guiltless, He will declare me guilty. | 20[an error occurred while processing this directive] |
| 21"I am guiltless; I do not take notice of myself; I despise my life. | 21[an error occurred while processing this directive] |
| 22"It is all one; therefore I say, 'He destroys the guiltless and the wicked.' | 22[an error occurred while processing this directive] |
| 23"If the scourge kills suddenly, He mocks the despair of the innocent. | 23[an error occurred while processing this directive] |
| 24"The earth is given into the hand of the wicked; He covers the faces of its judges. If it is not He, then who is it? | 24[an error occurred while processing this directive] |
| 25"Now my days are swifter than a runner; They flee away, they see no good. | 25[an error occurred while processing this directive] |
| 26"They slip by like reed boats, Like an eagle that swoops on its prey. | 26[an error occurred while processing this directive] |
| 27"Though I say, 'I will forget my complaint, I will leave off my sad countenance and be cheerful,' | 27[an error occurred while processing this directive] |
| 28I am afraid of all my pains, I know that You will not acquit me. | 28[an error occurred while processing this directive] |
| 29"I am accounted wicked, Why then should I toil in vain? | 29[an error occurred while processing this directive] |
| 30"If I should wash myself with snow And cleanse my hands with lye, | 30[an error occurred while processing this directive] |
| 31Yet You would plunge me into the pit, And my own clothes would abhor me. | 31[an error occurred while processing this directive] |
| 32"For He is not a man as I am that I may answer Him, That we may go to court together. | 32[an error occurred while processing this directive] |
| 33"There is no umpire between us, Who may lay his hand upon us both. | 33[an error occurred while processing this directive] |
| 34"Let Him remove His rod from me, And let not dread of Him terrify me. | 34[an error occurred while processing this directive] |
| 35"Then I would speak and not fear Him; But I am not like that in myself. | 35[an error occurred while processing this directive] |
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