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Job 9
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Job 9 . 1
1 Then Job answered:
Job 9 . 2
2 “Yes, I know that it is so, but how can a mortal be righteous before God?TOSKJob 9:2
Job 9 . 3
3 If one wished to contend with God, he could not answer Him one time out of a thousand.TOSKJob 9:3
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4 God is wise in heart and mighty in strength. Who has resisted Him and prospered?TOSKJob 9:4
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5 He moves mountains without their knowledge and overturns them in His anger.TOSKJob 9:5
Job 9 . 6
6 He shakes the earth from its place, so that its foundations tremble.TOSKJob 9:6
Job 9 . 7
7 He commands the sun not to shine; He seals off the stars.TOSKJob 9:7
Job 9 . 8
8 He alone stretches out the heavens and treads on the waves of the sea.TOSKJob 9:8
Job 9 . 9
9 He is the Maker of the Bear and Orion, of the Pleiades and the constellations of the south.TOSKJob 9:9
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10 He does great things beyond searching out, and wonders without number.TOSKJob 9:10
Job 9 . 11
11 Were He to pass by me, I would not see Him; were He to move, I would not recognize Him.TOSKJob 9:11
Job 9 . 12
12 If He takes away, who can stop Him? Who dares to ask Him, 'What are You doing?'IPIsaiah 45:9TOSKJob 9:12
Job 9 . 13
13 God does not restrain His anger; the helpers of Rahab cower beneath Him.TOSKJob 9:13
Job 9 . 14
14 How then can I answer Him or choose my arguments against Him?TOSKJob 9:14
Job 9 . 15
15 For even if I were right, I could not answer. I could only beg my Judge for mercy.TOSKJob 9:15
Job 9 . 16
16 If I summoned Him and He answered me, I do not believe He would listen to my voice.TOSKJob 9:16
Job 9 . 17
17 For He would crush me with a tempest and multiply my wounds without cause.TOSKJob 9:17
Job 9 . 18
18 He does not let me catch my breath, but overwhelms me with bitterness.TOSKJob 9:18
Job 9 . 19
19 If it is a matter of strength, He is indeed mighty! If it is a matter of justice, who can summon Him?TOSKJob 9:19
Job 9 . 20
20 Even if I were righteous, my mouth would condemn me; if I were blameless, it would declare me guilty.TOSKJob 9:20
Job 9 . 21
21 Though I am blameless, I have no concern for myself; I despise my own life.TOSKJob 9:21
Job 9 . 22
22 It is all the same, and so I say, ‘He destroys both the blameless and the wicked.’TOSKJob 9:22
Job 9 . 23
23 When the scourge brings sudden death, He mocks the despair of the innocent.TOSKJob 9:23
Job 9 . 24
24 The earth is given into the hand of the wicked; He blindfolds its judges. If it is not He, then who is it?TOSKJob 9:24
Job 9 . 25
25 My days are swifter than a runner; they flee without seeing good.TOSKJob 9:25
Job 9 . 26
26 They sweep by like boats of papyrus, like an eagle swooping down on its prey.TOSKJob 9:26
Job 9 . 27
27 If I were to say, ‘I will forget my complaint and change my expression and smile,’TOSKJob 9:27
Job 9 . 28
28 I would still dread all my sufferings; I know that You will not acquit me.TOSKJob 9:28
Job 9 . 29
29 Since I am already found guilty, why should I labor in vain?TOSKJob 9:29
Job 9 . 30
30 If I should wash myself with snow and cleanse my hands with lye,TOSKJob 9:30
Job 9 . 31
31 then You would plunge me into the pit, and even my own clothes would despise me.TOSKJob 9:31
Job 9 . 32
32 For He is not a man like me, that I can answer Him, that we can take each other to court.TOSKJob 9:32
Job 9 . 33
33 Nor is there a mediator between us, to lay his hand upon us both.TOSKJob 9:33
Job 9 . 34
34 Let Him remove His rod from me, so that His terror will no longer frighten me.TOSKJob 9:34
Job 9 . 35
35 Then I would speak without fear of Him. But as it is, I am on my own.TOSKJob 9:35