Verse
YLT
Young's Literal Translation
BSB
Berean Standard Bible
And
Job answereth
and
saith
: --
Then
Job answered
:
Truly
I have
known
that `
it is '
so, And
what
--
is
man
righteous with
God?
“Yes,
I know
that it is so, but
how
can
a
mortal
be
righteous before
God?
If he
delight
to strive
with Him
--
He doth
not answer him one of a thousand.
If one
wished
to contend
with God,
he could
not answer Him one time
out
of a thousand.
Wise in heart and strong
in power
--
Who hath
hardened
toward
Him and is
at
peace
?
God
is
wise in heart and mighty
in strength.
Who has
resisted
Him and prospered
?
Who
is
removing
mountains ,
And they
have
not
known,
Who
hath
overturned
them in His anger.
He
moves
mountains without
their
knowledge
and overturns
them in His anger.
Who
is
shaking
earth from its place, And
its pillars
move
themselves
.
He
shakes
the
earth from its place, so
that
its foundations
tremble
.
Who
is
speaking
to
the sun ,
and
it
riseth
not ,
And
the stars He
sealeth
up
.
He
commands
the sun not to
shine;
He
seals
off
the stars.
Stretching
out the heavens by
Himself,
And treading
on the heights
of the sea ,
He
alone
stretches
out the heavens and treads
on the waves
of the sea .
Making
Osh,
Kesil,
and Kimah
, And the inner
chambers
of the south.
He
is
the
Maker
of
the
Bear
and Orion
, of
the
Pleiades
and the constellations
of the south.
Doing
great things till
there
is
no
searching, And wonderful,
till
there
is
no
numbering
.
He
does
great things beyond
searching out
, and wonders
without
number
.
Lo,
He goeth
over
by me, and
I see
not ,
And
He passeth
on
, and
I attend
not to
it
.
Were
He to
pass
by me, I would
not see
Him;
were
He to
move
, I would
not recognize
Him
.
Lo,
He snatches
away, who bringeth
it
back
? Who saith
unto
Him, `
What dost
Thou
? '
If
He takes
away, who can
stop
Him
? Who dares
to
ask
Him, ‘
What are
You
doing
? ’
God doth
not turn
back
His anger ,
Under
Him
bowed
have
proud
helpers.
God does
not restrain
His anger ;
the
helpers of
Rahab
cower
beneath
Him
.
How much
less
do
I
--
I answer Him ?
Choose out
my words
with
Him?
How then
can
I answer Him or
choose my arguments
against
Him?
Whom,
though
I were righteous
, I answer
not ,
For
my
judgment
I make
supplication
.
For
even
if
I were right
, I could
not answer.
I could
only
beg
my
Judge
for
mercy
.
Though
I had
called
and He answereth
me, I do not believe that
He giveth
ear
`
to '
my voice.
If
I summoned
Him
and He answered
me, I do not believe He would
listen
to my voice.
Because
with a tempest He
bruiseth
me,
And hath
multiplied
my wounds for
nought
.
For
He
would
crush
me
with a tempest and multiply
my wounds without
cause
.
He permitteth
me
not to
refresh
my spirit
, But filleth
me with bitter
things
.
He does
not let
me
catch
my breath
, but overwhelms
me with bitterness
.
If of power,
lo
, the
Strong
One;
And
if of judgment
--
who doth
convene
me
?
If it
is
a
matter
of strength
, He
is
indeed
mighty!
If it
is
a
matter
of justice,
who can
summon
Him
?
If I be
righteous, Mine
mouth doth
declare
me wicked,
Perfect
I am!
--
it declareth
me perverse
.
Even
if I were
righteous, my
mouth would
condemn
me ;
if
I were
blameless,
it would
declare
me guilty
.
Perfect
I am !
--
I
know
not
my
soul
, I despise my life.
Though
I am blameless
, I have
no
concern
for
myself;
I
despise my own
life.
It is the same thing
, therefore
I said
, `
The perfect
and the wicked He
is
consuming
. '
It is all
the same, and
so
I say
, ‘He
destroys
both
the blameless
and the wicked. ’
If
a
scourge doth
put
to
death suddenly
, At
the trial
of the innocent He
laugheth
.
When
the
scourge brings
sudden
death, He
mocks
the despair
of the innocent.
Earth hath
been
given Into the hand of the wicked one.
The
face
of
its judges he
covereth,
If not --
where
, who `
is '
he
?
The
earth is
given into the hand of the wicked ;
He
blindfolds
its judges .
If it
is
not He
, then
who is it
?
My days have
been
swifter than a runner ,
They
have
fled,
they have
not
seen
good ,
My days are
swifter than a runner ;
they flee
without
seeing
good .
They have
passed
on
with
ships
of reed
, As
an eagle darteth
on food
.
They sweep
by
like
boats
of papyrus
, like
an eagle swooping
down
on its
prey
.
Though
I say, `
I forget my talking,
I
forsake
my corner,
and I
brighten
up!'
If
I were
to
say, ‘
I will
forget my complaint
and
change
my expression
and smile,’
I have
been
afraid
of
all my griefs,
I have
known
that Thou
dost
not acquit me.
I would
still
dread
all my sufferings;
I know
that You
will
not acquit me.
I
--
I am become
wicked;
why `is'
this?
`
In '
vain I
labour.
Since
I am already
found
guilty,
why should
I
labor
in vain ?
If I have
washed
myself with snow -water,
And purified
with
soap
my hands,
If I should
wash
myself with snow and cleanse
my hands with
lye
,
Then in
corruption
Thou
dost
dip
me, And my garments
have
abominated
me.
then You
would
plunge
me into
the
pit
, and even
my own
clothes
would
despise
me.
But
if
a man like myself
--
I answer him, We come
together
into
judgment
.
For
He
is
not
a man like me,
that
I can
answer Him, that
we can
take
each
other
to
court
.
If
there were
between us an
umpire
, He
doth
place
his hand on
us both.
Nor
is
there a
mediator
between us, to
lay
his hand upon
us both.
He
doth
turn
aside
from
off
me
his rod, And
His terror doth
not
make
me afraid,
Let
Him
remove
His rod from
me
, so
that
His terror will
no
longer
frighten
me .
I speak ,
and
do
not
fear Him ,
But I am not
right
with
myself
.
Then
I would
speak without
fear of
Him .
But as
it
is,
I am on
my
own
.
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