Job 13
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1Lo, mine eye hath seen all this,
Mine ear hath heard and understood it.
2What ye know, the same do I know also:
I am not inferior unto you.
3Surely I would speak to the Almighty,
And I desire to reason with God.
4But ye are forgers of lies,
Ye are all physicians of no value.
5O that ye would altogether hold your peace!
And it should be your wisdom.
6Hear now my reasoning,
And hearken to the pleadings of my lips.
7Will ye speak wickedly for God?
And talk deceitfully for him?
8Will ye accept his person?
Will ye contend for God?
9Is it good that he should search you out?
Or as one man mocketh another, do ye so mock him?
10He will surely reprove you,
If ye do secretly accept persons.
11Shall not his excellency make you afraid?
And his dread fall upon you?
12Your remembrances are like unto ashes,
Your bodies to bodies of clay.
13Hold your peace, let me alone, that I may speak,
And let come on me what will.
14Wherefore do I take my flesh in my teeth,
And put my life in mine hand?
15Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him:
But I will maintain mine own ways before him.
16He also shall be my salvation:
For an hypocrite shall not come before him.
17Hear diligently my speech,
And my declaration with your ears.
18Behold now, I have ordered my cause;
I know that I shall be justified.
19Who is he that will plead with me?
For now, if I hold my tongue, I shall give up the ghost.
20Only do not two things unto me:
Then will I not hide myself from thee.
21Withdraw thine hand far from me:
And let not thy dread make me afraid.
22Then call thou, and I will answer:
Or let me speak, and answer thou me.
23How many are mine iniquities and sins?
Make me to know my transgression and my sin.
24Wherefore hidest thou thy face,
And holdest me for thine enemy?
25Wilt thou break a leaf driven to and fro?
And wilt thou pursue the dry stubble?
26For thou writest bitter things against me,
And makest me to possess the iniquities of my youth.
27Thou puttest my feet also in the stocks,
And lookest narrowly unto all my paths;
Thou settest a print upon the heels of my feet.
28And he, as a rotten thing, consumeth,
As a garment that is moth eaten.
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1“I have seen all this before.
I have already heard everything you say.
I understand all these things.
2I know as much as you do.
I am as smart as you are.
3But I don’t want to argue with you.
I want to speak to God All-Powerful.
I want to argue with God about my troubles.
4But you men try to cover up your ignorance with lies.
You are like worthless doctors who cannot heal anyone.
5I wish you would just be quiet.
That would be the wisest thing you could do.
6“Now, listen to my argument.
Listen to what I have to say.
7Will you speak lies for God?
Do you really believe your lies are what God wants you to say?
8Are you trying to defend God against me?
You are not being fair.
You are choosing God’s side simply because he is God.
9If God checked you very closely,
would he see that you are right?
Do you really think you can fool God
the same as you fool people?
10You know that God would criticize you
if you chose someone’s side simply because they were important.
11God’s majesty frightens you.
You are afraid of him.
12The wise sayings you quote are worthless.
Your arguments are as weak as clay.
13“Be quiet and let me talk!
I accept whatever happens to me.
14I will put myself in danger
and take my life in my own hands.
15I will continue to trust God even if he kills me.#13:15 I will … kills me Or “If he decides to kill me, I have no hope.”
But I will defend myself to his face.
16And if he lets me live, it will be because I had the confidence to speak.
No guilty person would dare meet God face to face.
17Listen carefully to what I say.
Let me explain.
18I am ready now to defend myself.
I will carefully present my arguments.
I know I will be shown to be right.
19If anyone can prove I am wrong,
I will shut up and wait to die.
20“God, just give me two things,
and then I will not hide from you:
21Stop punishing me,
and don’t frighten me with your terrors.
22Then call to me, and I will answer you.
Or let me speak, and you answer me.
23How many sins have I committed?
What wrongs have I done?
Show me where I went wrong or how I sinned.
24God, why do you avoid me
and treat me like your enemy?
25Are you trying to scare me?
I am only a leaf blowing in the wind.
You are attacking a piece of straw!
26You have a list of terrible charges against me.
Are you making me suffer for the sins I did when I was young?
27You have put chains on my feet.
You watch every step I take.
You see every move I make.
28So I am becoming weaker and weaker,
like a piece of wood rotting away,
like a piece of cloth eaten by moths.
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