9:1 Then Job 347 answered 6030 8799 and said 559 8799,

9:2 I know 3045 8804 [it is] so of a truth 551: but how should man 582 be just 6663 8799 with God 410?(with God: or, before God?)

9:3 If he will 2654 8799 contend 7378 8800 with him, he cannot answer 6030 8799 him one 259 of a thousand 505.

9:4 [He is] wise 2450 in heart 3824, and mighty 533 in strength 3581: who hath hardened 7185 8689 [himself] against him, and hath prospered 7999 8799?

9:5 Which removeth 6275 8688 the mountains 2022, and they know 3045 8804 not: which overturneth 2015 8804 them in his anger 639.

9:6 Which shaketh 7264 8688 the earth 776 out of her place 4725, and the pillars 5982 thereof tremble 6426 8691.

9:7 Which commandeth 559 8802 the sun 2775, and it riseth 2224 8799 not; and sealeth up 2856 8799 the stars 3556.

9:8 Which alone spreadeth out 5186 8802 the heavens 8064, and treadeth 1869 8802 upon the waves 1116 of the sea 3220.(waves: Heb. heights)

9:9 Which maketh 6213 8802 Arcturus 5906, Orion 3685, and Pleiades 3598, and the chambers 2315 of the south 8486.(Arcturus…: Heb. Ash, Cesil, and Cimah)

9:10 Which doeth 6213 8802 great things 1419 past 369 finding out 2714; yea, and wonders 6381 8737 without number 4557.

9:11 Lo, he goeth 5674 8799 by me, and I see 7200 8799 [him] not: he passeth on 2498 8799 also, but I perceive 995 8799 him not.

9:12 Behold, he taketh away 2862 8799, who can hinder 7725 8686 him? who will say 559 8799 unto him, What doest 6213 8799 thou?(hinder…: Heb. turn him away?)

9:13 [If] God 433 will not withdraw 7725 8686 his anger 639, the proud 7293 helpers 5826 8802 do stoop 7817 8804 under him.(proud…: Heb. helpers of pride, or, strength)

9:14 How much less shall I answer 6030 8799 him, [and] choose out 977 8799 my words 1697 [to reason] with him?

9:15 Whom, though I were righteous 6663 8804, [yet] would I not answer 6030 8799, [but] I would make supplication 2603 8691 to my judge 8199 8781.

9:16 If I had called 7121 8804, and he had answered 6030 8799 me; [yet] would I not believe 539 8686 that he had hearkened 238 8686 unto my voice 6963.

9:17 For he breaketh 7779 8799 me with a tempest 8183, and multiplieth 7235 8689 my wounds 6482 without cause 2600.

9:18 He will not suffer 5414 8799 me to take 7725 8687 my breath 7307, but filleth 7646 8686 me with bitterness 4472.

9:19 If [I speak] of strength 3581, lo, [he is] strong 533: and if of judgment 4941, who shall set 3259 8686 me a time [to plead]?

9:20 If I justify 6663 8799 myself, mine own mouth 6310 shall condemn 7561 8686 me: [if I say], I [am] perfect 8535, it shall also prove me perverse 6140 8799.

9:21 [Though] I [were] perfect 8535, [yet] would I not know 3045 8799 my soul 5315: I would despise 3988 8799 my life 2416.

9:22 This [is] one 259 [thing], therefore I said 559 8804 [it], He destroyeth 3615 8764 the perfect 8535 and the wicked 7563.

9:23 If the scourge 7752 slay 4191 8686 suddenly 6597, he will laugh 3932 8799 at the trial 4531 of the innocent 5355.

9:24 The earth 776 is given 5414 8738 into the hand 3027 of the wicked 7563: he covereth 3680 8762 the faces 6440 of the judges 8199 8802 thereof; if not, where 645, [and] who [is] he?

9:25 Now my days 3117 are swifter 7043 8804 than a post 7323 8801: they flee away 1272 8804, they see 7200 8804 no good 2896.

9:26 They are passed away 2498 8804 as 5973 the swift 16 ships 591: as the eagle 5404 [that] hasteth 2907 8799 to the prey 400.(swift…: or, ships of Ebeh: Heb. ships of desire)

9:27 If I say 559 8800, I will forget 7911 8799 my complaint 7879, I will leave off 5800 8799 my heaviness 6440, and comfort 1082 8686 [myself]:

9:28 I am afraid 3025 8804 of all my sorrows 6094, I know 3045 8804 that thou wilt not hold me innocent 5352 8762.

9:29 [If] I be wicked 7561 8799, why then labour 3021 8799 I in vain 1892?

9:30 If I wash 7364 8694 myself with 7950 snow water 4325 1119, and make my hands 3709 never 1252 8676 1253 so clean 2141 8689;

9:31 Yet 227 shalt thou plunge 2881 8799 me in the ditch 7845, and mine own clothes 8008 shall abhor 8581 8765 me.(abhor…: or, make me to be abhorred)

9:32 For [he is] not a man 376, as I [am, that] I should answer 6030 8799 him, [and] we should come 935 8799 together 3162 in judgment 4941.

9:33 Neither is 3426 there any daysman 3198 8688 betwixt us, [that] might lay 7896 8799 his hand 3027 upon us both 8147.(any…: Heb. one that should argue)(daysman: or, umpire)

9:34 Let him take 5493 0 his rod 7626 away 5493 8686 from me, and let not his fear 367 terrify 1204 8762 me:

9:35 [Then] would I speak 1696 8762, and not fear 3372 8799 him; but [it is] not so with me.(it is…: Heb. I am not so with myself)

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