Job 13
1 Lo! all this mine eye hath seen; Mine ear hath heard and understood it.
Lo, mine eye hath seen all this, mine ear hath heard and understood it.
2 What ye know, I know also; I am not inferior to you.
What ye know, do I know also; I am not inferior unto you.
3 But O that I might speak with the Almighty! O that I might reason with God!
Notwithstanding I would speak to the Almighty, and I desire to reason with God.
4 For ye are forgers of lies; Physicians of no value, all of you!
But ye are plasterers of lies, ye are all physicians of no value.
5 O that ye would altogether hold your peace! This, truly, would be wisdom in you.
Oh that ye would altogether hold your peace! and it would be your wisdom.
6 Hear, I pray you, my arguments; Attend to the pleadings of my lips!
Hear now my reasoning, and hearken to the pleadings of my lips.
7 Will ye speak falsehood for God? Will ye utter deceit for him?
Will ye speak unrighteously for God, and talk deceitfully for Him?
8 Will ye be partial to his person? Will ye contend earnestly for God?
Will ye show Him favour? Will ye contend for God?
9 Will it be well for you, if he search you thoroughly? Can ye deceive him, as one may deceive a man?
Would it be good that He should search you out? Or as one mocketh a man, will ye mock Him?
10 Surely he will rebuke you, If ye secretly have respect to persons.
He will surely reprove you, if ye do secretly show favour.
11 Doth not his majesty make you afraid, And his dread fall upon you?
Shall not His majesty terrify you, and His dread fall upon you?
12 Your maxims are words of dust; Your fortresses are fortresses of clay.
Your memorials shall be like unto ashes, your eminences to eminences of clay.
13 Hold your peace, and let me speak: And then come upon 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? I will take my flesh in my teeth, and put my life in my hand.
15 Lo! he slayeth me, and I have no hope! Yet will I justify my ways before him.
Though He slay me, yet will I trust in Him; but I will argue my ways before Him.
16 This also shall be my deliverance; For no unrighteous man will come before him.
This also shall be my salvation, that a hypocrite cannot come before Him.
17 Hear attentively my words, And give ear to my declaration!
Hear diligently my speech, and let my declaration be in your ears.
18 Behold, I have now set in order my cause; I know that I am innocent.
Behold now, I have ordered my cause; I know that I shall be justified.
19 Who is he that can contend with me? For then would I hold my peace, and die!
Who is he that will contend with me? For then would I hold my peace and die.
20 Only do not unto me two things, Then will I not hide myself from thy presence;
Only do not two things unto me, then will I not hide myself from Thee:
21 Let not thy hand be heavy upon me, And let not thy terrors make me afraid:
Withdraw Thy hand far from me; and let not Thy terror make me afraid.
22 Then call upon me, and I will answer; Or I will speak, and answer thou 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 faults and transgressions.
How many are mine iniquities and sins? Make me to know my transgression and my sin.
24 Wherefore dost thou hide thy face, And account me as thine enemy?
Wherefore hidest Thou Thy face, and holdest me for Thine enemy?
25 Wilt thou put in fear the driven leaf? Wilt thou pursue the dry stubble?
Wilt Thou harass a driven leaf? And wilt Thou pursue the dry stubble?
26 For thou writest bitter things against me, And makest me inherit the sins of my youth.
That Thou shouldest write bitter things against me, and make me to inherit the iniquities of my youth.
27 Yea, thou puttest my feet in the stocks, And waterest all my paths; Thou hemmest in the soles of my feet.
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;
28 And I, like an abandoned thing, shall waste away; Like a garment which is moth-eaten.
Though I am like a wine-skin that consumeth, like a garment that is moth-eaten.
