Job 9
1 and to answer Job and to say
Then Job answered:
2 truly to know for so and what? to justify human with God
“Yes, I know that it is so, but how can a mortal be righteous before God?
3 if to delight in to/for to contend with him not to answer him one from thousand
If one wished to contend with God, he could not answer Him one time out of a thousand.
4 wise heart and strong strength who? to harden to(wards) him and to complete
God is wise in heart and mighty in strength. Who has resisted Him and prospered?
5 [the] to proceed mountain: mount and not to know which to overturn them in/on/with face: anger his
He moves mountains without their knowledge and overturns them in His anger.
6 [the] to tremble land: country/planet from place her and pillar her to shudder [emph?]
He shakes the earth from its place, so that its foundations tremble.
7 [the] to say to/for sun and not to rise and about/through/for star to seal
He commands the sun not to shine; He seals off the stars.
8 to stretch heaven to/for alone him and to tread upon high place sea
He alone stretches out the heavens and treads on the waves of the sea.
9 to make Bear Orion and Pleiades and chamber south
He is the Maker of the Bear and Orion, of the Pleiades and the constellations of the south.
10 to make: do great: large till nothing search and to wonder till nothing number
He does great things beyond searching out, and wonders without number.
11 look! to pass upon me and not to see: see and to pass and not to understand to/for him
Were He to pass by me, I would not see Him; were He to move, I would not recognize Him.
12 look! to seize who? to return: return him who? to say to(wards) him what? to make: do
If He takes away, who can stop Him? Who dares to ask Him, ‘What are You doing?’
13 god not to return: turn back face: anger his (underneath: under him *Q(k)*) to bow to help Rahab monster
God does not restrain His anger; the helpers of Rahab cower beneath Him.
14 also for I to answer him to choose word my with him
How then can I answer Him or choose my arguments against Him?
15 which if to justify not to answer to/for to judge me be gracious
For even if I were right, I could not answer. I could only beg my Judge for mercy.
16 if to call: call to and to answer me not be faithful for to listen voice my
If I summoned Him and He answered me, I do not believe He would listen to my voice.
17 which in/on/with storm to bruise me and to multiply wound my for nothing
For He would crush me with a tempest and multiply my wounds without cause.
18 not to give: allow me to return: return spirit: breath my for to satisfy me bitterness
He does not let me catch my breath, but overwhelms me with bitterness.
19 if to/for strength strong behold and if to/for justice who? to appoint me
If it is a matter of strength, He is indeed mighty! If it is a matter of justice, who can summon Him?
20 if to justify lip my be wicked me complete I and to twist me
Even if I were righteous, my mouth would condemn me; if I were blameless, it would declare me guilty.
21 complete I not to know soul my to reject life my
Though I am blameless, I have no concern for myself; I despise my own life.
22 one he/she/it upon so to say complete and wicked he/she/it to end: destroy
It is all the same, and so I say, ‘He destroys both the blameless and the wicked.’
23 if whip to die suddenly to/for despair innocent to mock
When the scourge brings sudden death, He mocks the despair of the innocent.
24 land: country/planet to give: give in/on/with hand: power wicked face to judge her to cover if not then who? he/she/it
The earth is given into the hand of the wicked; He blindfolds its judges. If it is not He, then who is it?
25 and day my to lighten from to run: run to flee not to see: see welfare
My days are swifter than a runner; they flee without seeing good.
26 to pass with fleet papyrus like/as eagle to dart upon food
They sweep by like boats of papyrus, like an eagle swooping down on its prey.
27 if to say I to forget complaint my to leave: release face my and be cheerful
If I were to say, ‘I will forget my complaint and change my expression and smile,’
28 to fear all injury my to know for not to clear me
I would still dread all my sufferings; I know that You will not acquit me.
29 I be wicked to/for what? this vanity be weary/toil
Since I am already found guilty, why should I labor in vain?
30 if to wash: wash (in/on/with water *Q(K)*) snow and be clean in/on/with lye palm my
If I should wash myself with snow and cleanse my hands with lye,
31 then in/on/with pit: grave to dip me and to abhor me garment my
then You would plunge me into the pit, and even my own clothes would despise me.
32 for not man like me to answer him to come (in): come together in/on/with justice: judgement
For He is not a man like me, that I can answer Him, that we can take each other to court.
33 not there between us to rebuke to set: put hand his upon two our
Nor is there a mediator between us, to lay his hand upon us both.
34 to turn aside: remove from upon me tribe: staff his and terror his not to terrify me
Let Him remove His rod from me, so that His terror will no longer frighten me.
35 to speak: speak and not to fear him for not so I with me me
Then I would speak without fear of Him. But as it is, I am on my own.
