Job 13

1 See, my eye has seen all this, my ear has heard and understood it.

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

2 What you know, the same do I know also: I am not inferior to you.

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

3 Surely 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 you are forgers of lies, you are all physicians of no value.

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

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

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

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

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

7 Will you speak wickedly for God? and talk deceitfully for him?

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

8 Will you accept his person? will you contend for God?

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

9 Is it good that he should search you out? or as one man mocks another, do you so 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 you do secretly accept persons.

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

11 Shall not his excellency make you afraid? and his dread fall on you?

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

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

Your remembrances [are] like unto 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 Why do 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 Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him: but I will maintain my own ways before him.

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

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

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

17 Hear diligently my speech, and my declaration with 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 plead with me? for now, if I hold my tongue, I shall 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 Only do not two things to me: then will I not hide myself from you.

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

21 Withdraw your hand far from me: and let not your dread make me afraid.

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

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

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

23 How many are my 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 Why hide you your face, and hold me for your enemy?

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

25 Will you break a leaf driven to and fro? and will you pursue the dry stubble?

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

26 For you write bitter things against me, and make me to possess the iniquities of my youth.

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

27 You put my feet also in the stocks, and look narrowly to all my paths; you set a print on the heels 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 And he, as a rotten thing, consumes, as a garment that is moth eaten.

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