ASV - Job Chapter 9 to 11

9 Job 9

¹Then Job answered and said, ²Of a truth I know that it is so: But how can man be just with God? ³If he be pleased to contend with him, He cannot answer him one of a thousand. ⁴He is wise in heart, and mighty in strength: Who hath hardened himself against him, and prospered?- ⁵Him that removeth the mountains, and they know it not, When he overturneth them in his anger; ⁶That shaketh the earth out of its place, And the pillars thereof tremble; ⁷That commandeth the sun, and it riseth not, And sealeth up the stars; ⁸That alone stretcheth out the heavens, And treadeth upon the waves of the sea; ⁹That maketh the Bear, Orion, and the Pleiades, And the chambers of the south; ¹⁰That doeth great things past finding out, Yea, marvellous things without number. ¹¹Lo, he goeth by me, and I see him not: He passeth on also, but I perceive him not. ¹²Behold, he seizeth the prey, who can hinder him? Who will say unto him, What doest thou? ¹³God will not withdraw his anger; The helpers of Rahab do stoop under him. ¹⁴How much less shall I answer him, And choose out my words to reason with him? ¹⁵Whom, though I were righteous, yet would I not answer; I would make supplication to my judge. ¹⁶If I had called, and he had answered me, Yet would I not believe that he hearkened unto my voice. ¹⁷For he breaketh me with a tempest, And multiplieth my wounds without cause. ¹⁸He will not suffer me to take my breath, But filleth me with bitterness. ¹⁹If we speak of strength, lo, he is mighty! And if of justice, Who, saith he, will summon me? ²⁰Though I be righteous, mine own mouth shall condemn me: Though I be perfect, it shall prove me perverse. ²¹I am perfect; I regard not myself; I despise my life. ²²It is all one; therefore I say, He destroyeth the perfect and the wicked. ²³If the scourge slay suddenly, He will mock at the trial of the innocent. ²⁴The earth is given into the hand of the wicked; He covereth the faces of the judges thereof: If it be not he, who then is it? ²⁵Now my days are swifter than a post: They flee away, they see no good, ²⁶They are passed away as the swift ships; As the eagle that swoopeth on the prey. ²⁷If I say, I will forget my complaint, I will put off my sad countenance, and be of good cheer; ²⁸I am afraid of all my sorrows, I know that thou wilt not hold me innocent. ²⁹I shall be condemned; Why then do I labor in vain? ³⁰If I wash myself with snow water, And make my hands never so clean; ³¹Yet wilt thou plunge me in the ditch, And mine own clothes shall abhor me. ³²For he is not a man, as I am, that I should answer him, That we should come together in judgment. ³³There is no umpire betwixt us, That might lay his hand upon us both. ³⁴Let him take his rod away from me, And let not his terror make me afraid: ³⁵Then would I speak, and not fear him; For I am not so in myself.

10 Job 10

¹My soul is weary of my life; I will give free course to my complaint; I will speak in the bitterness of my soul. ²I will say unto God, Do not condemn me; Show me wherefore thou contendest with me. ³Is it good unto thee that thou shouldest oppress, That thou shouldest despise the work of thy hands, And shine upon the counsel of the wicked? ⁴Hast thou eyes of flesh? Or seest thou as man seeth? ⁵Are thy days as the days of man, Or thy years as man's days, ⁶That thou inquirest after mine iniquity, And searchest after my sin, ⁷Although thou knowest that I am not wicked, And there is none that can deliver out of thy hand? ⁸Thy hands have framed me and fashioned me Together round about; yet thou dost destroy me. ⁹Remember, I beseech thee, that thou hast fashioned me as clay; And wilt thou bring me into dust again? ¹⁰Hast thou not poured me out as milk, And curdled me like cheese? ¹¹Thou hast clothed me with skin and flesh, And knit me together with bones and sinews. ¹²Thou hast granted me life and lovingkindness; And thy visitation hath preserved my spirit. ¹³Yet these things thou didst hide in thy heart; I know that this is with thee: ¹⁴If I sin, then thou markest me, And thou wilt not acquit me from mine iniquity. ¹⁵If I be wicked, woe unto me; And if I be righteous, yet shall I not lift up my head; Being filled with ignominy, And looking upon mine affliction. ¹⁶And if my head exalt itself, thou huntest me as a lion; And again thou showest thyself marvellous upon me. ¹⁷Thou renewest thy witnesses against me, And increasest thine indignation upon me: Changes and warfare are with me. ¹⁸Wherefore then hast thou brought me forth out of the womb? I had given up the ghost, and no eye had seen me. ¹⁹I should have been as though I had not been; I should have been carried from the womb to the grave. ²⁰Are not my days few? cease then, And let me alone, that I may take comfort a little, ²¹Before I go whence I shall not return, Even to the land of darkness and of the shadow of death; ²²The land dark as midnight, The land of the shadow of death, without any order, And where the light is as midnight.

11 Job 11

¹Then answered Zophar the Naamathite, and said, ²Should not the multitude of words be answered? And should a man full of talk be justified? ³Should thy boastings make men hold their peace? And when thou mockest, shall no man make thee ashamed? ⁴For thou sayest, My doctrine is pure, And I am clean in thine eyes. ⁵But oh that God would speak, And open his lips against thee, ⁶And that he would show thee the secrets of wisdom! For he is manifold in understanding. Know therefore that God exacteth of thee less than thine iniquity deserveth. ⁷Canst thou by searching find out God? Canst thou find out the Almighty unto perfection? ⁸It is high as heaven; what canst thou do? Deeper than Sheol; what canst thou know? ⁹The measure thereof is longer than the earth, And broader than the sea. ¹⁰If he pass through, and shut up, And all unto judgment, then who can hinder him? ¹¹For he knoweth false men: He seeth iniquity also, even though he consider it not. ¹²But vain man is void of understanding, Yea, man is born as a wild ass's colt. ¹³If thou set thy heart aright, And stretch out thy hands toward him; ¹⁴If iniquity be in thy hand, put it far away, And let not unrighteousness dwell in thy tents. ¹⁵Surely then shalt thou lift up thy face without spot; Yea, thou shalt be stedfast, and shalt not fear: ¹⁶For thou shalt forget thy misery; Thou shalt remember it as waters that are passed away, ¹⁷And thy life shall be clearer than the noonday; Though there be darkness, it shall be as the morning. ¹⁸And thou shalt be secure, because there is hope; Yea, thou shalt search about thee, and shalt take thy rest in safety. ¹⁹Also thou shalt lie down, and none shall make thee afraid; Yea, many shall make suit unto thee. ²⁰But the eyes of the wicked shall fail, And they shall have no way to flee; And their hope shall be the giving up of the ghost.