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Job Defends Himself
“Behold, my eye has seen all this,
My ear has heard and understood it.
“Behold, my eye has seen all this,
My ear has heard and understood it.
Job Reproves his Friends
Lo, mine eye hath seen all [this], mine ear hath heard and understood it.
Lo, mine eye hath seen all [this], mine ear hath heard and understood it.
What you know, I also know;
I am not inferior to you.
I am not inferior to you.
What ye know, I know also: I am not inferior to you.
But I would speak to the Almighty,
And I desire to reason with God.
And I desire to reason with God.
But I will speak to the Almighty, and will find pleasure in reasoning with God;
But you forgers of lies,
You are all worthless physicians.
You are all worthless physicians.
For ye indeed are forgers of lies, ye are all physicians of no value.
Oh, that you would be silent,
And it would be your wisdom!
And it would be your wisdom!
Oh that ye would be altogether silent! and it would be your wisdom.
Now hear my reasoning,
And heed the pleadings of my lips.
And heed the pleadings of my lips.
Hear now my defence, and hearken to the pleadings of my lips.
Will ye speak unrighteously for God? and for him speak deceit?
Will you show partiality for Him?
Will you contend for God?
Will you contend for God?
Will ye accept his person? will ye contend for God?
Will it be well when He searches you out?
Or can you mock Him as one mocks a man?
Or can you mock Him as one mocks a man?
Will it be well if he should search you out? or as one mocketh at a man, will ye mock at him?
He will surely rebuke you
If you secretly show partiality.
If you secretly show partiality.
He will certainly reprove you, if ye do secretly accept persons.
Shall not his excellency terrify you? and his dread fall upon you?
Your platitudes are proverbs of ashes,
Your defenses are defenses of clay.
Your defenses are defenses of clay.
Your memorable sayings are proverbs of ashes, your bulwarks are bulwarks of mire.
Hold your peace from me, and I will speak, and let come on me what [will]!
Why do I take my flesh in my teeth,
And put my life in my hands?
And put my life in my hands?
Wherefore should I take my flesh in my teeth, and put my life in my hand?
Though He slay me, yet will I trust Him.
Even so, I will defend my own ways before Him.
Even so, I will defend my own ways before Him.
Behold, if he slay me, yet would I trust in him; but I will defend mine own ways before him.
He also shall be my salvation,
For a hypocrite could not come before Him.
For a hypocrite could not come before Him.
This also shall be my salvation, that a profane man shall not come before his face.
Listen carefully to my speech,
And to my declaration with your ears.
And to my declaration with your ears.
Hear attentively my speech and my declaration with your ears.
See now, I have prepared my case,
I know that I shall be vindicated.
I know that I shall be vindicated.
Behold now, I have ordered the cause; I know that I shall be justified.
Who is he who will contend with me?
If now I hold my tongue, I perish.
If now I hold my tongue, I perish.
Who is he that contendeth with me? For if I were silent now, I should expire.
Job’s Despondent Prayer
“Only two things do not do to me,
Then I will not hide myself from You:
“Only two things do not do to me,
Then I will not hide myself from You:
Only do not two things unto me; then will I not hide myself from thee.
Withdraw Your hand far from me,
And let not the dread of You make me afraid.
And let not the dread of You make me afraid.
Withdraw thy hand far from me; and let not thy terror make me afraid:
Then call, and I will answer;
Or let me speak, then You respond to me.
Or let me speak, then You respond to me.
Then call, and I will answer; or I will speak, and answer thou me.
How many are my iniquities and sins?
Make me know my transgression and my sin.
Make me know my transgression and my sin.
How many are mine iniquities and sins? Make me to know my transgression and my sin.
Why do You hide Your face,
And regard me as Your enemy?
And regard me as Your enemy?
Wherefore dost thou hide thy face, and countest me for thine enemy?
Will You frighten a leaf driven to and fro?
And will You pursue dry stubble?
And will You pursue dry stubble?
Wilt thou terrify a driven leaf? and wilt thou pursue dry stubble?
For You write bitter things against me,
And make me inherit the iniquities of my youth.
And make me inherit the iniquities of my youth.
For thou writest bitter things against me, and makest me to possess the iniquities of my youth;
And thou puttest my feet in the stocks, and markest all my paths; thou settest a bound about the soles of my feet; --