Job 9 | ASV Bible Study

Job 9:1 (ASV)
Then Job answered and said,

Job 9:2 (ASV)
Of a truth I know that it is so: But how can man be just with God?

Job 9:3 (ASV)
If he be pleased to contend with him, He cannot answer him one of a thousand.

Job 9:4 (ASV)
`He is' wise in heart, and mighty in strength: Who hath hardened himself against him, and prospered?-

Job 9:5 (ASV)
`Him' that removeth the mountains, and they know it not, When he overturneth them in his anger;

Job 9:6 (ASV)
That shaketh the earth out of its place, And the pillars thereof tremble;

Job 9:7 (ASV)
That commandeth the sun, and it riseth not, And sealeth up the stars;

Job 9:8 (ASV)
That alone stretcheth out the heavens, And treadeth upon the waves of the sea;

Job 9:9 (ASV)
That maketh the Bear, Orion, and the Pleiades, And the chambers of the south;

Job 9:10 (ASV)
That doeth great things past finding out, Yea, marvellous things without number.

Job 9:11 (ASV)
Lo, he goeth by me, and I see him not: He passeth on also, but I perceive him not.

Job 9:12 (ASV)
Behold, he seizeth `the prey', who can hinder him? Who will say unto him, What doest thou?

Job 9:13 (ASV)
God will not withdraw his anger; The helpers of Rahab do stoop under him.

Job 9:14 (ASV)
How much less shall I answer him, And choose out my words `to reason' with him?

Job 9:15 (ASV)
Whom, though I were righteous, yet would I not answer; I would make supplication to my judge.

Job 9:16 (ASV)
If I had called, and he had answered me, Yet would I not believe that he hearkened unto my voice.

Job 9:17 (ASV)
For he breaketh me with a tempest, And multiplieth my wounds without cause.

Job 9:18 (ASV)
He will not suffer me to take my breath, But filleth me with bitterness.

Job 9:19 (ASV)
If `we speak' of strength, lo, `he is' mighty! And if of justice, Who, `saith he', will summon me?

Job 9:20 (ASV)
Though I be righteous, mine own mouth shall condemn me: Though I be perfect, it shall prove me perverse.

Job 9:21 (ASV)
I am perfect; I regard not myself; I despise my life.

Job 9:22 (ASV)
It is all one; therefore I say, He destroyeth the perfect and the wicked.

Job 9:23 (ASV)
If the scourge slay suddenly, He will mock at the trial of the innocent.

Job 9:24 (ASV)
The earth is given into the hand of the wicked; He covereth the faces of the judges thereof: If `it be' not `he', who then is it?

Job 9:25 (ASV)
Now my days are swifter than a post: They flee away, they see no good,

Job 9:26 (ASV)
They are passed away as the swift ships; As the eagle that swoopeth on the prey.

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

Job 9:28 (ASV)
I am afraid of all my sorrows, I know that thou wilt not hold me innocent.

Job 9:29 (ASV)
I shall be condemned; Why then do I labor in vain?

Job 9:30 (ASV)
If I wash myself with snow water, And make my hands never so clean;

Job 9:31 (ASV)
Yet wilt thou plunge me in the ditch, And mine own clothes shall abhor me.

Job 9:32 (ASV)
For he is not a man, as I am, that I should answer him, That we should come together in judgment.

Job 9:33 (ASV)
There is no umpire betwixt us, That might lay his hand upon us both.

Job 9:34 (ASV)
Let him take his rod away from me, And let not his terror make me afraid:

Job 9:35 (ASV)
Then would I speak, and not fear him; For I am not so in myself.

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