9:1 ¶
Then Job answered and said, |
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9:1 ¶
Then Job°
answered°°
and said,°° |
9:2
I know of a truth that it is so: for how shall a mortal man be just before the Lord? |
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9:2
I know°°
[it is] so°°
of a truth:°
but how°
should man°
be just°°
with°
El?° |
9:3
For if he would enter into judgment with him, [God] would not hearken to him, so that he should answer to one of his charges of a thousand. |
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9:3
If°
he will°°
contend°°
with°
him, he cannot°
answer°°
him one°
of°
a thousand.° |
9:4
For he is wise in mind, and mighty, and great: who has hardened himself against him and endured? |
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9:4
[He is] wise°
in heart,°
and mighty°
in strength:°
who°
hath hardened°°
[himself] against°
him, and hath prospered?°° |
9:5
Who wears out the mountains, and [men] know it not: who overturns them in anger. |
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9:5
Which removeth°°
the mountains,°
and they know°°
not:°
which°
overturneth°°
them in his anger.° |
9:6
Who shakes the [earth] under heaven from its foundations, and its pillars totter. |
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9:6
Which shaketh°°
the earth°
out of her place,°°
and the pillars°
thereof tremble.°° |
9:7
Who commands the sun, and it rises not; and he seals up the stars. |
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9:7
Which commandeth°°
the sun,°
and it riseth°°
not;°
and sealeth up°°
the stars.° |
9:8
Who alone has stretched out the heavens, and walks on the sea as on firm ground. |
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9:8
Which alone°
spreadeth out°°
the heavens,°
and treadeth°°
upon°
the waves°
of the sea.° |
9:9
Who makes Pleias, and Hesperus, and Arcturus, and the chambers of the south. |
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9:9
Which maketh°°
Arcturus,°
Orion,°
and Pleiades,°
and the chambers°
of the south.° |
9:10
Who does great and unsearchable things; glorious also and excellent things, innumerable. |
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9:10
Which doeth°°
great things°
past°°
finding out;°
yea, and wonders°°
without°°
number.° |
9:11
If ever he should go beyond me, I shall not see him: if he should pass by me, neither thus have I known [it]. |
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9:11
Lo,°
he goeth°°
by°
me, and I see°°
[him] not:°
he passeth on°°
also, but I perceive°°
him not.° |
9:12
If he would take away, who shall turn him back? or who shall say to him, What hast thou done? |
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9:12
Behold,°
he taketh away,°°
who°
can hinder°°
him? who°
will say°°
unto°
him, What°
doest°°
thou? |
9:13
For [if] he has turned away [his] anger, the whales under heaven have stooped under him. |
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9:13
[If] Eloah°
will not°
withdraw°°
his anger,°
the proud°°
helpers°°
do stoop°°
under°
him. |
9:14
Oh then that he would hearken to me, or judge my cause. |
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9:14
How much less°°
shall I°
answer°°
him, [and] choose out°°
my words°
[to reason] with°
him? |
9:15
For though I be righteous, he will not hearken to me: I will intreat his judgment. |
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9:15
Whom,°
though°
I were righteous,°°
[yet] would I not°
answer,°°
[but] I would make supplication°°
to my judge.°° |
9:16
And if I should call and he should not hearken, I cannot believe that he has listened to my voice. |
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9:16
If°
I had called,°°
and he had answered°°
me; [yet] would I not°
believe°°
that°
he had hearkened°°
unto my voice.° |
9:17
Let him not crush me with a dark storm: but he has made by bruises many without cause. |
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9:17
For°
he breaketh°°
me with a tempest,°
and multiplieth°°
my wounds°
without cause.° |
9:18
For he suffers me not to take breath, but he has filled me with bitterness. |
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9:18
He will not°
suffer°°
me to take°°
my breath,°
but°
filleth°°
me with bitterness.° |
9:19
For indeed he is strong in power: who then shall resist his judgment? |
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9:19
If°
[I speak] of strength,°
lo,°
[he is] strong:°
and if°
of judgment,°
who°
shall set°°
me a time°
[to plead]? |
9:20
For though I should seem righteous, my mouth will be profane: and though I should seem blameless, I shall be proved perverse. |
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9:20
If°
I justify°°
myself, mine own mouth°
shall condemn°°
me: [if I say], I°
[am] perfect,°
it shall also prove me perverse.°° |
9:21
For even if I have sinned, I know it not [in] my soul: but my life is taken away. |
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9:21
[Though] I°
[were] perfect,°
[yet] would I not°
know°°
my soul:°
I would despise°°
my life.° |
9:22
Wherefore I said, Wrath slays the great and mighty man. |
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9:22
This°
[is] one°
[thing], therefore°°
I said°°
[it], He°
destroyeth°°
the perfect°
and the wicked.° |
9:23
For the worthless die, but the righteous are laughed to scorn. |
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9:23
If°
the scourge°
slay°°
suddenly,°
he will laugh°°
at the trial°
of the innocent.° |
9:24
For they are delivered into the hands of the unrighteous [man]: he covers the faces of the judges [of the earth]: but if it be not he, who is it? |
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9:24
The earth°
is given°°
into the hand°
of the wicked:°
he covereth°°
the faces°
of the judges°°
thereof; if°
not,°
where,°
[and] who°
[is] he?° |
9:25
But my life is swifter than a post: [my days] have fled away, and they knew it not. |
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9:25
Now my days°
are swifter°°
than°
a post:°°
they flee away,°°
they see°°
no°
good.° |
9:26
Or again, is there a trace of [their] path [left] by ships? or is there one of the flying eagle as it seeks [its] prey? |
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9:26
They are passed away°°
as°
the swift°
ships:°
as the eagle°
[that] hasteth°°
to°
the prey.° |
9:27
And if I should say, I will forget to speak, I will bow down my face and groan; |
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9:27
If°
I say,°°
I will forget°°
my complaint,°
I will leave off°°
my heaviness,°
and comfort°°
[myself]: |
9:28
I quake in all my limbs, for I know that thou wilt not leave me alone [as] innocent. |
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9:28
I am afraid°°
of all°
my sorrows,°
I know°°
that°
thou wilt not°
hold me innocent.°° |
9:29
But since I am ungodly, why have I not died? |
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9:29
[If] I°
be wicked,°°
why°
then°
labour°°
I in vain?° |
9:30
For if I should wash myself with snow, and purge myself with pure hands, |
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9:30
If°
I wash°°
myself°
with°
snow°
water,°°
and make my hands°
never°°°
so clean;°° |
9:31
thou hadst thoroughly plunged me in filth, and my garment had abhorred me. |
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9:31
Yet°
shalt thou plunge°°
me in the ditch,°
and mine own clothes°
shall abhor°°
me. |
9:32
For thou art not man like me, with whom I could contend, that we might come together to judgment. |
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9:32
For°
[he is] not°
a man,°
as I°
[am, that] I should answer°°
him, [and] we should come°°
together°
in judgment.° |
9:33
Would that [he] our mediator were [present], and a reprover, and one who should hear [the cause] between both. |
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9:33
Neither°
is°
there°
any daysman°°
betwixt°
us, [that] might lay°°
his hand°
upon°
us both.° |
9:34
Let him remove [his] rod from me, and let not his fear terrify me: |
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9:34
Let him take°°
his rod°
away°°°
from°°
me, and let not°
his fear°
terrify°°
me: |
9:35
so shall I not be afraid, but I will speak: for I am not thus conscious [of guilt]. |
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9:35
[Then] would I speak,°°
and not°
fear°°
him; but°
[it is] not°
so°
with°
me. |