| 1 | 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 hath hardened {himself} against him, and hath prospered? |
| 5 | Which removeth the mountains, and they know not: which overturneth them in his anger. |
| 6 | Which shaketh the earth out of her place, and the pillars thereof tremble. |
| 7 | Which commandeth the sun, and it riseth not; and sealeth up the stars. |
| 8 | Which alone spreadeth out the heavens, and treadeth upon the waves of the sea. |
| 9 | Which maketh Arcturus, Orion, and Pleiades, and the chambers of the south. |
| 10 | Which doeth great things past finding out; yea, and wonders without number. |
| 11 | Lo, he goeth by me, and I see {him} not: he passeth on also, but I perceive him not. |
| 12 | Behold, he taketh away, who can hinder him? who will say unto him, What doest 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 breaketh me with a tempest, and multiplieth my wounds without cause. |
| 18 | He will not suffer me to take my breath, but filleth 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 destroyeth 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 covereth 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} hasteth 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 wilt not hold me innocent. |
| 29 | {If} I be wicked, why then labour I in vain? |
| 30 | If I wash myself with snow water, and make my hands never so clean; |
| 31 | Yet shalt 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 betwixt 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. |