- 1. Then Job answered and said,
- 2. Of a truth I know that it is so: But how can man be just with God?
- 3. If he be pleased to 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 prospered?-
- 5. [Him] that removeth the mountains, and they know it not, When he overturneth them in his anger;
- 6. That shaketh the earth out of its place, And the pillars thereof tremble;
- 7. That commandeth the sun, and it riseth not, And sealeth up the stars;
- 8. That alone stretcheth out the heavens, And treadeth upon the waves of the sea;
- 9. That maketh the Bear, Orion, and the Pleiades, And the chambers of the south;
- 10. That doeth great things past finding out, Yea, marvellous things 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 seizeth [the prey], who can hinder him? Who will say unto him, What doest thou?
- 13. God will not withdraw his anger; The helpers of Rahab 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; I would make supplication to my judge.
- 16. If I had called, and he had answered me, Yet would I not believe that he 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 [we speak] of strength, lo, [he is] mighty! And if of justice, Who, [saith he], will summon me?
- 20. Though I be righteous, mine own mouth shall condemn me: Though I be perfect, it shall prove me perverse.
- 21. I am perfect; I regard not myself; I despise my life.
- 22. It is all one; therefore I say, He destroyeth the perfect and the wicked.
- 23. If the scourge slay suddenly, He will mock 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 [it be] not [he], who then is it?
- 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 swoopeth on the prey.
- 27. If I say, I will forget my complaint, I will put off my [sad] countenance, and be of good cheer;
- 28. I am afraid of all my sorrows, I know that thou wilt not hold me innocent.
- 29. I shall be condemned; Why then do I labor in vain?
- 30. If I wash myself with snow water, And make my hands never so clean;
- 31. Yet wilt 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, That we should come together in judgment.
- 33. There is no umpire betwixt us, That might lay his hand upon us both.
- 34. Let him take his rod away from me, And let not his terror make me afraid:
- 35. Then would I speak, and not fear him; For I am not so in myself.
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