Job 13 — BST
13Verse 1Behold, mine eye has seen these things, and mine ear has heard them.Verse 2And I know all that ye too know; and I have not less understanding than you.Verse 3Nevertheless I will speak to the Lord, and I will reason before him, if he will.Verse 4But ye are all bad physicians, and healers of diseases.Verse 5But would that ye were silent, and it would be wisdom to you in the end.Verse 6But hear ye the reasoning of my mouth, and attend to the judgment of my lips.Verse 7Do ye not speak before the Lord, and utter deceit before him?Verse 8Or will ye draw back? nay, do ye yourselves be judges.Verse 9For it were well if he would thoroughly search you: for though doing all things in your power ye should attach yourselves to him,Verse 10he will not reprove you at all the less: but if moreover ye should secretly respect persons,Verse 11shall not his whirlpool sweep you round, and terror from him fall upon you?Verse 12And your glorying shall prove in the end to you like ashes, and your body like a body of clay.Verse 13Be silent, that I may speak, and cease from mine anger,Verse 14while I may take my flesh in my teeth, and put my life in my hand.Verse 15Though the Mighty One should lay hand upon me, forasmuch as he has begun, verily I will speak, and plead before him.Verse 16And this shall turn to me for salvation; for fraud shall have no entrance before him.Verse 17Hear, hear ye my words, for I will declare in your hearing.Verse 18Behold, I am near my judgment: I know that I shall appear evidently just.Verse 19For who is he that shall plead with me, that I should now be silent, and expire?Verse 20But grant me two things: then I will not hide myself from thy face.Verse 21Withhold thine hand from me: and let not thy fear terrify me.Verse 22Then shalt thou call, and I will hearken to thee: or thou shalt speak, and I will give thee an answer.Verse 23How many are my sins and my transgressions? teach me what they are.Verse 24Wherefore hidest thou thyself from me, and deemest me thine enemy?Verse 25Wilt thou be startled at me, as at a leaf shaken by the wind? or wilt thou set thyself against me as against grass borne upon the breeze?Verse 26For thou hast written evil things against me, and thou hast compassed me with the sins of my youth.Verse 27And thou hast placed my foot in the stocks; and thou hast watched all my works, and hast penetrated to my heels.Verse 28I am as that which waxes old like a bottle, or like a moth-eaten garment.