Job 9-12

Chapter 9

Then Job answered and said, 2 I know it is so of a truth: but how should man be just with God? 3 If he will contend with Him, he cannot answer Him one of a thousand. 4 He is wise in heart, and mighty in strength: who has hardened himself against Him, and has prospered? 5 Which removes the mountains, and they know not: which overturns them in His anger. 6 Which shakes the earth out of her place, and the pillars thereof tremble. 7 Which commands the sun, and it rises not; and seals up the stars. 8 Which alone spreads out the heavens, and treads upon the waves of the sea. 9 Which makes Arcturus, Orion, and Pleiades, and the chambers of the south. 10 Which does great things past finding out; yea, and wonders without number.

11 Lo, He goes by me, and I see Him not: He passes on also, but I perceive Him not. 12 Behold, He takes away, who can hinder Him? who will say unto Him, What do Thou? 13 If God will not withdraw His anger, the proud helpers do stoop under Him. 14 How much less shall I answer Him, and choose out my words to reason with Him? 15 Whom, though I were righteous, yet would I not answer, but I would make supplication to my judge.

16 If I had called, and He had answered me; yet would I not believe that He had hearkened unto my voice. 17 For He breaks me with a tempest, and multiplies my wounds without cause. 18 He will not suffer me to take my breath, but fills me with bitterness. 19 If I speak of strength, lo, He is strong: and if of judgment, who shall set me a time to plead? 20 If I justify myself, mine own mouth shall condemn me: if I say, I am perfect, it shall also prove me perverse. 21 Though I were perfect, yet would I not know my soul: I would despise my life. 22 This is one thing, therefore I said it, He destroys the perfect and the wicked. 23 If the scourge slay suddenly, He will laugh at the trial of the innocent. 24 The earth is given into the hand of the wicked: He covers the faces of the judges thereof; if not, where, and who is He? 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 hastes to the prey.

27 If I say, I will forget my complaint, I will leave off my heaviness, and comfort myself: 28 I am afraid of all my sorrows, I know that Thou will not hold me innocent. 29 If I be wicked, why then labor I in vain? 30 If I wash myself with snow water, and make my hands never so clean; 31 Yet shall 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, and we should come together in judgment. 33 Neither is there any daysman between us, that might lay his hand upon us both. 34 Let Him take His rod away from me, and let not His fear terrify me: 35 Then would I speak, and not fear Him; but it is not so with me.

Chapter 10

My soul is weary of my life; I will leave my complaint upon myself; I will speak in the bitterness of my soul. 2 I will say unto God, Do not condemn me; show me wherefore Thou contend with me. 3 Is it good unto Thee that Thou should oppress, that Thou should despise the work of Thine hands, and shine upon the counsel of the wicked? 4 Have Thou eyes of flesh? or see Thou as man sees? 5 Are Thy days as the days of man? are Thy years as man’s days, 6 That Thou inquire after mine iniquity, and search after my sin? 7 Thou know that I am not wicked; and there is none that can deliver out of Thine hand.

8 Thine hands have made me and fashioned me together round about; yet Thou do destroy me. 9 Remember, I beseech Thee, that Thou have made me as the clay; and will Thou bring me into dust again? 10 Have Thou not poured me out as milk, and curdled me like cheese? 11 Thou have clothed me with skin and flesh, and have fenced me with bones and sinews. 12 Thou have granted me life and favor, and Thy visitation has preserved my spirit.

13 And these things have Thou hid in thine heart: I know that this is with Thee. 14 If I sin, then Thou mark me, and Thou will not acquit me from mine iniquity. 15 If I be wicked, woe unto me; and if I be righteous, yet will I not lift up my head. I am full of confusion; therefore see Thou mine affliction; 16 For it increases. Thou hunt me as a fierce lion: and again Thou show Thyself marvelous upon me. 17 Thou renew Thy witnesses against me, and increase Thine indignation upon me; changes and war are against me.

