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Job: No Arbiter Between God and Man
And Job answered and said,
And Job answered and said,
Job’s Third Speech: A Response to Bildad
Then Job spoke again:
Then Job spoke again:
Of a truth I know it is so; but how can man be just with God?
“Yes, I know all this is true in principle.
But how can a person be declared innocent in God’s sight?
But how can a person be declared innocent in God’s sight?
If he shall choose to strive with him, he cannot answer him one thing of a thousand.
He is wise in heart and mighty in strength: who hath hardened himself against him, and had peace?
For God is so wise and so mighty.
Who has ever challenged him successfully?
Who has ever challenged him successfully?
Who removeth mountains, and they know it not, when he overturneth them in his anger;
“Without warning, he moves the mountains,
overturning them in his anger.
overturning them in his anger.
Who shaketh the earth out of its place, and the pillars thereof tremble;
He shakes the earth from its place,
and its foundations tremble.
and its foundations tremble.
Who commandeth the sun, and it riseth not, and he sealeth up the stars;
If he commands it, the sun won’t rise
and the stars won’t shine.
and the stars won’t shine.
Who alone spreadeth out the heavens, and treadeth upon the high waves of the sea;
He alone has spread out the heavens
and marches on the waves of the sea.
and marches on the waves of the sea.
Who maketh the Bear, Orion, and the Pleiades, and the chambers of the south;
He made all the stars — the Bear and Orion,
the Pleiades and the constellations of the southern sky.
the Pleiades and the constellations of the southern sky.
Who doeth great things past finding out, and wonders without number.
He does great things too marvelous to understand.
He performs countless miracles.
He performs countless miracles.
Lo, he goeth by me, and I see [him] not; and he passeth along, and I perceive him not.
“Yet when he comes near, I cannot see him.
When he moves by, I do not see him go.
When he moves by, I do not see him go.
Behold, he taketh away: who will hinder him? Who will say unto him, What doest thou?
If he snatches someone in death, who can stop him?
Who dares to ask, ‘What are you doing?’
Who dares to ask, ‘What are you doing?’
+God withdraweth not his anger; the proud helpers stoop under him:
How much less shall I answer him, choose out my words [to strive] with him?
“So who am I, that I should try to answer God
or even reason with him?
or even reason with him?
Whom, though I were righteous, [yet] would I not answer; I would make supplication to my judge.
Even if I were right, I would have no defense.
I could only plead for mercy.
I could only plead for mercy.
If I had called, and he had answered me, I would not believe that he hearkened to my voice, --
And even if I summoned him and he responded,
I’m not sure he would listen to me.
I’m not sure he would listen to me.
He, who crusheth me with a tempest, and multiplieth my wounds without cause.
For he attacks me with a storm
and repeatedly wounds me without cause.
and repeatedly wounds me without cause.
He suffereth me not to take my breath, for he filleth me with bitternesses.
He will not let me catch my breath,
but fills me instead with bitter sorrows.
but fills me instead with bitter sorrows.
Be it a question of strength, lo, [he is] strong; and be it of judgment, who will set me a time?
If I justified myself, mine own mouth would condemn me; were I perfect, he would prove me perverse.
Were I perfect, [yet] would I not know my soul: I would despise my life.
“I am innocent,
but it makes no difference to me —
I despise my life.
but it makes no difference to me —
I despise my life.
It is all one; therefore I said, he destroyeth the perfect and the wicked.
Innocent or wicked, it is all the same to God.
That’s why I say, ‘He destroys both the blameless and the wicked.’
That’s why I say, ‘He destroys both the blameless and the wicked.’
If the scourge kill suddenly, he mocketh at the trial of the innocent.
The earth is given over into the hand of the wicked [man]; he covereth the faces of its judges. If not, who then is it?
The whole earth is in the hands of the wicked,
and God blinds the eyes of the judges.
If he’s not the one who does it, who is?
and God blinds the eyes of the judges.
If he’s not the one who does it, who is?
And my days are swifter than a runner: they flee away, they see no good.
“My life passes more swiftly than a runner.
It flees away without a glimpse of happiness.
It flees away without a glimpse of happiness.
They pass by like skiffs of reed; as an eagle that swoops upon the prey.
It disappears like a swift papyrus boat,
like an eagle swooping down on its prey.
like an eagle swooping down on its prey.
If I say, I will forget my complaint, I will leave off my [sad] countenance, and brighten up,
If I decided to forget my complaints,
to put away my sad face and be cheerful,
to put away my sad face and be cheerful,
I am afraid of all my sorrows; I know that thou wilt not hold me innocent.
I would still dread all the pain,
for I know you will not find me innocent, O God.
for I know you will not find me innocent, O God.
Be it that I am wicked, why then do I labour in vain?
Whatever happens, I will be found guilty.
So what’s the use of trying?
So what’s the use of trying?
If I washed myself with snow-water, and cleansed my hands in purity,
Even if I were to wash myself with soap
and clean my hands with lye,
and clean my hands with lye,
Then wouldest thou plunge me in the ditch, and mine own clothes would abhor me.
you would plunge me into a muddy ditch,
and my own filthy clothing would hate me.
and my own filthy clothing would hate me.
For he is not a man, as I am, that I should answer him; that we should come together in judgment.
“God is not a mortal like me,
so I cannot argue with him or take him to trial.
so I cannot argue with him or take him to trial.
There is not an umpire between us, who should lay his hand upon us both.
If only there were a mediator between us,
someone who could bring us together.
someone who could bring us together.
Let him take his rod away from me, and let not his terror make me afraid,
The mediator could make God stop beating me,
and I would no longer live in terror of his punishment.
and I would no longer live in terror of his punishment.