Verse-Reference
Reference-Verse
Abbreviate Books
Quotes around Verses      |
 Job 9:1 |
Then Job answered and said: |
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Job 9:2 |
"Truly I know [it is] so, But how can a man be righteous before God? |
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Job 9:3 |
If one wished to contend with Him, He could not answer Him one time out of a thousand. |
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Job 9:4 |
[God is] wise in heart and mighty in strength. Who has hardened [himself] against Him and prospered? |
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Job 9:5 |
He removes the mountains, and they do not know When He overturns them in His anger; |
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Job 9:6 |
He shakes the earth out of its place, And its pillars tremble; |
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Job 9:7 |
He commands the sun, and it does not rise; He seals off the stars; |
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Job 9:8 |
He alone spreads out the heavens, And treads on the waves of the sea; |
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Job 9:9 |
He made the Bear, Orion, and the Pleiades, And the chambers of the south; |
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Job 9:10 |
He does great things past finding out, Yes, wonders without number. |
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Job 9:11 |
If He goes by me, I do not see [Him]; If He moves past, I do not perceive Him; |
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Job 9:12 |
If He takes away, who can hinder Him? Who can say to Him, 'What are You doing?' |
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Job 9:13 |
God will not withdraw His anger, The allies of the proud [fn] lie prostrate beneath Him. |
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Job 9:14 |
"How then can I answer Him, [And] choose my words [to reason] with Him? |
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Job 9:15 |
For though I were righteous, I could not answer Him; I would beg mercy of my Judge. |
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Job 9:16 |
If I called and He answered me, I would not believe that He was listening to my voice. |
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Job 9:17 |
For He crushes me with a tempest, And multiplies my wounds without cause. |
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Job 9:18 |
He will not allow me to catch my breath, But fills me with bitterness. |
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Job 9:19 |
If [it is a matter] of strength, indeed [He is] strong; And if of justice, who will appoint my day [in court]? |
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Job 9:20 |
Though I were righteous, my own mouth would condemn me; Though I [were] blameless, it would prove me perverse. |
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Job 9:21 |
"I am blameless, yet I do not know myself; I despise my life. |
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Job 9:22 |
It [is] all one [thing]; Therefore I say, 'He destroys the blameless and the wicked.' |
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Job 9:23 |
If the scourge slays suddenly, He laughs at the plight of the innocent. |
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Job 9:24 |
The earth is given into the hand of the wicked. He covers the faces of its judges. If it is not [He], who else could it be? |
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Job 9:25 |
"Now my days are swifter than a runner; They flee away, they see no good. |
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Job 9:26 |
They pass by like swift ships, Like an eagle swooping on its prey. |
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Job 9:27 |
If I say, 'I will forget my complaint, I will put off my sad face and wear a smile,' |
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Job 9:28 |
I am afraid of all my sufferings; I know that You will not hold me innocent. |
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Job 9:29 |
[If] I am condemned, Why then do I labor in vain? |
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Job 9:30 |
If I wash myself with snow water, And cleanse my hands with soap, |
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Job 9:31 |
Yet You will plunge me into the pit, And my own clothes will abhor me. |
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Job 9:32 |
"For [He is] not a man, as I [am], [That] I may answer Him, [And that] we should go to court together. |
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Job 9:33 |
Nor is there any mediator between us, [Who] may lay his hand on us both. |
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Job 9:34 |
Let Him take His rod away from me, And do not let dread of Him terrify me. |
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Job 9:35 |
[Then] I would speak and not fear Him, But it is not so with me. |
NKJV Footnotes:
- (9:13) Hebrew rahab
