Job 13 ~ Job 13

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1 L o, mine eye hath seen all this, Mine ear hath heard and understood it.

Lo, mine eye hath seen all this, mine ear hath heard and understood it.

2 W hat ye know, the same do I know also: I am not inferior unto you.

What ye know, the same do I know also: I am not inferior unto you.

3 S urely I would speak to the Almighty, And I desire to reason with God.

Surely I would speak to the Almighty, and I desire to reason with God.

4 B ut ye are forgers of lies; Ye are all physicians of no value.

But ye are forgers of lies, ye are all physicians of no value.

5 O h that ye would altogether hold your peace! And it would be your wisdom.

O that ye would altogether hold your peace! and it should be your wisdom.

6 H ear now my reasoning, And hearken to the pleadings of my lips.

Hear now my reasoning, and hearken to the pleadings of my lips.

7 W ill ye speak unrighteously for God, And talk deceitfully for him?

Will ye speak wickedly for God? and talk deceitfully for him?

8 W ill ye show partiality to him? Will ye contend for God?

Will ye accept his person? will ye contend for God?

9 I s it good that he should search you out? Or as one deceiveth a man, will ye deceive him?

Is it good that he should search you out? or as one man mocketh another, do ye so mock him?

10 H e will surely reprove you If ye do secretly show partiality.

He will surely reprove you, if ye do secretly accept persons.

11 S hall not his majesty make you afraid, And his dread fall upon you?

Shall not his excellency make you afraid? and his dread fall upon you?

12 Y our memorable sayings are proverbs of ashes, Your defences are defences of clay.

Your remembrances are like unto ashes, your bodies to bodies of clay.

13 H old your peace, let me alone, that I may speak; And let come on me what will.

Hold your peace, let me alone, that I may speak, and let come on me what will.

14 W herefore should I take my flesh in my teeth, And put my life in my hand?

Wherefore do I take my flesh in my teeth, and put my life in mine hand?

15 B ehold, he will slay me; I have no hope: Nevertheless I will maintain my ways before him.

Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him: but I will maintain mine own ways before him.

16 T his also shall be my salvation, That a godless man shall not come before him.

He also shall be my salvation: for an hypocrite shall not come before him.

17 H ear diligently my speech, And let my declaration be in your ears.

Hear diligently my speech, and my declaration with your ears.

18 B ehold now, I have set my cause in order; I know that I am righteous.

Behold now, I have ordered my cause; I know that I shall be justified.

19 W ho is he that will contend with me? For then would I hold my peace and give up the ghost.

Who is he that will plead with me? for now, if I hold my tongue, I shall give up the ghost.

20 O nly do not two things unto me; Then will I not hide myself from thy face:

Only do not two things unto me: then will I not hide myself from thee.

21 W ithdraw thy hand far from me; And let not thy terror make me afraid.

Withdraw thine hand far from me: and let not thy dread make me afraid.

22 T hen call thou, and I will answer; Or let me speak, and answer thou me.

Then call thou, and I will answer: or let me speak, and answer thou me.

23 H ow many are mine iniquities and sins? Make me to know my transgression and my sin.

How many are mine iniquities and sins? make me to know my transgression and my sin.

24 W herefore hidest thou thy face, And holdest me for thine enemy?

Wherefore hidest thou thy face, and holdest me for thine enemy?

25 W ilt thou harass a driven leaf? And wilt thou pursue the dry stubble?

Wilt thou break a leaf driven to and fro? and wilt thou pursue the dry stubble?

26 F or thou writest bitter things against me, And makest me to inherit the iniquities of my youth:

For thou writest bitter things against me, and makest me to possess the iniquities of my youth.

27 T hou puttest my feet also in the stocks, And markest all my paths; Thou settest a bound to the soles of my feet:

Thou puttest my feet also in the stocks, and lookest narrowly unto all my paths; thou settest a print upon the heels of my feet.

28 T hough I am like a rotten thing that consumeth, Like a garment that is moth-eaten.

And he, as a rotten thing, consumeth, as a garment that is moth eaten.