JobChapter 9 |
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1 Then Job |
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2 I know |
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3 If |
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4 He is wise |
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5 Which removes |
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6 Which shakes |
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7 Which commands |
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8 Which alone |
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9 Which makes |
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10 Which does |
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11 See, |
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12 Behold, |
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13 If God |
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14 How |
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15 Whom, |
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16 If |
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17 For he breaks |
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18 He will not suffer |
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19 If |
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20 If |
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21 Though I were perfect, |
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22 This |
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23 If |
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24 The earth |
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25 Now my days |
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26 They are passed |
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27 If |
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28 I am afraid |
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29 If I be wicked, |
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30 If |
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31 Yet |
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32 For he is not a man, |
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33 Neither |
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34 Let him take |
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35 Then would I speak, |
JobChapter 9 |
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1 THEN Job answered and said, |
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2 Truly, I know that it is so; but how can a man be declared innocent before God? |
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3 If he should contend with him, he cannot answer him one out of a thousand. |
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4 He is wise in heart and mighty in strength; who has hardened himself against him, and had peace? |
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5 He who removes mountains and overthrows them with his anger, does he not know? |
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6 He shakes the earth out of its foundations, and its inhabitants tremble. |
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7 He commands the sun, and it does not rise; and seals up the stars. |
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8 He alone stretched out the heavens, and treads upon the mighty waves of the sea. |
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9 He made the Pleiades, Aldebaran, and Orion, and the chambers of the south. |
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10 He has done great things past finding out; yea, and wonders without number. |
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11 Lo, if he will pass by me, I will see him not; and if he will circle around me, I will not perceive him. |
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12 Behold, if he will destroy, who can resist him? Who can say to him, What doest thou? |
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13 God will not turn away his anger, the mighty shall be humiliated under him. |
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14 I will answer him also, and choose out my words in his presence. |
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15 If I am not justified I would not resist, but I would make supplication to my judge. |
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16 If I had called, and he had answered me, yet I would not believe that he had hearkened to my voice. |
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17 For he has crushed me with a tempest, and multiplied my wounds without cause. |
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18 He will not suffer me to take my breath, but fills me with bitterness. |
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19 If it is a matter of strength, lo, he is mighty; and if of judgment, who can summon him? |
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20 If I justify myself, my own mouth shall condemn me; though I say I am pure, he shall also prove me perverse. |
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21 Though I am pure, yet I would not know my soul; I would despise my life. |
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22 It is all the same; therefore I say, He destroys both the righteous and the wicked. |
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23 If his rod slays suddenly, he will laugh at the foolishness of the innocent. |
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24 The earth is handed over to the wicked; and the faces of the judges are covered; if not, who can endure their wrath? |
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25 Now my days are swifter than a runner; they flee away, they see no good. |
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26 They are passed away like ships of the enemy; like the eagle that swoops on the prey. |
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27 I have forgotten my bitterness; if my mind or my thought would leave me alone, then I would find rest. |
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28 Though I am at rest, I am afraid of every torment, because I know that thou wilt not declare me innocent. |
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29 Behold, if I am declared guilty, why then dost thou consume me in vain? |
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30 If I wash myself with snow why then dost thou consume me in my hands; |
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31 Yet thou shalt plunge me into the pit, and my own clothes shall be abhorrent to me. |
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32 For God is not a man as I am, that I might answer him. and that we should come together for trial. |
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33 O that there were a judge between us, that he might silence us both! |
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34 Let him take his rod away from me, and let not his fear terrify me; |
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35 Then I would speak, and I will not be afraid of him, for I have never been against him. |
JobChapter 9 |
JobChapter 9 |
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1 Then Job |
1 THEN Job answered and said, |
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2 I know |
2 Truly, I know that it is so; but how can a man be declared innocent before God? |
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3 If |
3 If he should contend with him, he cannot answer him one out of a thousand. |
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4 He is wise |
4 He is wise in heart and mighty in strength; who has hardened himself against him, and had peace? |
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5 Which removes |
5 He who removes mountains and overthrows them with his anger, does he not know? |
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6 Which shakes |
6 He shakes the earth out of its foundations, and its inhabitants tremble. |
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7 Which commands |
7 He commands the sun, and it does not rise; and seals up the stars. |
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8 Which alone |
8 He alone stretched out the heavens, and treads upon the mighty waves of the sea. |
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9 Which makes |
9 He made the Pleiades, Aldebaran, and Orion, and the chambers of the south. |
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10 Which does |
10 He has done great things past finding out; yea, and wonders without number. |
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11 See, |
11 Lo, if he will pass by me, I will see him not; and if he will circle around me, I will not perceive him. |
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12 Behold, |
12 Behold, if he will destroy, who can resist him? Who can say to him, What doest thou? |
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13 If God |
13 God will not turn away his anger, the mighty shall be humiliated under him. |
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14 How |
14 I will answer him also, and choose out my words in his presence. |
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15 Whom, |
15 If I am not justified I would not resist, but I would make supplication to my judge. |
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16 If |
16 If I had called, and he had answered me, yet I would not believe that he had hearkened to my voice. |
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17 For he breaks |
17 For he has crushed me with a tempest, and multiplied my wounds without cause. |
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18 He will not suffer |
18 He will not suffer me to take my breath, but fills me with bitterness. |
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19 If |
19 If it is a matter of strength, lo, he is mighty; and if of judgment, who can summon him? |
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20 If |
20 If I justify myself, my own mouth shall condemn me; though I say I am pure, he shall also prove me perverse. |
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21 Though I were perfect, |
21 Though I am pure, yet I would not know my soul; I would despise my life. |
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22 This |
22 It is all the same; therefore I say, He destroys both the righteous and the wicked. |
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23 If |
23 If his rod slays suddenly, he will laugh at the foolishness of the innocent. |
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24 The earth |
24 The earth is handed over to the wicked; and the faces of the judges are covered; if not, who can endure their wrath? |
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25 Now my days |
25 Now my days are swifter than a runner; they flee away, they see no good. |
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26 They are passed |
26 They are passed away like ships of the enemy; like the eagle that swoops on the prey. |
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27 If |
27 I have forgotten my bitterness; if my mind or my thought would leave me alone, then I would find rest. |
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28 I am afraid |
28 Though I am at rest, I am afraid of every torment, because I know that thou wilt not declare me innocent. |
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29 If I be wicked, |
29 Behold, if I am declared guilty, why then dost thou consume me in vain? |
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30 If |
30 If I wash myself with snow why then dost thou consume me in my hands; |
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31 Yet |
31 Yet thou shalt plunge me into the pit, and my own clothes shall be abhorrent to me. |
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32 For he is not a man, |
32 For God is not a man as I am, that I might answer him. and that we should come together for trial. |
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33 Neither |
33 O that there were a judge between us, that he might silence us both! |
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34 Let him take |
34 Let him take his rod away from me, and let not his fear terrify me; |
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35 Then would I speak, |
35 Then I would speak, and I will not be afraid of him, for I have never been against him. |