Job 13
13
Job Says His Friends’ Proverbs Are Ashes
1[Job continued:] “Behold, my eye has seen all this,
My ear has heard and understood it.
2“What you know I also know;
I am not inferior to you.
3¶“But I wish to speak to #13:3 Heb Shaddai.the Almighty,
And I desire to argue with God.
4“But you smear me with lies [you defame my character most untruthfully];
You are all worthless physicians and have no remedy to offer.
5“Oh, that you would be completely silent,
And that silence would be your wisdom!
6“Please hear my argument
And listen to the pleadings of my lips.
7“Will you speak what is unjust for God,
And speak what is deceitful for Him?
8“Will you show partiality for Him [and be unjust to me so that you may gain favor with Him]?
Will you contend and plead for God?
9“Will it be well for you when He investigates you [and your tactics against me]?
Or will you deceive Him as one deceives a man?
10“He will surely reprimand you
If you secretly show partiality.
11“Will not His majesty terrify you,
And will not the dread of Him fall upon you?
12“Your memorable sayings are [worthless, merely] proverbs of ashes;
Your defenses are defenses of [crumbling] clay.
Job Is Sure He Will Be Vindicated
13¶“Be silent before me so that I may speak;
And let happen to me what may.
14“Why should I take my flesh in my teeth
And put my life in my hands [incurring the wrath of God]?
15“Even though He kills me;
I will hope in Him.
Nevertheless, I will argue my ways to His face.
16“This also will be my salvation,
For a godless man may not come before Him.
17“Listen diligently to my speech,
And let my declaration fill your ears.
18“Behold now, I have prepared my case;
I know that I will be vindicated.
19“Who will argue and contend with me?
For then I would be silent and die.
20¶“Only [O Lord,] do not do two things to me,
And then I will not hide myself from Your face:
21Withdraw Your hand from me and remove this bodily suffering,
And let not the dread of You terrify me.
22“Then [Lord,] call, and I will answer;
Or let me speak, and then reply to me.
23“How many are my iniquities and sins [that so much sorrow should come to me]?
Make me recognize and understand my transgression and my sin. [Rom 8:1]
24“Why do You hide Your face [as if offended]
And consider me Your enemy?
25“Will You cause a windblown leaf to tremble?
Will You pursue the chaff of the dry stubble?
26“For You write bitter things against me [in Your indictment]
And make me inherit and suffer for the iniquities of my youth.
27“You also put my feet in the stocks [as punishment]
And [critically] observe all my paths;
You set a circle and limit around the soles of my feet [which I must not overstep],
28While I waste away like a rotten thing,
Like a garment that is moth-eaten.
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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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