Job - Chapter 9 | American Standard Version

  • 1. Then Job answered and said,
  • 2. Of a truth I know that it is so: But how can man be just with God?
  • 3. If he be pleased to contend with him, He cannot answer him one of a thousand.
  • 4. {cf15i He is} wise in heart, and mighty in strength: Who hath hardened himself against him, and prospered? -
  • 5. {cf15i Him} that removeth the mountains, and they know it not, When he overturneth them in his anger;
  • 6. That shaketh the earth out of its place, And the pillars thereof tremble;
  • 7. That commandeth the sun, and it riseth not, And sealeth up the stars;
  • 8. That alone stretcheth out the heavens, And treadeth upon the waves of the sea;
  • 9. That maketh the Bear, Orion, and the Pleiades, And the chambers of the south;
  • 10. That doeth great things past finding out, Yea, marvellous things without number.
  • 11. Lo, he goeth by me, and I see him not: He passeth on also, but I perceive him not.
  • 12. Behold, he seizeth {cf15i the prey}, who can hinder him? Who will say unto him, What doest thou?
  • 13. God will not withdraw his anger; The helpers of Rahab do stoop under him.
  • 14. How much less shall I answer him, And choose out my words {cf15i to reason} with him?
  • 15. Whom, though I were righteous, yet would I not answer; I would make supplication to my judge.
  • 16. If I had called, and he had answered me, Yet would I not believe that he hearkened unto my voice.
  • 17. For he breaketh me with a tempest, And multiplieth my wounds without cause.
  • 18. He will not suffer me to take my breath, But filleth me with bitterness.
  • 19. If {cf15i we speak} of strength, lo, {cf15i he is} mighty! And if of justice, Who, {cf15i saith he}, will summon me?
  • 20. Though I be righteous, mine own mouth shall condemn me: Though I be perfect, it shall prove me perverse.
  • 21. I am perfect; I regard not myself; I despise my life.
  • 22. It is all one; therefore I say, He destroyeth the perfect and the wicked.
  • 23. If the scourge slay suddenly, He will mock at the trial of the innocent.
  • 24. The earth is given into the hand of the wicked; He covereth the faces of the judges thereof: If {cf15i it be} not {cf15i he}, who then is it?
  • 25. Now my days are swifter than a post: They flee away, they see no good,
  • 26. They are passed away as the swift ships; As the eagle that swoopeth on the prey.
  • 27. If I say, I will forget my complaint, I will put off my {cf15i sad} countenance, and be of good cheer;
  • 28. I am afraid of all my sorrows, I know that thou wilt not hold me innocent.
  • 29. I shall be condemned; Why then do I labor in vain?
  • 30. If I wash myself with snow water, And make my hands never so clean;
  • 31. Yet wilt thou plunge me in the ditch, And mine own clothes shall abhor me.
  • 32. For he is not a man, as I am, that I should answer him, That we should come together in judgment.
  • 33. There is no umpire betwixt us, That might lay his hand upon us both.
  • 34. Let him take his rod away from me, And let not his terror make me afraid:
  • 35. Then would I speak, and not fear him; For I am not so in myself.
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