Job 13
1 Lo, my eye hath seen all [this], my ear hath heard and understood it.
Lo, mine eye hath seen all [this], mine ear hath heard and understood it.
2 What ye 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 ye [are] forgers of lies, ye [are] all physicians of no value.
But ye are forgers of lies, ye are all physicians of no value.
5 O that ye would altogether hold your peace and it would be your wisdom.
Oh 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 wickedly for God? and talk deceitfully for him?
Will ye speak unrighteously for God, and talk deceitfully for him?
8 Will ye accept his person? will ye contend for God?
Will ye respect his person? will ye contend for God?
9 Is it good that he should search you out? or as one man mocketh another, do ye [so] mock him?
Is it good that he should search you out? or as one deceiveth a man, will ye deceive him?
10 He will surely reprove you, if ye do secretly accept persons.
He will surely reprove you, if ye do secretly respect persons.
11 Shall not his excellence make you afraid? and his dread fall upon 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 memorable sayings [are] proverbs of ashes, your defences [are] defences 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 wilt.
14 Why do I take my flesh in my teeth, and put my life in my hand?
Wherefore should I take my flesh in my teeth, and put my life in mine hand?
15 Though he shall slay me, yet will I trust in him: but I will maintain my own ways before him.
Though he slay me, yet will I wait for him: nevertheless I will maintain my ways before him.
16 He also [shall be] my salvation: for a hypocrite shall not come before him.
This also shall be my salvation; for a godless man shall not come before him.
17 Hear diligently my speech, and my declaration with your ears.
Hear diligently my speech, and let my declaration be in 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 am righteous.
19 Who [is] he [that] will plead with me? for now, if I hold my tongue, I shall expire.
Who is he that will contend with me? for now shall I hold my peace and give up the ghost.
20 Only do not two [things] to me: then will I not hide myself from thee.
Only do not two things unto me, then will I not hide myself from thy face:
21 Withdraw thy hand far from me: and let not thy dread make me afraid.
Withdraw thine hand far from me; and let not thy terror 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] 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 hidest thou thy face, and holdest me for thy enemy?
Wherefore hidest thou thy face, and holdest me for thine enemy?
25 Wilt thou break a leaf driven to and fro? and 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 to possess the iniquities of my youth.
For thou writest bitter things against me, and makest me to inherit the iniquities of my youth:
27 Thou puttest my feet also in the stocks, and lookest narrowly to all my paths; thou settest a print upon the heels of my feet.
Thou puttest my feet also in the stocks, and markest all my paths; thou drawest thee a line about the soles of my feet:
28 And he, as a rotten thing, consumeth, as a garment that is moth-eaten.
Though I am like a rotten thing that consumeth, like a garment that is moth-eaten.