18 Wherefore then have Thou brought me forth out of the womb? Oh that I had given up the ghost, and no eye had seen me! 19 I should have been as though I had not been; I should have been carried from the womb to the grave. 20 Are not my days few? cease then, and let me alone, that I may take comfort a little, 21 Before I go where I shall not return, even to the land of darkness and the shadow of death; 22 A land of darkness, as darkness itself; and of the shadow of death, without any order, and where the light is as darkness.

Chapter 11

Then answered Zophar the Naamathite, and said, 2 Should not the multitude of words be answered? and should a man full of talk be justified? 3 Should thy lies make men hold their peace? and when thou mock, shall no man make thee ashamed? 4 For thou have said, My doctrine is pure, and I am clean in thine eyes. 5 But oh that God would speak, and open His lips against thee; 6 And that He would show thee the secrets of wisdom, that they are double to that which is! Know therefore that God exacts of thee less than thine iniquity deserves.

7 Can thou by searching find out God? can thou find out the Almighty unto perfection? 8 It is as high as heaven; what can thou do? deeper than hell; what can thou know? 9 The measure thereof is longer than the earth, and broader than the sea. 10 If he cut off, and shut up, or gather together, then who can hinder Him? 11 For He knows vain men: He sees wickedness also; will He not then consider it? 12 For vain man would be wise, though man be born like a wild ass’s colt.

13 If thou prepare thine heart, and stretch out thine hands toward Him; 14 If iniquity be in thine hand, put it far away, and let not wickedness dwell in thy tabernacles. 15 For then shall thou lift up thy face without spot; yea, thou shall be steadfast, and shall not fear: 16 Because thou shall forget thy misery, and remember it as waters that pass away: 17 And thine age shall be clearer than the noonday; thou shall shine forth, thou shall be as the morning. 18 And thou shall be secure, because there is hope; yea, thou shall dig about thee, and thou shall take thy rest in safety. 19 Also thou shall lie down, and none shall make thee afraid; yea, many shall make suit unto thee. 20 But the eyes of the wicked shall fail, and they shall not escape, and their hope shall be as the giving up of the ghost.

Chapter 12

And Job answered and said, 2 No doubt but ye are the people, and wisdom shall die with you. 3 But I have understanding as well as you; I am not inferior to you: yea, who knows not such things as these? 4 I am as one mocked of his neighbor, who calls upon God, and He answers him: the just upright man is laughed to scorn. 5 He that is ready to slip with his feet is as a lamp despised in the thought of him that is at ease. 6 The tabernacles of robbers prosper, and they that provoke God are secure; into whose hand God brings abundantly.

7 But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee; and the fowls of the air, and they shall tell thee: 8 Or speak to the earth, and it shall teach thee: and the fishes of the sea shall declare unto thee. 9 Who knows not in all these that the hand of the Lord has wrought this? 10 In whose hand is the soul of every living thing, and the breath of all mankind.

11 Does not the ear try words? and the mouth taste his meat? 12 With the ancient is wisdom; and in length of days understanding. 13 With Him is wisdom and strength, He has counsel and understanding. 14 Behold, He breaks down, and it cannot be built again: He shuts up a man, and there can be no opening. 15 Behold, He withholds the waters, and they dry up: also He sends them out, and they overturn the earth. 16 With Him is strength and wisdom: the deceived and the deceiver are His. 17 He leads counselors away spoiled, and makes the judges fools. 18 He looses the bond of kings, and girds their loins with a girdle. 19 He leads princes away spoiled, and overthrows the mighty. 20 He removes away the speech of the trusty, and takes away the understanding of the aged. 21 He pours contempt upon princes, and weakens the strength of the mighty. 22 He discovers deep things out of darkness, and brings out to light the shadow of death. 23 He increases the nations, and destroys them: He enlarges the nations, and straitens them again. 24 He takes away the heart of the chief of the people of the earth, and causes them to wander in a wilderness where there is no way. 25 They grope in the dark without light, and He makes them to stagger like a drunken man.

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