Job 9

1 ♥ 📝 T hen Job^H347 answered^H6030 and said,^H559

2 ♥ 📝 Of a truth^H551 I know^H3045 that it is so: But how can man^H582 be just^H6663 with God?^H410

3 ♥ 📝 If he be^H2654 pleased to contend^H7378 with him, He cannot answer^H6030 him one^H259 of a thousand.^H505

4 ♥ 📝 [ He is] wise^H2450 in heart,^H3824 and mighty^H533 in strength:^H3581 Who hath hardened^H7185 himself against him, and prospered? --^H7999

5 ♥ 📝 [ Him] that removeth^H6275 the mountains,^H2022 and they know^H3045 it not, When he overturneth^H2015 them in his anger;^H639

6 ♥ 📝 That shaketh^H7264 the earth^H776 out of its place,^H4725 And the pillars^H5982 thereof tremble;^H6426

7 ♥ 📝 That commandeth^H559 the sun,^H2775 and it riseth^H2224 not, And sealeth up^H2856 the stars;^H3556

8 ♥ 📝 That alone stretcheth out^H5186 the heavens,^H8064 And treadeth^H1869 upon the waves^H1116 of the sea;^H3220

9 ♥ 📝 That maketh^H6213 the Bear,^H5906 Orion,^H3685 and the Pleiades,^H3598 And the chambers^H2315 of the south;^H8486

10 ♥ 📝 That doeth^H6213 great things^H1419 past^H369 finding out,^H2714 Yea, marvellous^H6381 things without number.^H4557

11 ♥ 📝 Lo, he goeth^H5674 by me, and I see^H7200 him not: He passeth on^H2498 also, but I perceive^H995 him not.

12 ♥ 📝 Behold, he seizeth^H2862 [the prey], who can hinder^H7725 him? Who will say^H559 unto him, What doest^H6213 thou?

13 ♥ 📝 God^H433 will not withdraw^H7725 his anger;^H639 The helpers^H5826 of Rahab^H7293 do stoop^H7817 under him.

14 ♥ 📝 How much less shall I answer^H6030 him, And choose out^H977 my words^H1697 [to reason] with him?

15 ♥ 📝 Whom, though I were righteous,^H6663 yet would I not answer;^H6030 I would make supplication^H2603 to my judge.^H8199

16 ♥ 📝 If I had called,^H7121 and he had answered^H6030 me, Yet would I not believe^H539 that he hearkened^H238 unto my voice.^H6963

17 ♥ 📝 For he breaketh^H7779 me with a tempest,^H8183 And multiplieth^H7235 my wounds^H6482 without cause.^H2600

18 ♥ 📝 He will not suffer^H5414 me to take^H7725 my breath,^H7307 But filleth^H7646 me with bitterness.^H4472

19 ♥ 📝 If [we speak] of strength,^H3581 lo, [he is] mighty!^H533 And if of justice,^H4941 Who, [saith he], will summon^H3259 me?

20 ♥ 📝 Though I be righteous,^H6663 mine own mouth^H6310 shall condemn^H7561 me: Though I be perfect,^H8535 it shall prove me perverse.^H6140

21 ♥ 📝 I am perfect;^H8535 I regard^H3045 not myself;^H5315 I despise^H3988 my life.^H5315

22 ♥ 📝 It is all one;^H259 therefore I say,^H559 He destroyeth^H3615 the perfect^H8535 and the wicked.^H7563

23 ♥ 📝 If the scourge^H7752 slay^H4191 suddenly,^H6597 He will mock^H3932 at the trial^H4531 of the innocent.^H5355

24 ♥ 📝 The earth^H776 is given^H5414 into the hand^H3027 of the wicked;^H7563 He covereth^H3680 the faces^H6440 of the judges^H8199 thereof: If [it be] not [he], who^H645 then is it?

25 ♥ 📝 Now my days^H3117 are swifter^H7043 than a post:^H7323 They flee away,^H1272 they see^H7200 no good,^H2896

26 ♥ 📝 They are passed away^H2498 as^H5973 the swift^H16 ships;^H591 As the eagle^H5404 that swoopeth^H2907 on the prey.^H400

27 ♥ 📝 If I say,^H559 I will forget^H7911 my complaint,^H7879 I will put off^H5800 my [sad] countenance,^H6440 and be of good cheer;^H1082

28 ♥ 📝 I am afraid^H3025 of all my sorrows,^H6094 I know^H3045 that thou wilt not hold me innocent.^H5352

29 ♥ 📝 I shall be condemned;^H7561 Why then do I labor^H3021 in vain?^H1892

30 ♥ 📝 If I wash^H7364 myself with^H7950 snow water,^H4325 And make my hands^H3709 never^H1252 so clean;^H2141

31 ♥ 📝 Yet^H227 wilt thou plunge^H2881 me in the ditch,^H7845 And mine own clothes^H8008 shall abhor^H8581 me.

32 ♥ 📝 For he is not a man,^H376 as I am, that I should answer^H6030 him, That we should come^H935 together^H3162 in judgment.^H4941

33 ♥ 📝 There is^H3426 no umpire^H3198 betwixt us, That might lay^H7896 his hand^H3027 upon us both.^H8147

34 ♥ 📝 Let him take^H5493 his rod^H7626 away^H5493 from me, And let not his terror^H367 make me afraid:^H367

35 ♥ 📝 Then would I speak,^H1696 and not fear^H3372 him; For I am not so in myself.