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1Then Job answered and said:

1Then Job replied:

2“Truly I know it is so, But how can a man be righteous before God?

2"Indeed, I know that this is true. But how can mere mortals prove their innocence before God?

3If one wished to contend with Him, He could not answer Him one time out of a thousand.

3Though they wished to dispute with him, they could not answer him one time out of a thousand.

4God is wise in heart and mighty in strength. Who has hardened himself against Him and prospered?

4His wisdom is profound, his power is vast. Who has resisted him and come out unscathed?

5He removes the mountains, and they do not know When He overturns them in His anger;

5He moves mountains without their knowing it and overturns them in his anger.

6He shakes the earth out of its place, And its pillars tremble;

6He shakes the earth from its place and makes its pillars tremble.

7He commands the sun, and it does not rise; He seals off the stars;

7He speaks to the sun and it does not shine; he seals off the light of the stars.

8He alone spreads out the heavens, And treads on the waves of the sea;

8He alone stretches out the heavens and treads on the waves of the sea.

9He made the Bear, Orion, and the Pleiades, And the chambers of the south;

9He is the Maker of the Bear and Orion, the Pleiades and the constellations of the south.

10He does great things past finding out, Yes, wonders without number.

10He performs wonders that cannot be fathomed, miracles that cannot be counted.

11If He goes by me, I do not see Him; If He moves past, I do not perceive Him;

11When he passes me, I cannot see him; when he goes by, I cannot perceive him.

12If He takes away, who can hinder Him? Who can say to Him, ‘What are You doing?’

12If he snatches away, who can stop him? Who can say to him, 'What are you doing?'

13God will not withdraw His anger, The allies of the proud lie prostrate beneath Him.

13God does not restrain his anger; even the cohorts of Rahab cowered at his feet.

14“How then can I answer Him, And choose my words to reason with Him?

14"How then can I dispute with him? How can I find words to argue with him?

15For though I were righteous, I could not answer Him; I would beg mercy of my Judge.

15Though I were innocent, I could not answer him; I could only plead with my Judge for mercy.

16If I called and He answered me, I would not believe that He was listening to my voice.

16Even if I summoned him and he responded, I do not believe he would give me a hearing.

17For He crushes me with a tempest, And multiplies my wounds without cause.

17He would crush me with a storm and multiply my wounds for no reason.

18He will not allow me to catch my breath, But fills me with bitterness.

18He would not let me catch my breath but would overwhelm me with misery.

19If it is a matter of strength, indeed He is strong; And if of justice, who will appoint my day in court?

19If it is a matter of strength, he is mighty! And if it is a matter of justice, who can challenge him?

20Though I were righteous, my own mouth would condemn me; Though I were blameless, it would prove me perverse.

20Even if I were innocent, my mouth would condemn me; if I were blameless, it would pronounce me guilty.

21“I am blameless, yet I do not know myself; I despise my life.

21"Although I am blameless, I have no concern for myself; I despise my own life.

22It is all one thing; Therefore I say, ‘He destroys the blameless and the wicked.’

22It is all the same; that is why I say, 'He destroys both the blameless and the wicked.'

23If the scourge slays suddenly, He laughs at the plight of the innocent.

23When a scourge brings sudden death, he mocks the despair of the innocent.

24The 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?

24When a land falls into the hands of the wicked, he blindfolds its judges. If it is not he, then who is it?

25“Now my days are swifter than a runner; They flee away, they see no good.

25"My days are swifter than a runner; they fly away without a glimpse of joy.

26They pass by like swift ships, Like an eagle swooping on its prey.

26They skim past like boats of papyrus, like eagles swooping down on their prey.

27If I say, ‘I will forget my complaint, I will put off my sad face and wear a smile,’

27If I say, 'I will forget my complaint, I will change my expression, and smile,'

28I am afraid of all my sufferings; I know that You will not hold me innocent.

28I still dread all my sufferings, for I know you will not hold me innocent.

29If I am condemned, Why then do I labor in vain?

29Since I am already found guilty, why should I struggle in vain?

30If I wash myself with snow water, And cleanse my hands with soap,

30Even if I washed myself with soap and my hands with cleansing powder,

31Yet You will plunge me into the pit, And my own clothes will abhor me.

31you would plunge me into a slime pit so that even my clothes would detest me.

32“For He is not a man, as I am, That I may answer Him, And that we should go to court together.

32"He is not a mere mortal like me that I might answer him, that we might confront each other in court.

33Nor is there any mediator between us, Who may lay his hand on us both.

33If only there were someone to mediate between us, someone to bring us together,

34Let Him take His rod away from me, And do not let dread of Him terrify me.

34someone to remove God's rod from me, so that his terror would frighten me no more.

35Then I would speak and not fear Him, But it is not so with me.

35Then I would speak up without fear of him, but as it now stands with me, I cannot.

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