Job 13
1 look! all to see: see eye my to hear: hear ear my and to understand to/for her
“Indeed, my eyes have seen all this; my ears have heard and understood.
2 like/as knowledge your to know also I not to fall: fall I from you
What you know, I also know; I am not inferior to you.
3 but I to(wards) Almighty to speak: speak and to rebuke to(wards) God to delight in
Yet I desire to speak to the Almighty and argue my case before God.
4 and but you(m. p.) to smear deception to heal idol all your
You, however, smear with lies; you are all worthless physicians.
5 who? to give: give be quiet be quiet [emph?] and to be to/for you to/for wisdom
If only you would remain silent; for that would be your wisdom!
6 to hear: hear please argument my and strife lips my to listen
Hear now my argument, and listen to the plea of my lips.
7 to/for God to speak: speak injustice and to/for him to speak: speak deceit
Will you speak wickedly on God’s behalf or speak deceitfully for Him?
8 face: kindness his to lift: kindness [emph?] if: surely no to/for God to contend [emph?]
Would you show Him partiality or argue in His defense?
9 pleasant for to search [obj] you if: surely no like/as to deceive in/on/with human to deceive in/on/with him
Would it be well when He examined you? Could you deceive Him like a man?
10 to rebuke to rebuke [obj] you if in/on/with secrecy face to lift: kindness [emph?]
Surely He would rebuke you if you secretly showed partiality.
11 not elevation his to terrify [obj] you and dread his to fall: fall upon you
Would His majesty not terrify you? Would the dread of Him not fall upon you?
12 memorial your proverb ashes to/for back/rim/brow clay back/rim/brow your
Your maxims are proverbs of ashes; your defenses are defenses of clay.
13 be quiet from me and to speak: speak I and to pass upon me what?
Be silent, and I will speak. Then let come to me what may.
14 upon what? to lift: raise flesh my in/on/with tooth my and soul: life my to set: put in/on/with palm my
Why do I put myself at risk and take my life in my own hands?
15 look! to slay me (to/for him *Q(K)*) to wait: hope surely way: conduct my to(wards) face his to rebuke
Though He slay me, I will hope in Him. I will still defend my ways to His face.
16 also he/she/it to/for me to/for salvation for not to/for face: before his profane to come (in): come
Moreover, this will be my salvation, for no godless man can appear before Him.
17 to hear: hear to hear: hear speech my and declaration my in/on/with ear your
Listen carefully to my words; let my declaration ring in your ears.
18 behold please to arrange justice: judgement to know for I to justify
Behold, now that I have prepared my case, I know that I will be vindicated.
19 who? he/she/it to contend with me me for now be quiet and to die
Can anyone indict me? If so, I will be silent and die.
20 surely two not to make: offer with me me then from face your not to hide
Only grant these two things to me, so that I need not hide from You:
21 palm your from upon me to remove and terror your not to terrify me
Withdraw Your hand from me, and do not let Your terror frighten me.
22 and to call: call to and I to answer or to speak: speak and to return: reply me
Then call me, and I will answer, or let me speak, and You can reply.
23 like/as what? to/for me iniquity: crime and sin transgression my and sin my to know me
How many are my iniquities and sins? Reveal to me my transgression and sin.
24 to/for what? face your to hide and to devise: think me to/for enemy to/for you
Why do You hide Your face and consider me as Your enemy?
25 leaf to drive to tremble and [obj] stubble dry to pursue
Would You frighten a windblown leaf? Would You chase after dry chaff?
26 for to write upon me gall and to possess: possess me iniquity: crime youth my
For You record bitter accusations against me and bequeath to me the iniquities of my youth.
27 and to set: put in/on/with stock foot my and to keep: look at all way my upon root foot my to engrave
You put my feet in the stocks and stand watch over all my paths; You set a limit for the soles of my feet.
28 and he/she/it like/as rottenness to become old like/as garment to eat him moth
So man wastes away like something rotten, like a moth-eaten garment.
