Job 9
1 And Job answered and said,
Then Iob answered, and sayd,
2 Of a truth I know it is so; but how can man be just with God?
I knowe verily that it is so: for howe should man compared vnto God, be iustified?
3 If he shall choose to strive with him, he cannot answer him one thing of a thousand.
If I would dispute with him, hee could not answere him one thing of a thousand.
4 He is wise in heart and mighty in strength: who hath hardened himself against him, and had peace?
He is wise in heart, and mighty in strength: who hath bene fierce against him and hath prospered?
5 Who removeth mountains, and they know it not, when he overturneth them in his anger;
He remoueth the mountaines, and they feele not when he ouerthroweth them in his wrath.
6 Who shaketh the earth out of its place, and the pillars thereof tremble;
Hee remooueth the earth out of her place, that the pillars thereof doe shake.
7 Who commandeth the sun, and it riseth not, and he sealeth up the stars;
He commandeth the sunne, and it riseth not: hee closeth vp the starres, as vnder a signet.
8 Who alone spreadeth out the heavens, and treadeth upon the high waves of the sea;
Hee himselfe alone spreadeth out the heauens, and walketh vpon the height of the sea.
9 Who maketh the Bear, Orion, and the Pleiades, and the chambers of the south;
He maketh the starres Arcturus, Orion, and Pleiades, and the climates of the South.
10 Who doeth great things past finding out, and wonders without number.
He doeth great things, and vnsearcheable: yea, marueilous things without nomber.
11 Lo, he goeth by me, and I see [him] not; and he passeth along, and I perceive him not.
Lo, when he goeth by me, I see him not: and when he passeth by, I perceiue him not.
12 Behold, he taketh away: who will hinder him? Who will say unto him, What doest thou?
Behold, when he taketh a pray, who can make him to restore it? who shall say vnto him, What doest thou?
13 God withdraweth not his anger; the proud helpers stoop under him:
God will not withdrawe his anger, and the most mightie helpes doe stoupe vnder him.
14 How much less shall I answer him, choose out my words [to strive] with him?
Howe much lesse shall I answere him? or howe should I finde out my words with him?
15 Whom, though I were righteous, [yet] would I not answer; I would make supplication to my judge.
For though I were iust, yet could I not answere, but I would make supplication to my Iudge.
16 If I had called, and he had answered me, I would not believe that he hearkened to my voice, —
If I cry, and he answere me, yet woulde I not beleeue, that he heard my voyce.
17 He, who crusheth me with a tempest, and multiplieth my wounds without cause.
For he destroyeth mee with a tempest, and woundeth me without cause.
18 He suffereth me not to take my breath, for he filleth me with bitternesses.
He wil not suffer me to take my breath, but filleth me with bitternesse.
19 Be it a question of strength, lo, [he is] strong; and be it of judgment, who will set me a time?
If we speake of strength, behold, he is strog: if we speake of iudgement, who shall bring me in to pleade?
20 If I justified myself, mine own mouth would condemn me; were I perfect, he would prove me perverse.
If I woulde iustifie my selfe, mine owne mouth shall condemne mee: if I would be perfite, he shall iudge me wicked.
21 Were I perfect, [yet] would I not know my soul: I would despise my life.
Though I were perfite, yet I knowe not my soule: therefore abhorre I my life.
22 It is all one; therefore I said, he destroyeth the perfect and the wicked.
This is one point: therefore I said, Hee destroyeth the perfite and the wicked.
23 If the scourge kill suddenly, he mocketh at the trial of the innocent.
If the scourge should suddenly slay, should God laugh at the punishment of the innocent?
24 The earth is given over into the hand of the wicked [man]; he covereth the faces of its judges. If not, who then is it?
The earth is giuen into the hand of ye wicked: he couereth the faces of the iudges therof: if not, where is he? or who is he?
25 And my days are swifter than a runner: they flee away, they see no good.
My dayes haue bene more swift then a post: they haue fled, and haue seene no good thing.
26 They pass by like skiffs of reed; as an eagle that swoops upon the prey.
They are passed as with the most swift ships, and as the eagle that flyeth to the pray.
27 If I say, I will forget my complaint, I will leave off my [sad] countenance, and brighten up,
If I say, I wil forget my complaynt, I will cease from my wrath, and comfort mee,
28 I am afraid of all my sorrows; I know that thou wilt not hold me innocent.
Then I am afrayd of all my sorowes, knowing that thou wilt not iudge me innocent.
29 Be it that I am wicked, why then do I labour in vain?
If I be wicked, why labour I thus in vaine?
30 If I washed myself with snow-water, and cleansed my hands in purity,
If I wash my selfe with snowe water, and purge mine hands most cleane,
31 Then wouldest thou plunge me in the ditch, and mine own clothes would abhor me.
Yet shalt thou plunge mee in the pit, and mine owne clothes shall make me filthie.
32 For he is not a man, as I am, that I should answer him; that we should come together in judgment.
For he is not a man as I am, that I shoulde answere him, if we come together to iudgement.
33 There is not an umpire between us, who should lay his hand upon us both.
Neyther is there any vmpire that might lay his hand vpon vs both.
34 Let him take his rod away from me, and let not his terror make me afraid,
Let him take his rod away from me, and let not his feare astonish me:
35 [Then] I will speak, and not fear him; but it is not so with me.
Then will I speake, and feare him not: but because I am not so, I holde me still.
