{"book":"Job","slug":"job","ch":9,"genre":"poetry","sub":"Job","prev":"job/8","next":"job/10","verses":[{"v":1,"t":"Then Job answered:","f":[],"h":"Job: How Can I Contend with God?","style":"reg"},{"v":2,"t":"“ Yes, I know that [it is] so, but how can a mortal be righteous before God?","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"“ Yes, I know that [it is] so,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"but how can a mortal be righteous before God?"}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":3,"t":"If one wished to contend with [God], he could not answer Him one [time] out of a thousand.","f":["Or If God wished to contend with someone"],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"If one wished to contend with [God],"},{"style":"indent2","t":"he could not answer Him one [time] out of a thousand."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":4,"t":"[God is] wise in heart and mighty in strength. Who has resisted Him and prospered?","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"[God is] wise in heart and mighty in strength."},{"style":"indent2","t":"Who has resisted Him and prospered?"}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":5,"t":"He moves mountains without their knowledge [and] overturns them in His anger.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"He moves mountains without their knowledge"},{"style":"indent2","t":"[and] overturns them in His anger."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":6,"t":"He shakes the earth from its place, so that its foundations tremble.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"He shakes the earth from its place,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"so that its foundations tremble."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":7,"t":"He commands the sun not to shine; He seals off the stars.","f":["Or rise"],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"He commands the sun not to shine;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"He seals off the stars."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":8,"t":"He alone stretches out the heavens and treads on the waves of the sea.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"He alone stretches out the heavens"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and treads on the waves of the sea."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":9,"t":"He is the Maker of the Bear [and] Orion, of the Pleiades and the constellations of the south.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"He is the Maker of the Bear [and] Orion,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"of the Pleiades and the constellations of the south."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":10,"t":"He does great things beyond searching out, and wonders without number.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"He does great things beyond searching out,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and wonders without number."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":11,"t":"Were He to pass by me, I would not see Him; were He to move, I would not recognize Him.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Were He to pass by me, I would not see Him;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"were He to move, I would not recognize Him."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":12,"t":"If He takes away, who can stop Him? Who dares to ask Him,‘ What are You doing?’","f":["Or snatches someone in death"],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"If He takes away, who can stop Him?"},{"style":"indent2","t":"Who dares to ask Him,‘ What are You doing?’"}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":13,"t":"God does not restrain His anger; the helpers of Rahab cower beneath Him.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"God does not restrain His anger;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"the helpers of Rahab cower beneath Him."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":14,"t":"How then can I answer Him or choose my arguments against Him?","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"How then can I answer Him"},{"style":"indent2","t":"or choose my arguments against Him?"}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":15,"t":"For even if I were right, I could not answer. I could only beg my Judge for mercy.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"For even if I were right, I could not answer."},{"style":"indent2","t":"I could only beg my Judge for mercy."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":16,"t":"If I summoned Him and He answered me, I do not believe He would listen to my voice.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"If I summoned Him and He answered me,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"I do not believe He would listen to my voice."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":17,"t":"For He would crush me with a tempest and multiply my wounds without cause.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"For He would crush me with a tempest"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and multiply my wounds without cause."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":18,"t":"He does not let me catch my breath, but overwhelms me with bitterness.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"He does not let me catch my breath,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"but overwhelms me with bitterness."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":19,"t":"If it is a matter of strength, He is indeed mighty! If it is a matter of justice, who can summon Him?","f":["See LXX; Hebrew me"],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"If it is a matter of strength,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"He is indeed mighty!"},{"style":"indent1","t":"If it is a matter of justice,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"who can summon Him?"}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":20,"t":"Even if I were righteous, my mouth would condemn me; if I were blameless, it would declare me guilty.","f":["Or He would declare me guilty"],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Even if I were righteous, my mouth would condemn me;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"if I were blameless, it would declare me guilty."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":21,"t":"Though I am blameless, I have no concern for myself; I despise my own life.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"Though I am blameless, I have no concern for myself;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"I despise my own life."}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":22,"t":"It is all the same, and so I say,‘ He destroys both the blameless and the wicked.’","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"It is all the same, and so I say,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"‘ He destroys both the blameless and the wicked.’"}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":23,"t":"When the scourge brings sudden death, He mocks the despair of the innocent.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"When the scourge brings sudden death,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"He mocks the despair of the innocent."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":24,"t":"The earth is given into the hand of the wicked; He blindfolds its judges. If it is not [He], then who [is] it?","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"The earth is given into the hand of the wicked;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"He blindfolds its judges."},{"style":"indent2","t":"If it is not [He], then who [is] it?"}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":25,"t":"My days are swifter than a runner; they flee without seeing good.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"My days are swifter than a runner;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"they flee without seeing good."}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":26,"t":"They sweep by like boats of papyrus, like an eagle swooping down on its prey.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"They sweep by like boats of papyrus,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"like an eagle swooping down on its prey."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":27,"t":"If I were to say,‘ I will forget my complaint [and] change my expression and smile,’","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"If I were to say,‘ I will forget my complaint"},{"style":"indent2","t":"[and] change my expression and smile,’"}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":28,"t":"I would still dread all my sufferings; I know that You will not acquit me.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"I would still dread all my sufferings;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"I know that You will not acquit me."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":29,"t":"Since I am already found guilty, why should I labor in vain?","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Since I am already found guilty,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"why should I labor in vain?"}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":30,"t":"If I should wash myself with snow and cleanse my hands with lye,","f":["Or soap"],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"If I should wash myself with snow"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and cleanse my hands with lye,"}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":31,"t":"then You would plunge me into the pit, and even my own clothes would despise me.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"then You would plunge me into the pit,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and even my own clothes would despise me."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":32,"t":"For He is not a man like me, that I can answer Him, that we can take each other to court.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"For He is not a man like me, that I can answer Him,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"that we can take each other to court."}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":33,"t":"Nor is there a mediator between us, to lay his hand upon us both.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Nor is there a mediator between us,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"to lay his hand upon us both."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":34,"t":"Let Him remove His rod from me, so that His terror will no longer frighten me.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Let Him remove His rod from me,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"so that His terror will no longer frighten me."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":35,"t":"Then I would speak without fear of Him. But as it is, I am on my own.[’’]","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Then I would speak without fear of Him."},{"style":"indent2","t":"But as it is, I am on my own.[’’]"}],"style":"indent1"}]}