Job 9
9
1Then Job answered and said,
2Of a truth I know that it is so:
But how can man be just with God?
3If he be pleased to contend with him,
He cannot answer him one of a thousand.
4 He is wise in heart, and mighty in strength:
Who hath hardened himself against him, and prospered?
5Which removeth the mountains, and they know it not,
When he overturneth them in his anger.
6Which shaketh the earth out of her place,
And the pillars thereof tremble.
7Which commandeth the sun, and it riseth not;
And sealeth up the stars.
8Which alone stretcheth out the heavens,
And treadeth upon the waves of the sea.
9Which maketh the Bear, Orion, and the Pleiades,
And the chambers of the south.
10Which doeth great things past finding out;
Yea, marvelous things without number.
11Lo, he goeth by me, and I see him not:
He passeth on also, but I perceive him not.
12Behold, he seizeth the prey, who can hinder him?
Who will say unto him, What doest thou?
13God will not withdraw his anger;
The helpers of Rahab do stoop under him
14How much less shall I answer him,
And choose out my words to reason with him?
15Whom, though I were righteous, yet would I not answer;
I would make supplication to mine adversary.
16If I had called, and he had answered me;
Yet would I not believe that he hearkened unto my voice.
17For he breaketh me with a tempest,
And multiplieth my wounds without cause.
18He will not suffer me to take my breath,
But filleth me with bitterness.
19If we speak of the strength of the mighty, lo, he is there!
And if of judgement, who will appoint me a time?
20Though I be righteous, mine own mouth shall condemn me:
Though I be perfect, it shall prove me perverse.
21I am perfect; I regard not myself;
I despise my life
22It is all one; therefore I say,
He destroyeth the perfect and the wicked.
23If the scourge slay suddenly,
He will mock at the trial of the innocent.
24The earth is given into the hand of the wicked:
He covereth the faces of the judges thereof;
If it be not he, who then is it?
25Now my days are swifter than a post:
They flee away, they see no good.
26They are passed away as the swift ships:
As the eagle that swoopeth on the prey.
27If I say, I will forget my complaint,
I will put off my sad countenance, and be of good cheer:
28I am afraid of all my sorrows,
I know that thou wilt not hold me innocent.
29I shall be condemned;
Why then do I labour in vain?
30If I wash myself with snow water,
And make my hands never so clean;
31Yet wilt thou plunge me in the ditch,
And mine own clothes shall abhor me.
32For he is not a man, as I am, that I should answer him,
That we should come together in judgement.
33There is no daysman betwixt us,
That might lay his hand upon us both.
34Let him take his rod away from me,
And let not his terror make me afraid:
35Then would I speak, and not fear him;
For I am not so in myself.
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Job 9
9
Job Answers Bildad
1Then Job answered:
2“Yes, I know that this is true,
but how can anyone be right in the presence of God?
3Someone might want to argue with God,
but no one could answer God,
not one time out of a thousand.
4God’s wisdom is deep, and his power is great;
no one can fight him without getting hurt.
5God moves mountains without anyone knowing it
and turns them over when he is angry.
6He shakes the earth out of its place
and makes its foundations tremble.
7He commands the sun not to shine
and shuts off the light of the stars.
8He alone stretches out the skies
and walks on the waves of the sea.
9It is God who made the Bear, Orion, and the Pleiades
and the groups of stars in the southern sky.
10He does wonders that cannot be understood;
he does so many miracles they cannot be counted.
11When he passes me, I cannot see him;
when he goes by me, I do not recognize him.
12If he snatches something away, no one can stop him
or say to him, ‘What are you doing?’
13God will not hold back his anger.
Even the helpers of the monster Rahab lie at his feet in fear.
14So how can I argue with God,
or even find words to argue with him?
15Even if I were right, I could not answer him;
I could only beg God, my Judge, for mercy.
16If I called to him and he answered,
I still don’t believe he would listen to me.
17He would crush me with a storm
and multiply my wounds for no reason.
18He would not let me catch my breath
but would overwhelm me with misery.
19When it comes to strength, God is stronger than I;
when it comes to justice, no one can accuse him.
20Even if I were right, my own mouth would say I was wrong;
if I were innocent, my mouth would say I was guilty.
21“I am innocent,
but I don’t care about myself.
I hate my own life.
22It is all the same. That is why I say,
‘God destroys both the innocent and the guilty.’
23If the whip brings sudden death,
God will laugh at the suffering of the innocent.
24When the land falls into the hands of evil people,
he covers the judges’ faces so they can’t see it.
If it is not God who does this, then who is it?
25“My days go by faster than a runner;
they fly away without my seeing any joy.
26They glide past like paper boats.
They attack like eagles swooping down to feed.
27Even though I say, ‘I will forget my complaint;
I will change the look on my face and smile,’
28I still dread all my suffering.
I know you will hold me guilty.
29I have already been found guilty,
so why should I struggle for no reason?
30I might wash myself with soap
and scrub my hands with strong soap,
31but you would push me into a dirty pit,
and even my clothes would hate me.
32“God is not human like me, so I cannot answer him.
We cannot meet each other in court.
33I wish there were someone to make peace between us,
someone to decide our case.
34Maybe he could remove God’s punishment
so his terror would no longer frighten me.
35Then I could speak without being afraid,
but I am not able to do that.
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