Job:9-12
nkjv@Job:9:1 @ Then Job answered and said:
nkjv@Job:9:2 @ "Truly I know it is so, But how can a man be righteous before God?
nkjv@Job:9:3 @ If one wished to contend with Him, He could not answer Him one time out of a thousand.
nkjv@Job:9:4 @ God is wise in heart and mighty in strength. Who has hardened himself against Him and prospered?
nkjv@Job:9:5 @ He removes the mountains, and they do not know When He overturns them in His anger;
nkjv@Job:9:6 @ He shakes the earth out of its place, And its pillars tremble;
nkjv@Job:9:7 @ He commands the sun, and it does not rise; He seals off the stars;
nkjv@Job:9:8 @ He alone spreads out the heavens, And treads on the waves of the sea;
nkjv@Job:9:9 @ He made the Bear, Orion, and the Pleiades, And the chambers of the south;
nkjv@Job:9:10 @ He does great things past finding out, Yes, wonders without number.
nkjv@Job:9:11 @ If He goes by me, I do not see Him; If He moves past, I do not perceive Him;
nkjv@Job:9:12 @ If He takes away, who can hinder Him? Who can say to Him, "What are You doing?'
nkjv@Job:9:13 @ God will not withdraw His anger, The allies of the proud lie prostrate beneath Him.
nkjv@Job:9:14 @ "How then can I answer Him, And choose my words to reason with Him?
nkjv@Job:9:15 @ For though I were righteous, I could not answer Him; I would beg mercy of my Judge.
nkjv@Job:9:16 @ If I called and He answered me, I would not believe that He was listening to my voice.
nkjv@Job:9:17 @ For He crushes me with a tempest, And multiplies my wounds without cause.
nkjv@Job:9:18 @ He will not allow me to catch my breath, But fills me with bitterness.
nkjv@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?
nkjv@Job:9:20 @ Though I were righteous, my own mouth would condemn me; Though I were blameless, it would prove me perverse.
nkjv@Job:9:21 @ "I am blameless, yet I do not know myself; I despise my life.
nkjv@Job:9:22 @ It is all one thing; Therefore I say, "He destroys the blameless and the wicked.'
nkjv@Job:9:23 @ If the scourge slays suddenly, He laughs at the plight of the innocent.
nkjv@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?
nkjv@Job:9:25 @ "Now my days are swifter than a runner; They flee away, they see no good.
nkjv@Job:9:26 @ They pass by like swift ships, Like an eagle swooping on its prey.
nkjv@Job:9:27 @ If I say, "I will forget my complaint, I will put off my sad face and wear a smile,'
nkjv@Job:9:28 @ I am afraid of all my sufferings; I know that You will not hold me innocent.
nkjv@Job:9:29 @ If I am condemned, Why then do I labor in vain?
nkjv@Job:9:30 @ If I wash myself with snow water, And cleanse my hands with soap,
nkjv@Job:9:31 @ Yet You will plunge me into the pit, And my own clothes will abhor me.
nkjv@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.
nkjv@Job:9:33 @ Nor is there any mediator between us, Who may lay his hand on us both.
nkjv@Job:9:34 @ Let Him take His rod away from me, And do not let dread of Him terrify me.
nkjv@Job:9:35 @ Then I would speak and not fear Him, But it is not so with me.
nkjv@Job:10:1 @ "My soul loathes my life; I will give free course to my complaint, I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.
nkjv@Job:10:2 @ I will say to God, "Do not condemn me; Show me why You contend with me.
nkjv@Job:10:3 @ Does it seem good to You that You should oppress, That You should despise the work of Your hands, And smile on the counsel of the wicked?
nkjv@Job:10:4 @ Do You have eyes of flesh? Or do You see as man sees?
nkjv@Job:10:5 @ Are Your days like the days of a mortal man? Are Your years like the days of a mighty man,
nkjv@Job:10:6 @ That You should seek for my iniquity And search out my sin,
nkjv@Job:10:7 @ Although You know that I am not wicked, And there is no one who can deliver from Your hand?
nkjv@Job:10:8 @ "Your hands have made me and fashioned me, An intricate unity; Yet You would destroy me.
nkjv@Job:10:9 @ Remember, I pray, that You have made me like clay. And will You turn me into dust again?
nkjv@Job:10:10 @ Did You not pour me out like milk, And curdle me like cheese,
nkjv@Job:10:11 @ Clothe me with skin and flesh, And knit me together with bones and sinews?
nkjv@Job:10:12 @ You have granted me life and favor, And Your care has preserved my spirit.
nkjv@Job:10:13 @ "And these things You have hidden in Your heart; I know that this was with You:
nkjv@Job:10:14 @ If I sin, then You mark me, And will not acquit me of my iniquity.
nkjv@Job:10:15 @ If I am wicked, woe to me; Even if I am righteous, I cannot lift up my head. I am full of disgrace; See my misery!
nkjv@Job:10:16 @ If my head is exalted, You hunt me like a fierce lion, And again You show Yourself awesome against me.
nkjv@Job:10:17 @ You renew Your witnesses against me, And increase Your indignation toward me; Changes and war are ever with me.
nkjv@Job:10:18 @ "Why then have You brought me out of the womb? Oh, that I had perished and no eye had seen me!
