Job:9 Parallel Bible - KJV WLD |
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| | The King James Version Online Bible (KJV) | The World English Online Bible (WLD) |
| Job 9:1 | Then Job answered and said, | Then Job answered, |
| Job 9:2 | I know it is so of a truth: but how should man be just with God? | "Truly I know that it is so, But how can man be just with God? |
| Job 9:3 | If he will contend with him, he cannot answer him one of a thousand. | If he is pleased to contend with him, He can't answer him one time in a thousand. |
| Job 9:4 | He is wise in heart, and mighty in strength: who hath hardened himself against him, and hath prospered? | God who is wise in heart, and mighty in strength: Who has hardened himself against him, and prospered? |
| Job 9:5 | Which removeth the mountains, and they know not: which overturneth them in his anger. | Who removes the mountains, and they don't know it, When he overturns them in his anger |
| Job 9:6 | Which shaketh the earth out of her place, and the pillars thereof tremble. | Who shakes the earth out of its place; The pillars of it tremble; |
| Job 9:7 | Which commandeth the sun, and it riseth not; and sealeth up the stars. | Who commands the sun, and it doesn't rise, And seals up the stars; |
| Job 9:8 | Which alone spreadeth out the heavens, and treadeth upon the waves of the sea. | Who alone stretches out the heavens, Treads on the waves of the sea; |
| Job 9:9 | Which maketh Arcturus, Orion, and Pleiades, and the chambers of the south. | Who makes the Bear, Orion, and the Pleiades, And the chambers of the south; |
| Job 9:10 | Which doeth great things past finding out; yea, and wonders without number. | Who does great things past finding out, Yes, marvelous things without number. |
| Job 9:11 | Lo, he goeth by me, and I see him not: he passeth on also, but I perceive him not. | Behold, he goes by me, and I don't see him. He passes on also, but I don't perceive him. |
| Job 9:12 | Behold, he taketh away, who can hinder him? who will say unto him, What doest thou? | Behold, he snatches away; who can hinder him? Who will ask him, 'What are you doing?' |
| Job 9:13 | If God will not withdraw his anger, the proud helpers do stoop under him. | "God will not withdraw his anger; The helpers of Rahab stoop under him. |
| Job 9:14 | How much less shall I answer him, and choose out my words to reason with him? | How much less shall I answer him, Choose my words to argue with him? |
| Job 9:15 | Whom, though I were righteous, yet would I not answer, but I would make supplication to my judge. | Whom, though I were righteous, yet would I not answer. I would make supplication to my judge. |
| Job 9:16 | If I had called, and he had answered me; yet would I not believe that he had hearkened unto my voice. | If I had called, and he had answered me, Yet would I not believe that he listened to my voice. |
| Job 9:17 | For he breaketh me with a tempest, and multiplieth my wounds without cause. | For he breaks me with a tempest, Multiplies my wounds without cause. |
| Job 9:18 | He will not suffer me to take my breath, but filleth me with bitterness. | He will not allow me to take my breath, But fills me with bitterness. |
| Job 9:19 | If I speak of strength, lo, he is strong: and if of judgment, who shall set me a time to plead? | If it is a matter of strength, behold, he is mighty! If of justice, 'Who,' says he, 'will summon me?' |
| Job 9:20 | 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 righteous, my own mouth shall condemn me. Though I am blameless, it shall prove me perverse. |
| Job 9:21 | Though I were perfect, yet would I not know my soul: I would despise my life. | I am blameless. I don't regard myself. I despise my life. |
| Job 9:22 | This is one thing, therefore I said it, He destroyeth the perfect and the wicked. | "It is all the same. Therefore I say, He destroys the blameless and the wicked. |
| Job 9:23 | If the scourge slay suddenly, he will laugh at the trial of the innocent. | If the scourge kills suddenly, He will mock at the trial of the innocent. |
| Job 9:24 | 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? | The earth is given into the hand of the wicked. He covers the faces of the judges of it. If not he, then who is it? |
| Job 9:25 | Now my days are swifter than a post: they flee away, they see no good. | "Now my days are swifter than a runner. They flee away, they see no good, |
| Job 9:26 | They are passed away as the swift ships: as the eagle that hasteth to the prey. | They have passed away as the swift ships, As the eagle that swoops on the prey. |
| Job 9:27 | If I say, I will forget my complaint, I will leave off my heaviness, and comfort myself: | If I say, 'I will forget my complaint, I will put off my sad face, and cheer up;' |
| Job 9:28 | I am afraid of all my sorrows, I know that thou wilt not hold me innocent. | I am afraid of all my sorrows, I know that you will not hold me innocent. |
| Job 9:29 | If I be wicked, why then labour I in vain? | I shall be condemned; Why then do I labor in vain? |
| Job 9:30 | If I wash myself with snow water, and make my hands never so clean; | If I wash myself with snow, And cleanse my hands with lye, |
| Job 9:31 | Yet shalt thou plunge me in the ditch, and mine own clothes shall abhor me. | Yet you will plunge me in the ditch. My own clothes shall abhor me. |
| Job 9:32 | For he is not a man, as I am, that I should answer him, and we should come together in judgment. | For he is not a man, as I am, that I should answer him, That we should come together in judgment. |
| Job 9:33 | Neither is there any daysman betwixt us, that might lay his hand upon us both. | There is no umpire between us, That might lay his hand on us both. |
| Job 9:34 | Let him take his rod away from me, and let not his fear terrify me: | Let him take his rod away from me, Let his terror not make me afraid: |
| Job 9:35 | Then would I speak, and not fear him; but it is not so with me. | Then I would speak, and not fear him, For I am not so in myself. |
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