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Job 9

Third Millennium Bible TMB

1 Then Job answered and said:

2 "I know in truth it is so, but how should man be just before God?

3 If he will contend with Him, he cannot answer Him one in a thousand.

4 He is wise in heart, and mighty in strength: who hath hardened himself against Him and hath prospered--

5 Who removeth the mountains, and they know not; Who overturneth them in His anger;

6 Who shaketh the earth out of her place, and the pillars thereof tremble;

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

8 Who alone spreadeth out the heavens, and treadeth upon the waves of the sea;

9 Who maketh Arcturus, Orion and Pleiades, and the chambers of the south;

10 Who 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 all 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 courier; they flee away, they see no good.

26 They are passed away as the swift ships, as the eagle that hasteneth 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 labor 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 mediator between us who might lay his hand upon us both.

34 Let Him take His rod away from me, and let not fear of Him terrify me.

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

GOD'S WORD Translation GW

1 Then Job replied [to his friends],

2 "Yes, I know that this is true. But how can a mortal be declared righteous to God?

3 If he wished to debate with God, he wouldn't be able to answer one question in a thousand.

4 "God is wise in heart and mighty in power. Who could oppose him and win?

5 He moves mountains without their knowing it, and he topples them in his anger.

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

7 He commands the sun not to rise. He doesn't let the stars come out.

8 He stretches out the heavens by himself and walks on the waves of the sea.

9 He made [the constellations] Ursa Major, Orion, and the Pleiades, and the clusters of stars in the south.

10 He does great things that are unsearchable and miracles that cannot be numbered.

11 He passes alongside of me, and I don't even see him. He goes past me, and I don't even notice him.

12 He takes something away, [but] who can stop him? Who is going to ask him, 'What are you doing?'

13 God does not hold back his anger. Even Rahab's helpers bow humbly in front of him.

14 "How can I possibly answer God? How can I find the right words [to speak] with him?

15 Even if I were right, I could not answer [him]. I would have to plead for mercy from my judge.

16 If I cried out and he answered me, I do not believe that he would listen to me.

17 He would knock me down with a storm and bruise me without a reason.

18 He would not let me catch my breath. He fills me with bitterness.

19 If it is a matter of strength, then he is the mighty one. If it is about justice, who will charge me with a crime?

20 If I am righteous, my own mouth would condemn me. It would declare that I am corrupt even if I am a man of integrity.

21 If I am a man of integrity, I have no way of knowing it. I hate my life!

22 It is all the same. That is why I say, 'He destroys [both] the man of integrity and the wicked.'

23 When a sudden disaster brings death, he makes fun of the despair of innocent people.

24 The earth is handed over to the wicked. He covers the faces of its judges. If he isn't the one [doing this], who is?

25 "My days go by more quickly than a runner. They sprint away. They don't see anything good.

26 They pass by quickly like boats made from reeds, like an eagle swooping down on its prey.

27 [Even] if I say, 'I will forget my complaining; I will change my expression and smile,'

28 I [still] dread everything I must suffer. I know that you won't declare me innocent.

29 I've already been found guilty. Why should I work so hard for nothing?

30 If I wash myself with lye soap and cleanse my hands with bleach,

31 then you would plunge me into a muddy pit, and my own clothes would find me disgusting.

32 A human like me cannot answer God, 'Let's take our case to court.'

33 There is no mediator between us to put his hand on both of us.

34 God should take his rod away from me, and he should not terrify me.

35 Then I would speak and not be afraid of him. But I know that I am not like that.