ASV_Strong : Job 13
1. Lo[H5869], mine eye hath seen[H7200] all this[H241], Mine ear hath heard[H8085] and understood it[H995].
2. What ye know[H1847], the same do I know[H3045] also[H5307]: I am not inferior unto you.
3. Surely[H199] I would speak[H1696] to the Almighty[H7706], And I desire[H2654] to reason[H3198] with God[H410].
4. But[H199] ye are forgers[H2950] of lies[H8267]; Ye are all physicians[H7495] of no value[H457].
5. Oh that[H5414] ye would altogether[H2790] hold your peace[H2790]! And it would be your wisdom[H2451].
6. Hear[H8085] now my reasoning[H8433], And hearken[H7181] to the pleadings[H7379] of my lips[H8193].
7. Will ye speak[H1696] unrighteously[H5766] for God[H410], And talk[H1696] deceitfully for him[H7423]?
8. Will ye show[H5375] partiality[H6440] to him[H7378]? Will ye contend for God[H410]?
9. Is it good[H2895] that he should search you out[H2713]? Or as one[H582] deceiveth[H2048] a man[H2048], will ye deceive him?
10. He will surely[H3198] reprove[H3198] you[H5643], If ye do secretly show[H5375] partiality[H6440].
11. Shall not his majesty[H7613] make you afraid[H1204], And his dread[H6343] fall upon you[H5307]?
12. Your memorable[H2146] sayings are[H4912] proverbs of ashes[H665], Your defences[H1354] are defences[H1354] of clay[H2563].
13. Hold your peace[H2790], let me alone[H1696], that I may speak; And let come on me what will[H5674].
14. Wherefore should I take[H5375] my flesh[H1320] in my teeth[H8127], And put[H7760] my life[H5315] in my hand[H3709]?
15. Behold[H2005], he will slay[H6991] me[H3176]; I have no hope: Nevertheless I will maintain[H3198] my ways[H1870] before him[H6440].
16. This also shall be my salvation[H3444], That a godless[H2611] man shall not come[H935] before him[H6440].
17. Hear[H8085] diligently[H8085] my speech[H4405], And let my declaration[H262] be in your ears[H241].
18. Behold now[H6186], I have set my cause[H4941] in order[H3045]; I know that I am righteous[H6663].
19. Who is he that will contend[H7378] with me[H2790]? For then would I hold my peace and give up the ghost[H1478].
20. Only do[H6213] not two[H8147] things unto me[H5641]; Then will I not hide myself from thy face[H6440]:
21. Withdraw[H7368] thy hand[H3709] far[H7368] from me[H367]; And let not thy terror make me afraid[H1204].
22. Then call[H7121] thou[H6030], and I will answer; Or let me speak[H1696], and answer thou me[H7725].
23. How many are mine iniquities[H5771] and sins[H2403]? Make me to know[H3045] my transgression[H6588] and my sin[H2403].
24. Wherefore hidest[H5641] thou thy face[H6440], And holdest[H2803] me for thine enemy[H341]?
25. Wilt thou harass[H6206] a driven[H5086] leaf[H5929]? And wilt thou pursue[H7291] the dry[H3002] stubble[H7179]?
26. For thou writest[H3789] bitter things[H4846] against me[H3423], And makest me to inherit the iniquities[H5771] of my youth[H5271]:
27. Thou puttest[H7760] my feet[H7272] also in the stocks[H5465], And markest[H8104] all my paths[H734]; Thou settest a bound[H2707] to the soles[H8328] of my feet[H7272]:
28. Though I am like a rotten thing[H7538] that consumeth[H1086], Like a garment[H899] that is moth[H6211] - eaten[H398].
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