< Job 13 >

1 Look, I've seen all this with my own eyes, and heard it with my own ears, and I understand it.
look! all to see: see eye my to hear: hear ear my and to understand to/for her
2 I know what you know. You're no better than me.
like/as knowledge your to know also I not to fall: fall I from you
3 But I would still like to speak to the Almighty: I want to prove myself to God!
but I to(wards) Almighty to speak: speak and to rebuke to(wards) God to delight in
4 As for you, you cover things up by telling lies! You are all like doctors who can't heal anyone!
and but you(m. p.) to smear deception to heal idol all your
5 I wish you would all be quiet! That would be the wisest thing for you to do.
who? to give: give be quiet be quiet [emph?] and to be to/for you to/for wisdom
6 Listen to my argument and pay attention to what I have to say.
to hear: hear please argument my and strife lips my to listen
7 Do you think you can tell lies to defend God? Are you talking deceitfully on his behalf?
to/for God to speak: speak injustice and to/for him to speak: speak deceit
8 Or are you wanting to show God favoritism? Are you going to argue God's case for him?
face: kindness his to lift: kindness [emph?] if: surely no to/for God to contend [emph?]
9 Will you be found to be doing good when God examines you? Can you fool him as if he's a human being?
pleasant for to search [obj] you if: surely no like/as to deceive in/on/with human to deceive in/on/with him
10 No, he will definitely rebuke you if you secretly show him favoritism!
to rebuke to rebuke [obj] you if in/on/with secrecy face to lift: kindness [emph?]
11 Isn't his majesty terrifying to you? Aren't you so afraid of him you're paralyzed?
not elevation his to terrify [obj] you and dread his to fall: fall upon you
12 Your sayings are as helpful as ashes; your arguments as weak as clay.
memorial your proverb ashes to/for back/rim/brow clay back/rim/brow your
13 Be quiet. Don't talk to me. Let me speak, come what may.
be quiet from me and to speak: speak I and to pass upon me what?
14 I take responsibility for myself; I am ready to risk my life.
upon what? to lift: raise flesh my in/on/with tooth my and soul: life my to set: put in/on/with palm my
15 Even though he kills me, I will hope in him. I am still going to defend my ways before him.
look! to slay me (to/for him *QK) to wait: hope surely way: conduct my to(wards) face his to rebuke
16 By doing this I will be saved since no godless person could come before him.
also he/she/it to/for me to/for salvation for not to/for face: before his profane to come (in): come
17 Listen carefully to what I say, pay attention to my explanation.
to hear: hear to hear: hear speech my and declaration my in/on/with ear your
18 Look, I've prepared my case—I know I will be proved right.
behold please to arrange justice: judgement to know for I to justify
19 Who wants to argue with me? If I'm proved wrong, I'm prepared to be quiet and die.
who? he/she/it to contend with me me for now be quiet and to die
20 God, I have two requests, then I can face you.
surely two not to make: offer with me me then from face your not to hide
21 Stop beating me, and stop terrifying me.
palm your from upon me to remove and terror your not to terrify me
22 Then call, and I will answer. Or let me speak, and then answer me.
and to call: call to and I to answer or to speak: speak and to return: reply me
23 What are my sins and iniquities? Show me what have I done wrong; how have I rebelled against you?
like/as what? to/for me iniquity: crime and sin transgression my and sin my to know me
24 Why are you unfriendly towards me? Why do you treat me as your enemy?
to/for what? face your to hide and to devise: think me to/for enemy to/for you
25 Would you frighten a leaf blown by the wind or hunt down a piece of straw?
leaf to drive to tremble and [obj] stubble dry to pursue
26 For you write down bitter things against me and pay me back for the sins of my youth.
for to write upon me gall and to possess: possess me iniquity: crime youth my
27 You put my feet in the stocks. You keep an eye on every step I take. You even inspect my footprints!
and to set: put in/on/with stock foot my and to keep: look at all way my upon root foot my to engrave
28 I'm falling apart like something rotten, like moth-eaten clothes.
and he/she/it like/as rottenness to become old like/as garment to eat him moth

< Job 13 >