Job 13

CHAPTER 13 Job's Reproof

1 Behold, [⁴these things ³has seen ¹my ²eye], and [²has heard ¹my ear]. 2 And I know as much as even you know; and [²not ³more senseless ¹I am] than you. 3 But nevertheless, I [²to ³the lord ¹will speak]; and I will reprove before him, if he should be willing. 4 But you are [²physicians ¹unjust], and [³healers ²bad ¹are all]. 5 But it may be good for you to be silent, and it shall turn out to you for wisdom. 6 Hear the reproof of my mouth; [³the judgment ¹and ⁴of my lips ²heed]! 7 Is it not against the lord you speak, and before him you utter a sound of deceit? 8 Or will you keep back? But you yourselves [²judges ¹become]! 9 Is it good if he should track you; for as if [²all things ¹the ones doing] shall you be added to him; 10 in not one thing less shall he reprove you; but if also [²secretly ⁴at persons ¹you shall ³wonder]. 11 Is it not in his awfulness that he shall whirl you, and fear of him shall fall upon you? 12 [⁴shall turn out ¹But ²your ³prancing] equal to ashes, and the body to clay. 13 Be silent, that I shall speak, and rest my rage! 14 Taking my flesh in my teeth, [⁴life ¹even ³my ²I shall put] in my hand. 15 Though [⁴me ³should lay hands against ¹the ²mighty one], since even he begins, in fact I shall speak and reprove before him. 16 And this [⁴to me ¹shall result ²in ³deliverance]; [⁴not ¹for ⁶before ⁷him ²treachery ³shall ⁵enter]. 17 Hear, hear my words! for I will announce in your hearing. 18 Behold, I am near my judgment; I know that [²just ¹I shall appear]. 19 For who is the one passing judgment to me, that now I shall be silent and shall cease? 20 But two things you shall furnish to me, then from your presence I will not hide. 21 Let your hand [²from ³me ¹be at a distance]! and [³in the ⁴fear ⁵of you ¹let me not ²be struck with terror]! 22 Then you shall call, and I will hearken to you; or you shall speak, and I will give you an answer. 23 How many are my sins, and my lawless deeds? Teach me what they are! 24 Why [²from ³me ¹do you hide]; and esteem me contrary to you? 25 Or as a leaf moving by the wind, will you be cautious of me? or as grass borne by the wind, will you be adverse to me? 26 For you wrote down against me bad things, and you invested to me youthful sin. 27 And you put my foot under restraint; and you watched all my works; and into the roots of my feet you attained. 28 I am the one turning old equal to a leather bag, or as [²garment ¹a moth-eaten].