nkjv@Job:10:19 @ I would have been as though I had not been. I would have been carried from the womb to the grave.
nkjv@Job:10:20 @ Are not my days few? Cease! Leave me alone, that I may take a little comfort,
nkjv@Job:10:21 @ Before I go to the place from which I shall not return, To the land of darkness and the shadow of death,
nkjv@Job:10:22 @ A land as dark as darkness itself, As the shadow of death, without any order, Where even the light is like darkness."'
nkjv@Job:11:1 @ Then Zophar the Naamathite answered and said:
nkjv@Job:11:2 @ "Should not the multitude of words be answered? And should a man full of talk be vindicated?
nkjv@Job:11:3 @ Should your empty talk make men hold their peace? And when you mock, should no one rebuke you?
nkjv@Job:11:4 @ For you have said, "My doctrine is pure, And I am clean in your eyes.'
nkjv@Job:11:5 @ But oh, that God would speak, And open His lips against you,
nkjv@Job:11:6 @ That He would show you the secrets of wisdom! For they would double your prudence. Know therefore that God exacts from you Less than your iniquity deserves.
nkjv@Job:11:7 @ "Can you search out the deep things of God? Can you find out the limits of the Almighty?
nkjv@Job:11:8 @ They are higher than heaven-- what can you do? Deeper than Sheol-- what can you know?
nkjv@Job:11:9 @ Their measure is longer than the earth And broader than the sea.
nkjv@Job:11:10 @ "If He passes by, imprisons, and gathers to judgment, Then who can hinder Him?
nkjv@Job:11:11 @ For He knows deceitful men; He sees wickedness also. Will He not then consider it?
nkjv@Job:11:12 @ For an empty-headed man will be wise, When a wild donkey's colt is born a man.
nkjv@Job:11:13 @ "If you would prepare your heart, And stretch out your hands toward Him;
nkjv@Job:11:14 @ If iniquity were in your hand, and you put it far away, And would not let wickedness dwell in your tents;
nkjv@Job:11:15 @ Then surely you could lift up your face without spot; Yes, you could be steadfast, and not fear;
nkjv@Job:11:16 @ Because you would forget your misery, And remember it as waters that have passed away,
nkjv@Job:11:17 @ And your life would be brighter than noonday. Though you were dark, you would be like the morning.
nkjv@Job:11:18 @ And you would be secure, because there is hope; Yes, you would dig around you, and take your rest in safety.
nkjv@Job:11:19 @ You would also lie down, and no one would make you afraid; Yes, many would court your favor.
nkjv@Job:11:20 @ But the eyes of the wicked will fail, And they shall not escape, And their hope--loss of life!"
nkjv@Job:12:1 @ Then Job answered and said:
nkjv@Job:12:2 @ "No doubt you are the people, And wisdom will die with you!
nkjv@Job:12:3 @ But I have understanding as well as you; I am not inferior to you. Indeed, who does not know such things as these?
nkjv@Job:12:4 @ "I am one mocked by his friends, Who called on God, and He answered him, The just and blameless who is ridiculed.
nkjv@Job:12:5 @ A lamp is despised in the thought of one who is at ease; It is made ready for those whose feet slip.
nkjv@Job:12:6 @ The tents of robbers prosper, And those who provoke God are secure-- In what God provides by His hand.
nkjv@Job:12:7 @ "But now ask the beasts, and they will teach you; And the birds of the air, and they will tell you;
nkjv@Job:12:8 @ Or speak to the earth, and it will teach you; And the fish of the sea will explain to you.
nkjv@Job:12:9 @ Who among all these does not know That the hand of the LORD has done this,
nkjv@Job:12:10 @ In whose hand is the life of every living thing, And the breath of all mankind?
nkjv@Job:12:11 @ Does not the ear test words And the mouth taste its food?
nkjv@Job:12:12 @ Wisdom is with aged men, And with length of days, understanding.
nkjv@Job:12:13 @ "With Him are wisdom and strength, He has counsel and understanding.
nkjv@Job:12:14 @ If He breaks a thing down, it cannot be rebuilt; If He imprisons a man, there can be no release.
nkjv@Job:12:15 @ If He withholds the waters, they dry up; If He sends them out, they overwhelm the earth.
nkjv@Job:12:16 @ With Him are strength and prudence. The deceived and the deceiver are His.
nkjv@Job:12:17 @ He leads counselors away plundered, And makes fools of the judges.
nkjv@Job:12:18 @ He loosens the bonds of kings, And binds their waist with a belt.
nkjv@Job:12:19 @ He leads princes away plundered, And overthrows the mighty.
nkjv@Job:12:20 @ He deprives the trusted ones of speech, And takes away the discernment of the elders.
nkjv@Job:12:21 @ He pours contempt on princes, And disarms the mighty.
nkjv@Job:12:22 @ He uncovers deep things out of darkness, And brings the shadow of death to light.
nkjv@Job:12:23 @ He makes nations great, and destroys them; He enlarges nations, and guides them.
nkjv@Job:12:24 @ He takes away the understanding of the chiefs of the people of the earth, And makes them wander in a pathless wilderness.
nkjv@Job:12:25 @ They grope in the dark without light, And He makes them stagger like a drunken man.
nkjv@Job:13:1 @ "Behold, my eye has seen all this, My ear has heard and understood it.
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