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Job 9

Septuagint Bible w/ Apocrypha LXX

1 Then Job answered and said,

2 I know of a truth that it is so: for how shall a mortal man be just before the Lord?

3 For if he would enter into judgment with him, would not hearken to him, so that he should answer to one of his charges of a thousand.

4 For he is wise in mind, and mighty, and great: who has hardened himself against him and endured?

5 Who wears out the mountains, and know it not: who overturns them in anger.

6 Who shakes the under heaven from its foundations, and its pillars totter.

7 Who commands the sun, and it rises not; and he seals up the stars.

8 Who alone has stretched out the heavens, and walks on the sea as on firm ground.

9 Who makes Pleias, and Hesperus, and Arcturus, and the chambers of the south.

10 Who does great and unsearchable things; glorious also and excellent things, innumerable.

11 If ever he should go beyond me, I shall not see him: if he should pass by me, neither thus have I known .

12 If he would take away, who shall turn him back? or who shall say to him, What hast thou done?

13 For he has turned away anger, the whales under heaven have stooped under him.

14 Oh then that he would hearken to me, or judge my cause.

15 For though I be righteous, he will not hearken to me: I will intreat his judgment.

16 And if I should call and he should not hearken, I cannot believe that he has listened to my voice.

17 Let him not crush me with a dark storm: but he has made by bruises many without cause.

18 For he suffers me not to take breath, but he has filled me with bitterness.

19 For indeed he is strong in power: who then shall resist his judgment?

20 For though I should seem righteous, my mouth will be profane: and though I should seem blameless, I shall be proved perverse.

21 For even if I have sinned, I know it not my soul: but my life is taken away.

22 Wherefore I said, Wrath slays the great and mighty man.

23 For the worthless die, but the righteous are laughed to scorn.

24 For they are delivered into the hands of the unrighteous : he covers the faces of the judges : but if it be not he, who is it?

25 But my life is swifter than a post: have fled away, and they knew it not.

26 Or again, is there a trace of path by ships? or is there one of the flying eagle as it seeks prey?

27 And if I should say, I will forget to speak, I will bow down my face and groan;

28 I quake in all my limbs, for I know that thou wilt not leave me alone innocent.

29 But since I am ungodly, why have I not died?

30 For if I should wash myself with snow, and purge myself with pure hands,

31 thou hadst thoroughly plunged me in filth, and my garment had abhorred me.

32 For thou art not man like me, with whom I could contend, that we might come together to judgment.

33 Would that our mediator were , and a reprover, and one who should hear between both.

34 Let him remove rod from me, and let not his fear terrify me:

35 so shall I not be afraid, but I will speak: for I am not thus conscious .

New International Version NIV

1 Then Job replied:

2 “Indeed, I know that this is true. But how can mere mortals prove their innocence before God?

3 Though they wished to dispute with him, they could not answer him one time out of a thousand.

4 His wisdom is profound, his power is vast. Who has resisted him and come out unscathed?

5 He moves mountains without their knowing it and overturns them in his anger.

6 He shakes the earth from its place and makes its pillars tremble.

7 He speaks to the sun and it does not shine; he seals off the light of the stars.

8 He alone stretches out the heavens and treads on the waves of the sea.

9 He is the Maker of the Bear and Orion, the Pleiades and the constellations of the south.

10 He performs wonders that cannot be fathomed, miracles that cannot be counted.

11 When he passes me, I cannot see him; when he goes by, I cannot perceive him.

12 If he snatches away, who can stop him? Who can say to him, ‘What are you doing?’

13 God does not restrain his anger; even the cohorts of Rahab cowered at his feet.

14 “How then can I dispute with him? How can I find words to argue with him?

15 Though I were innocent, I could not answer him; I could only plead with my Judge for mercy.

16 Even if I summoned him and he responded, I do not believe he would give me a hearing.

17 He would crush me with a storm and multiply my wounds for no reason.

18 He would not let me catch my breath but would overwhelm me with misery.

19 If it is a matter of strength, he is mighty! And if it is a matter of justice, who can challenge him ?

20 Even if I were innocent, my mouth would condemn me; if I were blameless, it would pronounce me guilty.

21 “Although I am blameless, I have no concern for myself; I despise my own life.

22 It is all the same; that is why I say, ‘He destroys both the blameless and the wicked.’

23 When a scourge brings sudden death, he mocks the despair of the innocent.

24 When a land falls into the hands of the wicked, he blindfolds its judges. If it is not he, then who is it?

25 “My days are swifter than a runner; they fly away without a glimpse of joy.

26 They skim past like boats of papyrus, like eagles swooping down on their prey.

27 If I say, ‘I will forget my complaint, I will change my expression, and smile,’

28 I still dread all my sufferings, for I know you will not hold me innocent.

29 Since I am already found guilty, why should I struggle in vain?

30 Even if I washed myself with soap and my hands with cleansing powder,

31 you would plunge me into a slime pit so that even my clothes would detest me.

32 “He is not a mere mortal like me that I might answer him, that we might confront each other in court.

33 If only there were someone to mediate between us, someone to bring us together,

34 someone to remove God’s rod from me, so that his terror would frighten me no more.

35 Then I would speak up without fear of him, but as it now stands with me, I cannot.