The Book of Job 9

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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 ⚑

King James Version (1769) with Apocrypha · Crosswire Bible Society / eBible.org (standard text of 1769) · Public Domain

Cross-references: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · public domain