Job Prepares His Case 1 WBS Lo, my eye hath seen all this , my ear hath heard and understood it. BSB BSB: “Indeed, my eyes have seen all this; my ears have heard and understood.
2 WBS What ye know, the same do I know also: I am not inferior to you. BSB BSB: What you know, I also know; I am not inferior to you.
3 WBS Surely I would speak to the Almighty, and I desire to reason with God. BSB BSB: Yet I desire to speak to the Almighty and argue my case before God.
4 WBS But ye are forgers of lies, ye are all physicians of no value. BSB BSB: You, however, smear with lies; you are all worthless physicians.
5 WBS O that ye would altogether hold your peace and it would be your wisdom. BSB BSB: If only you would remain silent; for that would be your wisdom!
6 WBS Hear now my reasoning, and hearken to the pleadings of my lips. BSB BSB: Hear now my argument, and listen to the plea of my lips.
7 WBS Will ye speak wickedly for God? and talk deceitfully for him? BSB BSB: Will you speak wickedly on God’s behalf or speak deceitfully for Him?
8 WBS Will ye accept his person? will ye contend for God? BSB BSB: Would you show Him partiality or argue in His defense?
9 WBS Is it good that he should search you out? or as one man mocketh another, do ye so mock him? BSB BSB: Would it be well when He examined you? Could you deceive Him as you would deceive a man?
10 WBS He will surely reprove you, if ye do secretly accept persons. BSB BSB: Surely He would rebuke you if you secretly showed partiality.
11 WBS Shall not his excellence make you afraid? and his dread fall upon you? BSB BSB: Would His majesty not terrify you? Would the dread of Him not fall upon you?
12 WBS Your remembrances are like to ashes, your bodies to bodies of clay. BSB BSB: Your maxims are proverbs of ashes; your defenses are defenses of clay.
13 WBS Hold your peace, let me alone, that I may speak, and let come on me what will . BSB BSB: Be silent, and I will speak. Then let come to me what may.
14 WBS Why do 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 WBS Though he shall slay me, yet will I trust in him: but I will maintain my 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 WBS He also shall be my salvation: for a hypocrite shall not come before him. BSB BSB: Moreover, this will be my salvation, for no godless man can appear before Him.
17 WBS Hear diligently my speech, and my declaration with your ears. BSB BSB: Listen carefully to my words; let my declaration ring in your ears.
18 WBS Behold now, I have ordered my 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 WBS Who is he that will plead with me? for now, if I hold my tongue, I shall expire. BSB BSB: Can anyone indict me? If so, I will be silent and die.
20 WBS Only do not two things to 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 WBS Withdraw thy hand far from me: and let not thy dread make me afraid. BSB BSB: Withdraw Your hand from me, and do not let Your terror frighten me.
22 WBS Then call thou, and I will answer: or let me speak, and answer thou me. BSB BSB: Then call me, and I will answer, or let me speak, and You can reply.
23 WBS How many are my 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 WBS Why hidest thou thy face, and holdest me for thy enemy? BSB BSB: Why do You hide Your face and consider me as Your enemy?
25 WBS Wilt thou break a leaf driven to and fro? and wilt thou pursue the dry stubble? BSB BSB: Would You frighten a windblown leaf? Would You chase after dry chaff?
26 WBS 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 WBS Thou puttest my feet also in the stocks, and lookest narrowly to all my paths; thou settest a print upon the heels 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 WBS And he, as a rotten thing, consumeth, as a garment that is moth-eaten. BSB BSB: So man wastes away like something rotten, like a moth-eaten garment.
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