Job 13

1 Lo, my eye hath seen all this, my ear hath heard and understood it.

Lo, my eye has seen all this. My ear has heard and understood it.

2 What ye know, the same do I know also: I am not inferior to you.

What ye know, I also know; I am not inferior to you.

3 Surely I would speak to the Almighty, and I desire to reason with God.

Surely I would speak to the Almighty, and I desire to reason with God.

4 But ye are forgers of lies, ye are all physicians of no value.

But ye are forgers of lies. Ye are all physicians of no value.

5 O that ye would altogether hold your peace! and it should be your wisdom.

O that ye would altogether be silent! And it would be your wisdom.

6 Hear now my reasoning, and hearken to the pleadings of my lips.

Hear now my reasoning, and hearken to the pleadings of my lips.

7 Will ye speak wickedly for God? and talk deceitfully for him?

Will ye speak unrighteously for God, and talk deceitfully for him?

8 Will ye accept his person? will ye contend for God?

Will ye show partiality to him? Will ye contend for God?

9 Is it good that he should search you out? or as one man mocketh another, do ye so mock him?

Is it good that he should search you out? Or as deceiving a man, will ye deceive him?

10 He will surely reprove you, if ye do secretly accept persons.

He will surely reprove you if ye secretly show partiality.

11 Shall not his excellency make you afraid? and his dread fall upon you?

Shall not his majesty make you afraid, and his dread fall upon you?

12 Your remembrances are like ashes, your bodies to bodies of clay.

Your memorable sayings are proverbs of ashes. Your defenses are defenses of clay.

13 Hold your peace, let me alone, that I may speak, and let come on me what will.

Be quiet. Let me alone that I may speak, and let come on me what will.

14 Why do I take my flesh in my teeth, and put my life in my hand?

Why should I take my flesh in my teeth, and put my life in my hand?

15 Though he shall slay me, yet will I trust in him: but I will defend my own ways before him.

Behold, he will kill me; I have no hope. Nevertheless I will maintain my ways before him.

16 He also shall be my salvation: for an hypocrite shall not come before him.

This also shall be my salvation, that a profane man shall not come before him.

17 Hear diligently my speech, and my declaration with your ears.

Hear diligently my speech, and let my declaration be in your ears.

18 Behold now, I have ordered my cause; I know that I shall be justified.

Behold now, I have set my case in order. I know that I am righteous.

19 Who is he that will plead with me? for now, if I hold my tongue, I shall give up the ghost.

Who is he who will contend with me? For then I would keep silent and give up the spirit.

20 Only do not two things to me: then will I not hide myself from thee.

Only do not do two things to me, then I will not hide myself from thy face:

21 Withdraw thy hand far from me: and let not thy dread make me afraid.

Withdraw thy hand far from me, and do not let thy dread make me afraid.

22 Then call thou, and I will answer: or let me speak, and answer thou me.

Then call thou, and I will answer, or let me speak, and answer thou me.

23 How many are my iniquities and sins? make me to know my transgression and my sin.

How many are my iniquities and sins? Make me to know my transgression and my sin.

24 Why hidest thou thy face, and holdest me for thy enemy?

Why do thou hide thy face, and reckon me for thine enemy?

25 Wilt thou break a leaf driven to and fro? and wilt thou pursue the dry stubble?

Will thou harass a driven leaf? And will thou pursue the dry stubble?

26 For thou writest bitter things against me, and makest me to possess the iniquities of my youth.

For thou write bitter things against me, and make me to inherit the iniquities of my youth.

27 Thou puttest my feet also in the stocks, and observest carefully all my paths; thou settest a print upon the heels of my feet.

Thou also put my feet in the stocks, and mark all my paths. Thou set a bound to the soles of my feet.

28 And he, as a rotten thing, consumeth, as a garment that is moth eaten.

Though I am like a rotten thing that decays, like a garment that is moth-eaten.