Job 9
1 Then Job answered and said,
Then Iob answered, and sayd,
2 I know [it to be] so of a truth: but how should man be just with God?
I knowe verily that it is so: for howe should man compared vnto God, be iustified?
3 If he will contend with him, he cannot answer him one of a thousand.
If I would dispute with him, hee could not answere him one thing of a thousand.
4 [He is] wise in heart, and mighty in strength: who hath hardened [himself] against him, and hath prospered?
He is wise in heart, and mighty in strength: who hath bene fierce against him and hath prospered?
5 Who removeth the mountains, and they know not: who overturneth them in his anger.
He remoueth the mountaines, and they feele not when he ouerthroweth them in his wrath.
6 Who shaketh the earth out of her place, and its pillars tremble.
Hee remooueth the earth out of her place, that the pillars thereof doe shake.
7 Who commandeth the sun, and it riseth not; and sealeth up the stars.
He commandeth the sunne, and it riseth not: hee closeth vp the starres, as vnder a signet.
8 Who alone spreadeth out the heavens, and treadeth upon the waves of the sea.
Hee himselfe alone spreadeth out the heauens, and walketh vpon the height of the sea.
9 Who maketh Arcturus, Orion, and Pleiades, and the chambers of the south.
He maketh the starres Arcturus, Orion, and Pleiades, and the climates of the South.
10 Who doeth great things past finding out; yes, and wonders without number.
He doeth great things, and vnsearcheable: yea, marueilous things without nomber.
11 Lo, he goeth by me, and I see [him] not: he passeth on also, but I perceive him not.
Lo, when he goeth by me, I see him not: and when he passeth by, I perceiue him not.
12 Behold, he taketh away, who can hinder him? who will say to him, What doest thou?
Behold, when he taketh a pray, who can make him to restore it? who shall say vnto him, What doest thou?
13 [If] God will not withdraw his anger, the proud helpers do stoop under him.
God will not withdrawe his anger, and the most mightie helpes doe stoupe vnder him.
14 How much less shall I answer him, [and] choose out my words [to reason] with him?
Howe much lesse shall I answere him? or howe should I finde out my words with him?
15 Whom, though I were righteous, [yet] would I not answer, [but] I would make supplication to my judge.
For though I were iust, yet could I not answere, but I would make supplication to my Iudge.
16 If I had called, and he had answered me; [yet] I would not believe that he had hearkened to my voice.
If I cry, and he answere me, yet woulde I not beleeue, that he heard my voyce.
17 For he breaketh me with a tempest, and multiplieth my wounds without cause.
For he destroyeth mee with a tempest, and woundeth me without cause.
18 He will not suffer me to take my breath, but filleth me with bitterness.
He wil not suffer me to take my breath, but filleth me with bitternesse.
19 If [I speak] of strength, lo, [he is] strong: and if of judgment, who shall set me a time [to plead]?
If we speake of strength, behold, he is strog: if we speake of iudgement, who shall bring me in to pleade?
20 If I justify myself, my own mouth will condemn me: [if I say], I [am] perfect, that also will prove me perverse.
If I woulde iustifie my selfe, mine owne mouth shall condemne mee: if I would be perfite, he shall iudge me wicked.
21 [Though] I [were] perfect, [yet] would I not know my soul: I would despise my life.
Though I were perfite, yet I knowe not my soule: therefore abhorre I my life.
22 This [is] one [thing], therefore I said [it], he destroyeth the perfect and the wicked.
This is one point: therefore I said, Hee destroyeth the perfite and the wicked.
23 If the scourge shall slay suddenly, he will laugh at the trial of the innocent.
If the scourge should suddenly slay, should God laugh at the punishment of the innocent?
24 The earth is given into the hand of the wicked: he covereth the faces of its judges; if not, where, [and] who [is] he?
The earth is giuen into the hand of ye wicked: he couereth the faces of the iudges therof: if not, where is he? or who is he?
25 Now my days are swifter than a post: they flee away, they see no good.
My dayes haue bene more swift then a post: they haue fled, and haue seene no good thing.
26 They are passed away as the swift ships: as the eagle [that] hasteth to the prey.
They are passed as with the most swift ships, and as the eagle that flyeth to the pray.
27 If I say, I will forget my complaint, I will leave off my heaviness, and comfort [myself]:
If I say, I wil forget my complaynt, I will cease from my wrath, and comfort mee,
28 I am afraid of all my sorrows, I know that thou wilt not hold me innocent.
Then I am afrayd of all my sorowes, knowing that thou wilt not iudge me innocent.
29 [If] I am wicked, why then do I labor in vain?
If I be wicked, why labour I thus in vaine?
30 If I wash myself with snow water, and make my hands never so clean;
If I wash my selfe with snowe water, and purge mine hands most cleane,
31 Yet wilt thou plunge me in the ditch, and my own clothes shall abhor me.
Yet shalt thou plunge mee in the pit, and mine owne clothes shall make me filthie.
32 For [he is] not a man, as I [am], [that] I should answer him, [and] we should come together in judgment.
For he is not a man as I am, that I shoulde answere him, if we come together to iudgement.
33 Neither is there any judge between us, [that] might lay his hand upon us both.
Neyther is there any vmpire that might lay his hand vpon vs both.
34 Let him take away his rod from me, and let not his fear terrify me:
Let him take his rod away from me, and let not his feare astonish me:
35 [Then] would I speak, and not fear him; but [it is] not so with me.
Then will I speake, and feare him not: but because I am not so, I holde me still.
