¹ H347 Then Job H6030 answered [H8799]   H559 and said [H8799]  ,

² H3045 I know [H8804]   H551 it is so of a truth H582 : but how should man H6663 be just [H8799]   H410 with God?

³ H2654 If he will [H8799]   H7378 contend [H8800]   H6030 with him, he cannot answer [H8799]   H259 him one H505 of a thousand.

⁴ H2450 He is wise H3824 in heart H533 , and mighty H3581 in strength H7185 : who hath hardened [H8689]   H7999 himself against him, and hath prospered [H8799]  ?

⁵ H6275 Which removeth [H8688]   H2022 the mountains H3045 , and they know [H8804]   H2015 not: which overturneth [H8804]   H639 them in his anger.

⁶ H7264 Which shaketh [H8688]   H776 the earth H4725 out of her place H5982 , and the pillars H6426 thereof tremble [H8691]  .

⁷ H559 Which commandeth [H8802]   H2775 the sun H2224 , and it riseth [H8799]   H2856 not; and sealeth up [H8799]   H3556 the stars.

⁸ H5186 Which alone spreadeth out [H8802]   H8064 the heavens H1869 , and treadeth [H8802]   H1116 upon the waves H3220 of the sea.

⁹ H6213 Which maketh [H8802]   H5906 Arcturus H3685 , Orion H3598 , and Pleiades H2315 , and the chambers H8486 of the south.

¹⁰ H6213 Which doeth [H8802]   H1419 great things H369 past H2714 finding out H6381 ; yea, and wonders [H8737]   H4557 without number.

¹¹ H5674 Lo, he goeth [H8799]   H7200 by me, and I see [H8799]   H2498 him not: he passeth on [H8799]   H995 also, but I perceive [H8799]   him not.

¹² H2862 Behold, he taketh away [H8799]   H7725 , who can hinder [H8686]   H559 him? who will say [H8799]   H6213 unto him, What doest [H8799]   thou?

¹³ H433 If God H7725 will not withdraw [H8686]   H639 his anger H7293 , the proud H5826 helpers [H8802]   H7817 do stoop [H8804]   under him.

¹⁴ H6030 How much less shall I answer [H8799]   H977 him, and choose out [H8799]   H1697 my words to reason with him?

¹⁵ H6663 Whom, though I were righteous [H8804]   H6030 , yet would I not answer [H8799]   H2603 , but I would make supplication [H8691]   H8199 to my judge [H8781]  .

¹⁶ H7121 If I had called [H8804]   H6030 , and he had answered [H8799]   H539 me; yet would I not believe [H8686]   H238 that he had hearkened [H8686]   H6963 unto my voice.

¹⁷ H7779 For he breaketh [H8799]   H8183 me with a tempest H7235 , and multiplieth [H8689]   H6482 my wounds H2600 without cause.

¹⁸ H5414 He will not suffer [H8799]   H7725 me to take [H8687]   H7307 my breath H7646 , but filleth [H8686]   H4472 me with bitterness.

¹⁹ H3581 If I speak of strength H533 , lo, he is strong H4941 : and if of judgment H3259 , who shall set [H8686]   me a time to plead ?

²⁰ H6663 If I justify [H8799]   H6310 myself, mine own mouth H7561 shall condemn [H8686]   H8535 me: if I say, I am perfect H6140 , it shall also prove me perverse [H8799]  .

²¹ H8535 Though I were perfect H3045 , yet would I not know [H8799]   H5315 my soul H3988 : I would despise [H8799]   H2416 my life.

²² H259 This is one H559 thing, therefore I said [H8804]   H3615 it, He destroyeth [H8764]   H8535 the perfect H7563 and the wicked.

²³ H7752 If the scourge H4191 slay [H8686]   H6597 suddenly H3932 , he will laugh [H8799]   H4531 at the trial H5355 of the innocent.

²⁴ H776 The earth H5414 is given [H8738]   H3027 into the hand H7563 of the wicked H3680 : he covereth [H8762]   H6440 the faces H8199 of the judges [H8802]   H645 thereof; if not, where, and who is he?

²⁵ H3117 Now my days H7043 are swifter [H8804]   H7323 than a post [H8801]   H1272 : they flee away [H8804]   H7200 , they see [H8804]   H2896 no good.

²⁶ H2498 They are passed away [H8804]   H5973 as H16 the swift H591 ships H5404 : as the eagle H2907 that hasteth [H8799]   H400 to the prey.

²⁷ H559 If I say [H8800]   H7911 , I will forget [H8799]   H7879 my complaint H5800 , I will leave off [H8799]   H6440 my heaviness H1082 , and comfort [H8686]   myself :

²⁸ H3025 I am afraid [H8804]   H6094 of all my sorrows H3045 , I know [H8804]   H5352 that thou wilt not hold me innocent [H8762]  .

²⁹ H7561 If I be wicked [H8799]   H3021 , why then labour [H8799]   H1892 I in vain?

³⁰ H7364 If I wash [H8694]   H7950 myself with H4325 snow water H1119   H3709 , and make my hands H1252 never [H8676]   H1253   H2141 so clean [H8689]  ;

³¹ H227 Yet H2881 shalt thou plunge [H8799]   H7845 me in the ditch H8008 , and mine own clothes H8581 shall abhor [H8765]   me.

³² H376 For he is not a man H6030 , as I am, that I should answer [H8799]   H935 him, and we should come [H8799]   H3162 together H4941 in judgment.

³³ H3426 Neither is H3198 there any daysman [H8688]   H7896 betwixt us, that might lay [H8799]   H3027 his hand H8147 upon us both.

³⁴ H5493 Let him take H7626 his rod H5493 away [H8686]   H367 from me, and let not his fear H1204 terrify [H8762]   me:

³⁵ H1696 Then would I speak [H8762]   H3372 , and not fear [H8799]   him; but it is not so with me.