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DARBY'S TRANSLATION

9:1 And Job answered and said,

9:2 Of a truth I know it is so; but how can man be just with ùGod?

9:3 If he shall choose to strive with him, he cannot answer him one thing of a thousand.

9:4 He is wise in heart and mighty in strength: who hath hardened himself against him, and had peace?

9:5 Who removeth mountains, and they know it not, when he overturneth them in his anger;

9:6 Who shaketh the earth out of its place, and the pillars thereof tremble;

9:7 Who commandeth the sun, and it riseth not, and he sealeth up the stars;

9:8 Who alone spreadeth out the heavens, and treadeth upon the high waves of the sea;

9:9 Who maketh the Bear, Orion, and the Pleiades, and the chambers of the south;

9:10 Who doeth great things past finding out, and wonders without number.

9:11 Lo, he goeth by me, and I see [him] not; and he passeth along, and I perceive him not.

9:12 Behold, he taketh away: who will hinder him? Who will say unto him, What doest thou?

9:13 +God withdraweth not his anger; the proud helpers stoop under him:

9:14 How much less shall I answer him, choose out my words [to strive] with him?

9:15 Whom, though I were righteous, [yet] would I not answer; I would make supplication to my judge.

9:16 If I had called, and he had answered me, I would not believe that he hearkened to my voice, --

9:17 He, who crusheth me with a tempest, and multiplieth my wounds without cause.

9:18 He suffereth me not to take my breath, for he filleth me with bitternesses.

9:19 Be it a question of strength, lo, [he is] strong; and be it of judgment, who will set me a time?

9:20 If I justified myself, mine own mouth would condemn me; were I perfect, he would prove me perverse.

9:21 Were I perfect, [yet] would I not know my soul: I would despise my life.

9:22 It is all one; therefore I said, he destroyeth the perfect and the wicked.

9:23 If the scourge kill suddenly, he mocketh at the trial of the innocent.

9:24 The earth is given over into the hand of the wicked [man]; he covereth the faces of its judges. If not, who then is it?

9:25 And my days are swifter than a runner: they flee away, they see no good.

9:26 They pass by like skiffs of reed; as an eagle that swoops upon the prey.

9:27 If I say, I will forget my complaint, I will leave off my [sad] countenance, and brighten up,

9:28 I am afraid of all my sorrows; I know that thou wilt not hold me innocent.

9:29 Be it that I am wicked, why then do I labour in vain?

9:30 If I washed myself with snow-water, and cleansed my hands in purity,

9:31 Then wouldest thou plunge me in the ditch, and mine own clothes would abhor me.

9:32 For he is not a man, as I am, that I should answer him; that we should come together in judgment.

9:33 There is not an umpire between us, who should lay his hand upon us both.

9:34 Let him take his rod away from me, and let not his terror make me afraid,

9:35 [Then] I will speak, and not fear him; but it is not so with me.