9:1 Then Job answered and said,
9:1 Then Job answered and said:

9:2 I know [it is] so of a truth: but how should man be just with God?
9:2 "Truly I know it is so, But how can a man be righteous before God?

9:3 If he will contend with him, he cannot answer him one of a thousand.
9:3 If one wished to contend with Him, He could not answer Him one time out of a thousand.

9:4 [He is] wise in heart, and mighty in strength: who hath hardened [himself] against him, and hath prospered?
9:4 God is wise in heart and mighty in strength. Who has hardened himself against Him and prospered?

9:5 Which removeth the mountains, and they know not: which overturneth them in his anger.
9:5 He removes the mountains, and they do not know When He overturns them in His anger;

9:6 Which shaketh the earth out of her place, and the pillars thereof tremble.
9:6 He shakes the earth out of its place, And its pillars tremble;

9:7 Which commandeth the sun, and it riseth not; and sealeth up the stars.
9:7 He commands the sun, and it does not rise; He seals off the stars;

9:8 Which alone spreadeth out the heavens, and treadeth upon the waves of the sea.
9:8 He alone spreads out the heavens, And treads on the waves of the sea;

9:9 Which maketh Arcturus, Orion, and Pleiades, and the chambers of the south.
9:9 He made the Bear, Orion, and the Pleiades, And the chambers of the south;

9:10 Which doeth great things past finding out; yea, and wonders without number.
9:10 He does great things past finding out, Yes, wonders without number.

9:11 Lo, he goeth by me, and I see [him] not: he passeth on also, but I perceive him not.
9:11 If He goes by me, I do not see Him; If He moves past, I do not perceive Him;

9:12 Behold, he taketh away, who can hinder him? who will say unto him, What doest thou?
9:12 If He takes away, who can hinder Him? Who can say to Him, 'What are You doing?'

9:13 [If] God will not withdraw his anger, the proud helpers do stoop under him.
9:13 God will not withdraw His anger, The allies of the proud lie prostrate beneath Him.

9:14 How much less shall I answer him, [and] choose out my words [to reason] with him?
9:14 "How then can I answer Him, And choose my words to reason with Him?

9:15 Whom, though I were righteous, [yet] would I not answer, [but] I would make supplication to my judge.
9:15 For though I were righteous, I could not answer Him; I would beg mercy of my Judge.

9:16 If I had called, and he had answered me; [yet] would I not believe that he had hearkened unto my voice.
9:16 If I called and He answered me, I would not believe that He was listening to my voice.

9:17 For he breaketh me with a tempest, and multiplieth my wounds without cause.
9:17 For He crushes me with a tempest, And multiplies my wounds without cause.

9:18 He will not suffer me to take my breath, but filleth me with bitterness.
9:18 He will not allow me to catch my breath, But fills me with bitterness.

9:19 If [I speak] of strength, lo, [he is] strong: and if of judgment, who shall set me a time [to plead]?
9:19 If it is a matter of strength, indeed He is strong; And if of justice, who will appoint my day in court?

9:20 If I justify myself, mine own mouth shall condemn me: [if I say], I [am] perfect, it shall also prove me perverse.
9:20 Though I were righteous, my own mouth would condemn me; Though I were blameless, it would prove me perverse.

9:21 [Though] I [were] perfect, [yet] would I not know my soul: I would despise my life.
9:21 "I am blameless, yet I do not know myself; I despise my life.

9:22 This [is] one [thing], therefore I said [it], He destroyeth the perfect and the wicked.
9:22 It is all one thing; Therefore I say, 'He destroys the blameless and the wicked.'

9:23 If the scourge slay suddenly, he will laugh at the trial of the innocent.
9:23 If the scourge slays suddenly, He laughs at the plight of the innocent.

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?
9:24 The earth is given into the hand of the wicked. He covers the faces of its judges. If it is not He, who else could it be?

9:25 Now my days are swifter than a post: they flee away, they see no good.
9:25 "Now my days are swifter than a runner; They flee away, they see no good.

9:26 They are passed away as the swift ships: as the eagle [that] hasteth to the prey.
9:26 They pass by like swift ships, Like an eagle swooping on its prey.

9:27 If I say, I will forget my complaint, I will leave off my heaviness, and comfort [myself]:
9:27 If I say, 'I will forget my complaint, I will put off my sad face and wear a smile,'

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

9:29 [If] I be wicked, why then labour I in vain?
9:29 If I am condemned, Why then do I labor in vain?

9:30 If I wash myself with snow water, and make my hands never so clean;
9:30 If I wash myself with snow water, And cleanse my hands with soap,

9:31 Yet shalt thou plunge me in the ditch, and mine own clothes shall abhor me.
9:31 Yet You will plunge me into the pit, And my own clothes will abhor me.

9:32 For [he is] not a man, as I [am, that] I should answer him, [and] we should come together in judgment.
9:32 "For He is not a man, as I am, That I may answer Him, And that we should go to court together.

9:33 Neither is there any daysman betwixt us, [that] might lay his hand upon us both.
9:33 Nor is there any mediator between us, Who may lay his hand on us both.

9:34 Let him take his rod away from me, and let not his fear terrify me:
9:34 Let Him take His rod away from me, And do not let dread of Him terrify me.

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