Then Job answered :
Then Job answered and
said,
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Job 9
35 aligned verses; 35 with wording or punctuation differences .
Verse
BSB
Berean Standard Bible
KJV
King James Version
“Yes,
I know that
it is so ,
but how can
a
mortal
be righteous
before
God?
I know it is so of
a
truth:
but how should
man
be just
with
God?
If one
wished
to
contend with God
, he could
not
answer Him one time
out
of a thousand.
If he
will
contend with him
, he cannot
answer him one of a thousand.
God
is wise in heart and mighty in strength .
Who has
resisted
Him and prospered?
He
is wise in heart ,
and mighty in strength :
who hath
hardened
himself
against
him ,
and hath
prospered?
He
moves
mountains without
their
knowledge
and overturns
them in His anger.
Which
removeth
the
mountains ,
and they
know
not:
which
overturneth
them in his anger.
He
shakes
the earth from
its
place, so
that
its
foundations
tremble.
Which
shaketh
the earth out
of
her
place, and
the
pillars
thereof
tremble.
He
commands
the sun not to
shine
; He
seals
off
the stars.
Which
commandeth
the sun ,
and
it
riseth
not; and
sealeth
up
the stars.
He
alone stretches
out the heavens and treads
on
the waves of the sea.
Which
alone spreadeth
out the heavens ,
and treadeth
upon
the waves of the sea.
He
is
the
Maker
of
the
Bear
and
Orion, of
the
Pleiades and the constellations
of the south.
Which
maketh
Arcturus,
Orion, and
Pleiades ,
and the chambers
of the south.
He
does
great things beyond
searching
out, and wonders without number.
Which
doeth
great things past
finding
out ;
yea
, and wonders without number.
Were
He to
pass
by me, I would
not
see Him ;
were
He to
move
, I would
not
recognize
Him.
Lo,
he goeth
by me, and
I see him not:
he passeth
on
also
, but
I perceive
him not
.
If
He takes
away, who can stop
Him? Who dares
to
ask
Him, ‘
What are
You
doing
? ’
Behold,
he taketh
away, who can hinder
him? who will
say
unto
him, What doest
thou
?
God does
not restrain
His anger ;
the helpers of
Rahab
cower
beneath
Him.
If
God will
not withdraw
his anger ,
the proud
helpers do
stoop
under
him.
How then
can
I answer Him or
choose my arguments
against
Him?
How much
less
shall
I answer him ,
and
choose out
my words
to
reason
with
him?
For
even
if
I were right
, I could
not answer .
I could
only
beg
my Judge for
mercy
.
Whom,
though
I were righteous
, yet
would
I not answer ,
but
I would
make
supplication
to
my judge.
If I summoned
Him
and He answered me ,
I do
not believe He would
listen
to
my voice.
If I had
called,
and he had
answered me ;
yet
would
I not believe that
he had
hearkened
unto
my voice.
For He would
crush
me with a tempest and multiply
my wounds without cause.
For he breaketh
me with a tempest ,
and multiplieth
my wounds without cause.
He does
not let
me catch
my breath, but overwhelms
me with bitterness.
He will
not suffer
me to
take
my breath, but filleth
me with bitterness.
If it
is
a
matter
of strength, He is indeed
mighty!
If it
is
a
matter
of justice
, who can
summon
Him
?
If I
speak
of strength, lo,
he is strong:
and
if of judgment
, who shall
set
me
a
time
to
plead
?
Even
if I were
righteous
, my
mouth would
condemn me ;
if I were
blameless
, it would
declare
me guilty
.
If I justify
myself
, mine
own
mouth shall
condemn me :
if I say
, I
am
perfect,
it shall
also
prove
me perverse
.
Though I am
blameless
, I have
no
concern
for
myself;
I despise my own
life.
Though I were
perfect
, yet
would
I not
know
my
soul:
I would
despise my life.
It
is all
the
same
, and
so
I say
, ‘
He destroys
both
the blameless
and the wicked. ’
This
is one
thing
, therefore
I said
it
, He destroyeth
the perfect
and the wicked.
When
the scourge brings
sudden
death
, He mocks
the despair
of the innocent.
If
the scourge slay
suddenly
, he will
laugh
at
the trial
of the innocent.
The earth is given into the hand of the wicked ;
He blindfolds
its
judges .
If it
is
not He
, then
who is it
?
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
?
My days are swifter than a runner;
they flee without
seeing
good.
Now
my days are swifter than a post:
they flee away,
they
see
no
good.
They sweep
by
like
boats
of
papyrus,
like
an
eagle swooping
down
on
its
prey.
They are
passed
away
as
the
swift
ships:
as
the
eagle that
hasteth
to
the
prey.
If I were
to
say, ‘
I will forget my complaint and
change
my expression
and
smile
, ’
If I say, I will forget my complaint ,
I
will
leave
off
my heaviness
, and
comfort
myself:
I would
still
dread
all my sufferings;
I know that You
will
not acquit
me.
I am
afraid
of
all my sorrows,
I know that thou
wilt
not hold
me innocent
.
Since
I am
already
found
guilty
, why should
I labor
in vain?
If
I be
wicked
, why then
labour
I in vain?
If I should
wash myself with snow and cleanse
my hands with
lye,
If I wash myself with snow water,
and make
my hands never
so
clean;
then
You
would
plunge me into
the pit
, and even
my
own clothes would
despise
me.
Yet
shalt
thou
plunge me in
the ditch
, and mine
own clothes shall
abhor
me.
For He is not a man like
me
, that I can
answer Him, that
we can
take
each
other
to
court
.
For he is not a man, as
I
am,
that I should
answer him, and
we should
come
together
in
judgment
.
Nor
is there a
mediator
between
us, to
lay his hand upon us both.
Neither
is there any
daysman
betwixt
us, that
might
lay his hand upon us both.
Let Him remove
His rod from me, so
that
His terror
will
no
longer
frighten
me .
Let him take
his rod away
from me, and
let
not
his fear
terrify
me :
Then I
would speak without
fear of
Him .
But as
it is ,
I
am
on
my
own
.
Then would I
speak ,
and
not
fear him ;
but it is not
so
with
me
.
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