KJV-Parallel Bibles
1. Then Job answered and said,
2. I know it is so of a truth: but how should man be just with God?
3. If he will 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 hath prospered?
5. Which removeth the mountains, and they know not: which overturneth them in his anger.
6. Which shaketh the earth out of her place, and the pillars thereof tremble.
7. Which commandeth the sun, and it riseth not; and sealeth up the stars.
8. Which alone spreadeth out the heavens, and treadeth upon the waves of the sea.
9. Which maketh Arcturus, Orion, and Pleiades, and the chambers of the south.
10. Which doeth great things past finding out; yea, and wonders 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 taketh away, who can hinder him? who will say unto him, What doest thou?
13. If God will not withdraw his anger, the proud helpers 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, but I would make supplication to my judge.
16. If I had called, and he had answered me; yet would I not believe that he had 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 I speak of strength, lo, he is strong: and if of judgment, who shall set me a time to plead?
20. If I justify myself, mine own mouth shall condemn me: if I say, I am perfect, it shall also prove me perverse.
21. Though I were perfect, yet would I not know my soul: I would despise my life.
22. This is one thing, therefore I said it, He destroyeth the perfect and the wicked.
23. If the scourge slay suddenly, he will laugh 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 not, where, and who is he?
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 hasteth to the prey.
27. If I say, I will forget my complaint, I will leave off my heaviness, and comfort myself:
28. I am afraid of all my sorrows, I know that thou wilt not hold me innocent.
29. If I be wicked, why then labour I in vain?
30. If I wash myself with snow water, and make my hands never so clean;
31. Yet shalt 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, and we should come together in judgment.
33. Neither is there any daysman betwixt us, that might lay his hand upon us both.
34. Let him take his rod away from me, and let not his fear terrify me:
35. Then would I speak, and not fear him; but it is not so with me.
1. And Job made answer and said,
2. Truly, I see that it is so: and how is it possible for a man to get his right before God?
3. If a man was desiring to go to law with him, he would not be able to give him an answer to one out of a thousand questions.
4. He is wise in heart and great in strength: who ever made his face hard against him, and any good came of it?
5. It is he who takes away the mountains without their knowledge, overturning them in his wrath:
6. Who is moving the earth out of its place, so that its pillars are shaking:
7. Who gives orders to the sun, and it does not give its light; and who keeps the stars from shining.
8. By whose hand the heavens were stretched out, and who is walking on the waves of the sea:
9. Who made the Bear and Orion, and the Pleiades, and the store-houses of the south:
10. Who does great things not to be searched out; yes, wonders without number.
11. See, he goes past me and I see him not: he goes on before, but I have no knowledge of him.
12. If he puts out his hand to take, by whom may it be turned back? who may say to him, What are you doing?
13. God's wrath may not be turned back; the helpers of Rahab were bent down under him.
14. How much less may I give an answer to him, using the right words in argument with him?
15. Even if my cause was good, I would not be able to give an answer; I would make request for grace from him who was against me.
16. If I had sent for him to be present, and he had come, I would have no faith that he would give ear to my voice.
17. For I would be crushed by his storm, my wounds would be increased without cause.
18. He would not let me take my breath, but I would be full of bitter grief.
19. If it is a question of strength, he says, Here I am! and if it is a question of a cause at law, he says, Who will give me a fixed day?
20. Though I was in the right, he would say that I was in the wrong; I have done no evil; but he says that I am a sinner.
21. I have done no wrong; I give no thought to what becomes of me; I have no desire for life.
22. It is all the same to me; so I say, He puts an end to the sinner and to him who has done no wrong together.
23. If death comes suddenly through disease, he makes sport of the fate of those who have done no wrong.
24. The land is given into the power of the evil-doer; the faces of its judges are covered; if not by him, then who has done it?
25. My days go quicker than a post-runner: they go in flight, they see no good.
26. They go rushing on like reed-boats, like an eagle dropping suddenly on its food.
27. If I say, I will put my grief out of mind, I will let my face be sad no longer and I will be bright;
28. I go in fear of all my pains; I am certain that I will not be free from sin in your eyes.
29. You will not let me be clear of sin! why then do I take trouble for nothing?
30. If I am washed with snow water, and make my hands clean with soap;
31. Then you will have me pushed into the dust, so that I will seem disgusting to my very clothing.
32. For he is not a man as I am, that I might give him an answer, that we might come together before a judge.
33. There is no one to give a decision between us, who might have control over us.
34. Let him take away his rod from me and not send his fear on me:
35. Then I would say what is in my mind without fear of him; for there is no cause of fear in myself.
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