Job 13
1 Lo, all — hath mine eye seen, Heard hath mine ear, and it attendeth to it.
“Behold, my eye has seen all, My ear has heard, and it attends to it.
2 According to your knowledge I have known — also I. I am not fallen more than you.
According to your knowledge I have known—also I. I am not more fallen than you.
3 Yet I for the Mighty One do speak, And to argue for God I delight.
Yet I speak for the Mighty One, And I delight to argue for God.
4 And yet, ye [are] forgers of falsehood, Physicians of nought — all of you,
And yet, you [are] forgers of falsehood, Physicians of nothing—all of you,
5 O that ye would keep perfectly silent, And it would be to you for wisdom.
O that you would keep perfectly silent, And it would be to you for wisdom.
6 Hear, I pray you, my argument, And to the pleadings of my lips attend,
Please hear my argument, And attend to the pleadings of my lips,
7 For God do ye speak perverseness? And for Him do ye speak deceit?
Do you speak perverseness for God? And do you speak deceit for Him?
8 His face do ye accept, if for God ye strive?
Do you accept His face, if you strive for God?
9 Is [it] good that He doth search you, If, as one mocketh at a man, ye mock at Him?
Is [it] good that He searches you, If, as one mocks at a man, you mock at Him?
10 He doth surely reprove you, if in secret ye accept faces.
He surely reproves you, if you accept faces in secret.
11 Doth not His excellency terrify you? And His dread fall upon you?
Does His excellence not terrify you? And His dread fall on you?
12 Your remembrances [are] similes of ashes, For high places of clay your heights.
Your remembrances [are] allegories of ashes, For high places of clay [are] your heights.
13 Keep silent from me, and I speak, And pass over me doth what?
Keep silent from me, and I speak, And pass over me what will.
14 Wherefore do I take my flesh in my teeth? And my soul put in my hand?
Why do I take my flesh in my teeth? And my soul put in my hand?
15 Lo, He doth slay me — I wait not! Only, my ways unto His face I argue.
Behold, He slays me—I do not wait! Only, I argue my ways to His face.
16 Also — He [is] to me for salvation, For the profane cometh not before Him.
Also—He [is] to me for salvation, For the profane do not come before Him.
17 Hear ye diligently my word, And my declaration with your ears.
Hear my word diligently, And my declaration with your ears.
18 Lo, I pray you, I have set in order the cause, I have known that I am righteous.
Now behold, I have set the cause in order, I have known that I am righteous.
19 Who [is] he that doth strive with me? For now I keep silent and gasp.
Who [is] he that strives with me? For now I keep silent and gasp.
20 Only two things, O God, do with me: Then from Thy face I am not hidden.
Only two things, O God, do with me, Then I am not hidden from Your face:
21 Thy hand put far off from me, And Thy terror let not terrify me.
Put Your hand far off from me, And do not let Your terror terrify me.
22 And call Thou, and I — I answer, Or — I speak, and answer Thou me.
And You call, and I answer, Or—I speak, and You answer me.
23 How many iniquities and sins have I? My transgression and my sin let me know.
How many iniquities and sins do I have? Let me know my transgression and my sin.
24 Why dost Thou hide Thy face? And reckonest me for an enemy to Thee?
Why do You hide Your face? And reckon me for an enemy to You?
25 A leaf driven away dost Thou terrify? And the dry stubble dost Thou pursue?
Do You terrify a leaf driven away? And do You pursue the dry stubble?
26 For Thou writest against me bitter things, And causest me to possess iniquities of my youth:
For You write bitter things against me, And cause me to possess iniquities of my youth,
27 And puttest in the stocks my feet, And observest all my paths, On the roots of my feet Thou settest a print,
And you put my feet in the stocks, And observe all my paths—You set a print on the roots of my feet,
28 And he, as a rotten thing, weareth away, As a garment hath a moth consumed him.
And he, as a rotten thing, wears away, A moth has consumed him as a garment.”
