Job 9 — ILT
9Verse 1Then answered Job, and said,Verse 2Truly I know that it is so: and how could a mortal be righteous before God?Verse 3If he were desirous to enter into a contest with him, he could not give him one answer out of a thousand.Verse 4He is wise of heart, and mighty in strength: who hath hardened himself against him, and escaped unscathed?Verse 5[He it is] who removeth mountains, and they know it not, yea, when he overturneth them in his anger;Verse 6Who shaketh the earth loose out of her place, that her pillars tremble;Verse 7Who speaketh to the sun, and he shineth not, and around the stars he placeth a seal;Verse 8Who spread out the heavens by himself alone, and treadeth upon the hillocks of the sea;Verse 9Who made the Bear, Orion, and the Pleiades, and the chambers the south;Verse 10Who doth great things which are quite unsearchable, and wonders which are quite without number.Verse 11Lo, were he to go past by me, I should not see him; and were he to pass along, I should not perceive him.Verse 12Behold, were he to snatch aught away, who could hold him back? who would say unto him, What dost thou?Verse 13God will not withdraw his anger: beneath him sink down the helpers of the proud.Verse 14How much less then could I answer him, and select my words [to contend] with him?Verse 15Whom, were I even righteous, I could not answer? to him that condemneth me I could [only] make supplication.Verse 16Or were I to call, and he would answer me, I could yet not believe that he would give ear unto my voice—Verse 17He that bruiseth me with [his] tempest, and multiplieth my wounds without a cause.Verse 18He suffereth me not to recover my breath; but feedeth me overmuch with bitter things.Verse 19If it regard strength, lo, he is the powerful; and if justice, who will cite him for me to appear?Verse 20If I were righteous even, my own mouth would condemn me: were I innocent, it would still prove me perverse.Verse 21I am innocent; I will not have regard for myself: I will despise my life.Verse 22One thing is [certain], therefore have I said it, The innocent and the wicked he bringeth to their end.Verse 23If a scourge should slay suddenly, he will mock at the trial of the guiltless.Verse 24Is a land given up into the hand of the wicked? he covereth the faces of its judges: if this be not the truth, who is it then?Verse 25And my days pass swifter than a runner: they flee away, they see no happiness,Verse 26They hasten along like pirate ships: like the eagle that stoopeth down upon his food.Verse 27If I say, I will forget my complaint, I will leave off my sorrowful countenance, and recover my cheerfulness:Verse 28O then would I be in dread of all my pains; I know that thou wilt not declare me innocent.Verse 29I must ever be guilty: why then should I fatigue myself for nought?Verse 30If I were to wash myself in snow-water, to cleanse myself in the purity of my hands:Verse 31Even then wouldst thou plunge me in the ditch, that my own clothes would render me abhorred.Verse 32For he is not a man, like me, that I could answer him, that we should enter together into a contest.Verse 33There is no one who can decide between us, who could lay his hand upon us both.Verse 34Let him but remove from me his rod, and let not his dread terrify me:Verse 35Then would I speak, and not fear him; for the like I feel not within me.