bbe - 9

bbe@Job:9:1 @And Job made answer and said,

bbe@Job:9:2 @Truly, I see that it is so: and how is it possible for a man to get his right before God?

bbe@Job:9:3 @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.

bbe@Job:9:4 @He is wise in heart and great in strength: who ever made his face hard against him, and any good came of it?

bbe@Job:9:5 @It is he who takes away the mountains without their knowledge, overturning them in his wrath:

bbe@Job:9:6 @Who is moving the earth out of its place, so that its pillars are shaking:

bbe@Job:9:7 @Who gives orders to the sun, and it does not give its light; and who keeps the stars from shining.

bbe@Job:9:8 @By whose hand the heavens were stretched out, and who is walking on the waves of the sea:

bbe@Job:9:9 @Who made the Bear and Orion, and the Pleiades, and the store-houses of the south:

bbe@Job:9:10 @Who does great things not to be searched out; yes, wonders without number.

bbe@Job:9:11 @See, he goes past me and I see him not: he goes on before, but I have no knowledge of him.

bbe@Job:9:12 @If he puts out his hand to take, by whom may it be turned back? who may say to him, What are you doing?

bbe@Job:9:13 @God's wrath may not be turned back; the helpers of Rahab were bent down under him.

bbe@Job:9:14 @How much less may I give an answer to him, using the right words in argument with him?

bbe@Job:9:15 @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.

bbe@Job:9:16 @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.

bbe@Job:9:17 @For I would be crushed by his storm, my wounds would be increased without cause.

bbe@Job:9:18 @He would not let me take my breath, but I would be full of bitter grief.

bbe@Job:9:19 @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?

bbe@Job:9:20 @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

bbe@Job:9:21 @I have done no wrong; I give no thought to what becomes of me; I have no desire for life.

bbe@Job:9:22 @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.

bbe@Job:9:23 @If death comes suddenly through disease, he makes sport of the fate of those who have done no wrong.

bbe@Job:9:24 @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?

bbe@Job:9:25 @My days go quicker than a post-runner: they go in flight, they see no good.

bbe@Job:9:26 @They go rushing on like reed-boats, like an eagle dropping suddenly on its food.

bbe@Job:9:27 @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;

bbe@Job:9:28 @I go in fear of all my pains; I am certain that I will not be free from sin in your eyes.

bbe@Job:9:29 @You will not let me be clear of sin! why then do I take trouble for nothing?

bbe@Job:9:30 @If I am washed with snow water, and make my hands clean with soap;

bbe@Job:9:31 @Then you will have me pushed into the dust, so that I will seem disgusting to my very clothing.

bbe@Job:9:32 @For he is not a man as I am, that I might give him an answer, that we might come together before a judge.

bbe@Job:9:33 @There is no one to give a decision between us, who might have control over us.

bbe@Job:9:34 @Let him take away his rod from me and not send his fear on me:

bbe@Job:9:35 @Then I would say what is in my mind without fear of him; for there is no cause of fear in myself.

Job 9