Job Prepares His Case 1 DBY Lo, mine eye hath seen all this , mine ear hath heard and understood it. BSB BSB: “Indeed, my eyes have seen all this; my ears have heard and understood.
2 DBY What ye know, I know also: I am not inferior to you. BSB BSB: What you know, I also know; I am not inferior to you.
3 DBY But I will speak to the Almighty, and will find pleasure in reasoning with God; BSB BSB: Yet I desire to speak to the Almighty and argue my case before God.
4 DBY For ye indeed are forgers of lies, ye are all physicians of no value. BSB BSB: You, however, smear with lies; you are all worthless physicians.
5 DBY Oh that ye would be altogether silent! and it would be your wisdom. BSB BSB: If only you would remain silent; for that would be your wisdom!
6 DBY Hear now my defence, and hearken to the pleadings of my lips. BSB BSB: Hear now my argument, and listen to the plea of my lips.
7 DBY Will ye speak unrighteously for God? and for him speak deceit? BSB BSB: Will you speak wickedly on God’s behalf or speak deceitfully for Him?
8 DBY Will ye accept his person? will ye contend for God? BSB BSB: Would you show Him partiality or argue in His defense?
9 DBY Will it be well if he should search you out? or as one mocketh at a man, will ye mock at him? BSB BSB: Would it be well when He examined you? Could you deceive Him as you would deceive a man?
10 DBY He will certainly reprove you, if ye do secretly accept persons. BSB BSB: Surely He would rebuke you if you secretly showed partiality.
11 DBY Shall not his excellency terrify you? and his dread fall upon you? BSB BSB: Would His majesty not terrify you? Would the dread of Him not fall upon you?
12 DBY Your memorable sayings are proverbs of ashes, your bulwarks are bulwarks of mire. BSB BSB: Your maxims are proverbs of ashes; your defenses are defenses of clay.
13 DBY Hold your peace from me, and I will speak, and let come on me what will ! BSB BSB: Be silent, and I will speak. Then let come to me what may.
14 DBY Wherefore should I take my flesh in my teeth, and put my life in my hand? BSB BSB: Why do I put myself at risk and take my life in my own hands?
15 DBY Behold, if he slay me, yet would I trust in him; but I will defend mine own ways before him. BSB BSB: Though He slay me, I will hope in Him. I will still defend my ways to His face.
16 DBY This also shall be my salvation, that a profane man shall not come before his face. BSB BSB: Moreover, this will be my salvation, for no godless man can appear before Him.
17 DBY Hear attentively my speech and my declaration with your ears. BSB BSB: Listen carefully to my words; let my declaration ring in your ears.
18 DBY Behold now, I have ordered the cause; I know that I shall be justified. BSB BSB: See now, I have prepared my case; I know that I will be vindicated.
19 DBY Who is he that contendeth with me? For if I were silent now, I should expire. BSB BSB: Can anyone indict me? If so, I will be silent and die.
20 DBY Only do not two things unto me; then will I not hide myself from thee. BSB BSB: Only grant these two things to me, so that I need not hide from You:
21 DBY Withdraw thy hand far from me; and let not thy terror make me afraid: BSB BSB: Withdraw Your hand from me, and do not let Your terror frighten me.
22 DBY Then call, and I will answer; or I will speak, and answer thou me. BSB BSB: Then call me, and I will answer, or let me speak, and You can reply.
23 DBY How many are mine iniquities and sins? Make me to know my transgression and my sin. BSB BSB: How many are my iniquities and sins? Reveal to me my transgression and sin.
24 DBY Wherefore dost thou hide thy face, and countest me for thine enemy? BSB BSB: Why do You hide Your face and consider me as Your enemy?
25 DBY Wilt thou terrify a driven leaf? and wilt thou pursue dry stubble? BSB BSB: Would You frighten a windblown leaf? Would You chase after dry chaff?
26 DBY For thou writest bitter things against me, and makest me to possess the iniquities of my youth; BSB BSB: For You record bitter accusations against me and bequeath to me the iniquities of my youth.
27 DBY And thou puttest my feet in the stocks, and markest all my paths; thou settest a bound about the soles of my feet; — BSB BSB: You put my feet in the stocks and stand watch over all my paths; You set a limit for the soles of my feet.
28 DBY One who, as a rotten thing consumeth, as a garment that the moth eateth. BSB BSB: So man wastes away like something rotten, like a moth-eaten garment.
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