Job 13
1 Lo, mine eye hath seen all this, mine ear hath heard and understood it.
Lo, my eye hath seen all this, my ear hath heard and understood it.
2 What ye know, do I know also; I am not inferior unto you.
What ye know, the same do I know also: I am not inferior to you.
3 Notwithstanding 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 But ye are plasterers of lies, ye are all physicians of no value.
But ye are forgers of lies, ye are all physicians of no value.
5 Oh 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 Hear now my reasoning, and hearken to the pleadings of my lips.
Hear now my reasoning, and hearken to the pleadings of my lips.
7 Will ye speak unrighteously for God, and talk deceitfully for Him?
Will ye speak wickedly for God? and talk deceitfully for him?
8 Will ye show Him favour? Will ye contend for God?
Will ye accept his person? will ye contend for God?
9 Would it be good that He should search you out? Or as one mocketh a man, will ye mock Him?
Is it good that he should search you out? or as one man mocketh another, do ye so mock him?
10 He will surely reprove you, if ye do secretly show favour.
He will surely reprove you, if ye do secretly accept persons.
11 Shall not His majesty terrify you, and His dread fall upon you?
Shall not his excellency make you afraid? and his dread fall upon you?
12 Your memorials shall be like unto ashes, your eminences to eminences of clay.
Your remembrances are like ashes, your bodies to bodies of clay.
13 Hold 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 Wherefore? I will take my flesh in my teeth, and put my life in my hand.
Why do I take my flesh in my teeth, and put my life in my hand?
15 Though He slay me, yet will I trust in Him; but I will argue my ways before Him.
Though he shall slay me, yet will I trust in him: but I will defend my own ways before him.
16 This also shall be my salvation, that a hypocrite cannot come before Him.
He also shall be my salvation: for an hypocrite shall not come before him.
17 Hear diligently my speech, and let my declaration be in your ears.
Hear diligently my speech, and my declaration with your ears.
18 Behold now, I have ordered my cause; I know that I shall be justified.
Behold now, I have ordered my cause; I know that I shall be justified.
19 Who is he that will contend with me? For then would I hold my peace and die.
Who is he that will plead with me? for now, if I hold my tongue, I shall give up the ghost.
20 Only do not two things unto me, then will I not hide myself from Thee:
Only do not two things to me: then will I not hide myself from thee.
21 Withdraw Thy hand far from me; and let not Thy terror make me afraid.
Withdraw thy hand far from me: and let not thy dread make me afraid.
22 Then 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 How many are mine iniquities and sins? Make me to know my transgression and my sin.
How many are my iniquities and sins? make me to know my transgression and my sin.
24 Wherefore hidest Thou Thy face, and holdest me for Thine enemy?
Why hidest thou thy face, and holdest me for thy enemy?
25 Wilt 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 That Thou shouldest write bitter things against me, and make 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 Thou puttest my feet also in the stocks, and lookest narrowly unto all my paths; Thou drawest Thee a line about the soles of my feet;
Thou puttest my feet also in the stocks, and observest carefully all my paths; thou settest a print upon the heels of my feet.
28 Though I am like a wine-skin that consumeth, like a garment that is moth-eaten.
And he, as a rotten thing, consumeth, as a garment that is moth eaten.
