Job:9 Parallel Bible - WLD ASV |
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| | The World English Online Bible (WLD) | The American Standard Version Online Bible (ASV) |
| Job 9:1 | Then Job answered, | Then Job answered and said, |
| Job 9:2 | "Truly I know that it is so, But how can man be just with God? | Of a truth I know that it is so: But how can man be just with God? |
| Job 9:3 | If he is pleased to contend with him, He can't answer him one time in a thousand. | If he be pleased to contend with him, He cannot answer him one of a thousand. |
| Job 9:4 | God who is wise in heart, and mighty in strength: Who has hardened himself against him, and prospered? | [He is] wise in heart, and mighty in strength: Who hath hardened himself against him, and prospered?- |
| Job 9:5 | Who removes the mountains, and they don't know it, When he overturns them in his anger | [Him] that removeth the mountains, and they know it not, When he overturneth them in his anger; |
| Job 9:6 | Who shakes the earth out of its place; The pillars of it tremble; | That shaketh the earth out of its place, And the pillars thereof tremble; |
| Job 9:7 | Who commands the sun, and it doesn't rise, And seals up the stars; | That commandeth the sun, and it riseth not, And sealeth up the stars; |
| Job 9:8 | Who alone stretches out the heavens, Treads on the waves of the sea; | That alone stretcheth out the heavens, And treadeth upon the waves of the sea; |
| Job 9:9 | Who makes the Bear, Orion, and the Pleiades, And the chambers of the south; | That maketh the Bear, Orion, and the Pleiades, And the chambers of the south; |
| Job 9:10 | Who does great things past finding out, Yes, marvelous things without number. | That doeth great things past finding out, Yea, marvellous things without number. |
| Job 9:11 | Behold, he goes by me, and I don't see him. He passes on also, but I don't perceive him. | Lo, he goeth by me, and I see him not: He passeth on also, but I perceive him not. |
| Job 9:12 | Behold, he snatches away; who can hinder him? Who will ask him, 'What are you doing?' | Behold, he seizeth [the prey], who can hinder him? Who will say unto him, What doest thou? |
| Job 9:13 | "God will not withdraw his anger; The helpers of Rahab stoop under him. | God will not withdraw his anger; The helpers of Rahab do stoop under him. |
| Job 9:14 | How much less shall I answer him, Choose my words to argue with him? | How much less shall I answer him, And choose out my words [to reason] with him? |
| Job 9:15 | Whom, though I were righteous, yet would I not answer. 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 listened to my voice. | If I had called, and he had answered me, Yet would I not believe that he hearkened unto my voice. |
| Job 9:17 | For he breaks me with a tempest, Multiplies my wounds without cause. | For he breaketh me with a tempest, And multiplieth my wounds without cause. |
| Job 9:18 | He will not allow me to take my breath, But fills me with bitterness. | He will not suffer me to take my breath, But filleth me with bitterness. |
| Job 9:19 | If it is a matter of strength, behold, he is mighty! If of justice, 'Who,' says he, 'will summon me?' | If [we speak] of strength, lo, [he is] mighty! And if of justice, Who, [saith he], will summon me? |
| Job 9:20 | Though I am righteous, my own mouth shall condemn me. Though I am blameless, it shall prove me perverse. | Though I be righteous, mine own mouth shall condemn me: Though I be perfect, it shall prove me perverse. |
| Job 9:21 | I am blameless. I don't regard myself. I despise my life. | I am perfect; I regard not myself; I despise my life. |
| Job 9:22 | "It is all the same. Therefore I say, He destroys the blameless and the wicked. | It is all one; therefore I say, He destroyeth the perfect and the wicked. |
| Job 9:23 | If the scourge kills suddenly, He will mock at the trial of the innocent. | If the scourge slay suddenly, He will mock at the trial of the innocent. |
| Job 9:24 | 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? | The 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? |
| Job 9:25 | "Now my days are swifter than a runner. They flee away, they see no good, | Now my days are swifter than a post: They flee away, they see no good, |
| Job 9:26 | They have passed away as the swift ships, As the eagle that swoops on the prey. | They are passed away as the swift ships; As the eagle that swoopeth on the prey. |
| Job 9:27 | If I say, 'I will forget my complaint, I will put off my sad face, and cheer up;' | If I say, I will forget my complaint, I will put off my [sad] countenance, and be of good cheer; |
| Job 9:28 | I am afraid of all my sorrows, I know that you will not hold me innocent. | I am afraid of all my sorrows, I know that thou wilt not hold me innocent. |
| Job 9:29 | I shall be condemned; Why then do I labor in vain? | I shall be condemned; Why then do I labor in vain? |
| Job 9:30 | If I wash myself with snow, And cleanse my hands with lye, | If I wash myself with snow water, And make my hands never so clean; |
| Job 9:31 | Yet you will plunge me in the ditch. My own clothes shall abhor me. | Yet wilt thou plunge me in the ditch, And mine own clothes shall abhor me. |
| Job 9:32 | For he is not a man, as I am, that I should answer him, That 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 | There is no umpire between us, That might lay his hand on us both. | There is no umpire betwixt us, That might lay his hand upon us both. |
| Job 9:34 | Let him take his rod away from me, Let his terror not make me afraid: | Let him take his rod away from me, And let not his terror make me afraid: |
| Job 9:35 | Then I would speak, and not fear him, For I am not so in myself. | Then would I speak, and not fear him; For I am not so in myself. |
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