9:1 Then Job answered:
9:1 Then Job answered:

9:2 "Truly I know that it is so: But how can a man be just before God?
9:2 "Indeed I know that this is so; but how can a mortal be just before God?

9:3 If one wished to contend with him, one could not answer him once in a thousand times.
9:3 If one wished to contend with him, one could not answer him once in a thousand.

9:4 He is wise in heart, and mighty in strength -- who has hardened himself against him, and succeeded? --
9:4 He is wise in heart, and mighty in strength--who has resisted him, and succeeded?--

9:5 he who removes mountains, and they know it not, when he overturns them in his anger;
9:5 he who removes mountains, and they do not know it, when he overturns them in his anger;

9:6 who shakes the earth out of its place, and its pillars tremble;
9:6 who shakes the earth out of its place, and its pillars tremble;

9:7 who commands the sun, and it does not rise; who seals up the stars;
9:7 who commands the sun, and it does not rise; who seals up the stars;

9:8 who alone stretched out the heavens, and trampled the waves of the sea;
9:8 who alone stretched out the heavens and trampled the waves of the Sea;

9:9 who made the Bear and Orion, the Plei'ades and the chambers of the south;
9:9 who made the Bear and Orion, the Pleiades and the chambers of the south;

9:10 who does great things beyond understanding, and marvelous things without number.
9:10 who does great things beyond understanding, and marvelous things without number.

9:11 Lo, he passes by me, and I see him not; he moves on, but I do not perceive him.
9:11 Look, he passes by me, and I do not see him; he moves on, but I do not perceive him.

9:12 Behold, he snatches away; who can hinder him? Who will say to him, `What doest thou'?
9:12 He snatches away; who can stop him? Who will say to him, 'What are you doing?'

9:13 "God will not turn back his anger; beneath him bowed the helpers of Rahab.
9:13 "God will not turn back his anger; the helpers of Rahab bowed beneath him.

9:14 How then can I answer him, choosing my words with him?
9:14 How then can I answer him, choosing my words with him?

9:15 Though I am innocent, I cannot answer him; I must appeal for mercy to my accuser.
9:15 Though I am innocent, I cannot answer him; I must appeal for mercy to my accuser.

9:16 If I summoned him and he answered me, I would not believe that he was listening to my voice.
9:16 If I summoned him and he answered me, I do not believe that he would listen to my voice.

9:17 For he crushes me with a tempest, and multiplies my wounds without cause;
9:17 For he crushes me with a tempest, and multiplies my wounds without cause;

9:18 he will not let me get my breath, but fills me with bitterness.
9:18 he will not let me get my breath, but fills me with bitterness.

9:19 If it is a contest of strength, behold him! If it is a matter of justice, who can summon him?
9:19 If it is a contest of strength, he is the strong one! If it is a matter of justice, who can summon him?

9:20 Though I am innocent, my own mouth would condemn me; though I am blameless, he would prove me perverse.
9:20 Though I am innocent, my own mouth would condemn me; though I am blameless, he would prove me perverse.

9:21 I am blameless; I regard not myself; I loathe my life.
9:21 I am blameless; I do not know myself; I loathe my life.

9:22 It is all one; therefore I say, he destroys both the blameless and the wicked.
9:22 It is all one; therefore I say, he destroys both the blameless and the wicked.

9:23 When disaster brings sudden death, he mocks at the calamity of the innocent.
9:23 When disaster brings sudden death, he mocks at the calamity of the innocent.

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 then is it?
9:24 The earth is given into the hand of the wicked; he covers the eyes of its judges--if it is not he, who then is it?

9:25 "My days are swifter than a runner; they flee away, they see no good.
9:25 "My days are swifter than a runner; they flee away, they see no good.

9:26 They go by like skiffs of reed, like an eagle swooping on the prey.
9:26 They go by like skiffs of reed, like an eagle swooping on the prey.

9:27 If I say, `I will forget my complaint, I will put off my sad countenance, and be of good cheer,'
9:27 If I say, 'I will forget my complaint; I will put off my sad countenance and be of good cheer,'

9:28 I become afraid of all my suffering, for I know thou wilt not hold me innocent.
9:28 I become afraid of all my suffering, for I know you will not hold me innocent.

9:29 I shall be condemned; why then do I labor in vain?
9:29 I shall be condemned; why then do I labor in vain?

9:30 If I wash myself with snow, and cleanse my hands with lye,
9:30 If I wash myself with soap and cleanse my hands with lye,

9:31 yet thou wilt plunge me into a pit, and my own clothes will abhor me.
9:31 yet you will plunge me into filth, and my own clothes will abhor me.

9:32 For he is not a man, as I am, that I might answer him, that we should come to trial together.
9:32 For he is not a mortal, as I am, that I might answer him, that we should come to trial together.

9:33 There is no umpire between us, who might lay his hand upon us both.
9:33 There is no umpire between us, who might lay his hand on us both.

9:34 Let him take his rod away from me, and let not dread of him terrify me.
9:34 If he would take his rod away from me, and not let dread of him terrify me,

9:35 Then I would speak without fear of him, for I am not so in myself.
9:35 then I would speak without fear of him, for I know I am not what I am thought to be.