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Job 9

The Complete Jewish Bible CJB

1 Then Iyov responded:

2 "Indeed, I know that this is so; but how can a human win a case against God?

3 Whoever might want to argue with him could not answer him one [question] in a thousand.

4 His heart is so wise, his strength so great -who can resist him and succeed?

5 "He moves the mountains, although they don't know it, when he overturns them in his anger.

6 He shakes the earth from its place; its supporting pillars tremble.

7 He commands the sun, and it fails to rise; he shuts up the stars under his seal.

8 He alone spreads out the sky and walks on the waves in the sea.

9 He made the Great Bear, Orion, the Pleiades and the hidden constellations of the south.

10 He does great, unsearchable things, wonders beyond counting.

11 He can go right by me, and I don't see him; he moves past without my being aware of him.

12 If he kills [people], who will ask why? Who will say to him, 'What are you doing?'

13 God will not withdraw his anger -even Rahav's supporters submit to him.

14 "How much less can I answer him and select my arguments against him!

15 Even if I were right, I wouldn't answer; I could only ask for mercy from my judge.

16 If I summoned him, and he answered me, I still can't believe he would listen to my plea.

17 He could break me with a storm; he could multiply my wounds for no reason,

18 to the point where I couldn't even breathe -with such bitterness he could fill me!

19 If it's a matter of force, look how mighty he is; if justice, who can summon him to court?

20 Even if I'm right, my own mouth will condemn me; if I'm innocent, it would pronounce me guilty.

21 "I am innocent. Don't I know myself? But I've had enough of this life of mine!

22 So I say it's all the same -he destroys innocent and wicked alike.

23 When disaster brings sudden death, he laughs at the plight of the innocent.

24 The earth has been given to the power of the wicked; he covers the faces of its judges -if it isn't he, then who is it?

25 My days pass on more swiftly than a runner; they flee without seeing anything good.

26 They skim by like skiffs built of reeds, like an eagle swooping down on its prey.

27 "If I say, 'I'll forget my complaining, I'll put off my sad face and be cheerful,'

28 then I'm still afraid of all my pain, and I know you will not hold me innocent.

29 I will be condemned, so why waste my efforts?

30 Even if I washed myself in melted snow and cleansed my hands with lye,

31 you would plunge me into the muddy pit, till my own clothes would detest me.

32 "For he is not merely human like me; there is no answer that I could give him if we were to come together in court.

33 There is no arbitrator between us who could lay his hand on us both.

34 If he would remove his rod from me and not let his terrors frighten me,

35 then I would speak without fear of him; for when I'm alone, I'm not afraid.

King James Version KJV

1 Then Job answered and said,

2 I know it is so of a truth: but how should man be just with God?

3 If he will 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 hath prospered?

5 Which removeth the mountains, and they know not: which overturneth them in his anger.

6 Which shaketh the earth out of her place, and the pillars thereof tremble.

7 Which commandeth the sun, and it riseth not; and sealeth up the stars.

8 Which alone spreadeth out the heavens, and treadeth upon the waves of the sea.

9 Which maketh Arcturus, Orion, and Pleiades, and the chambers of the south.

10 Which doeth great things past finding out; yea, and wonders without number.

11 Lo, he goeth by me, and I see him not: he passeth on also, but I perceive him not.

12 Behold, he taketh away, who can hinder him? who will say unto him, What doest thou?

13 If God will not withdraw his anger, the proud helpers do stoop under him.

14 How much less shall I answer him, and choose out my words to reason with him?

15 Whom, though I were righteous, yet would I not answer, but I would make supplication to my judge.

16 If I had called, and he had answered me; yet would I not believe that he had hearkened unto my voice.

17 For he breaketh me with a tempest, and multiplieth my wounds without cause.

18 He will not suffer me to take my breath, but filleth me with bitterness.

19 If I speak of strength, lo, he is strong: and if of judgment, who shall set me a time to plead?

20 If I justify myself, mine own mouth shall condemn me: if I say, I am perfect, it shall also prove me perverse.

21 Though I were perfect, yet would I not know my soul: I would despise my life.

22 This is one thing, therefore I said it, He destroyeth the perfect and the wicked.

23 If the scourge slay suddenly, he will laugh at the trial of the innocent.

24 The earth is given into the hand of the wicked: he covereth the faces of the judges thereof; if not, where, and who is he?

25 Now my days are swifter than a post: they flee away, they see no good.

26 They are passed away as the swift ships: as the eagle that hasteth to the prey.

27 If I say, I will forget my complaint, I will leave off my heaviness, and comfort myself:

28 I am afraid of all my sorrows, I know that thou wilt not hold me innocent.

29 If I be wicked, why then labour I in vain?

30 If I wash myself with snow water, and make my hands never so clean;

31 Yet shalt thou plunge me in the ditch, and mine own clothes shall abhor me.

32 For he is not a man, as I am, that I should answer him, and we should come together in judgment.

33 Neither is there any daysman betwixt us, that might lay his hand upon us both.

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

35 Then would I speak, and not fear him; but it is not so with me.