The Book of Job

Chapter-13

Job 13:1 Behold, my eye has seen all these things, and my ear has heard, and I have understood each one.

 

Job 13:2 In conformity with your knowledge, I also know. I am not inferior to you.

 

Job 13:3 Yet I speak this way to the Almighty, and I desire to argue with God,

 

Job 13:4 having first shown that you fabricate lies and cultivate perverse teachings.

 

Job 13:5 And I wish that you would remain silent, so that you would be counted among the wise.

 

Job 13:6 Therefore, listen to my correction, and pay attention to the judgment of my lips.

 

Job 13:7 Does God require your lie, so that you would speak deceitfully for him?

 

Job 13:8 Have you taken his place, and do you struggle to give judgment in favor of God?

 

Job 13:9 Or, will it please him, from whom nothing can be concealed? Or, will he be deceived, like a man, by your deceitfulness?

 

Job 13:10 He will accuse you because in secret you have preempted his presence.

 

Job 13:11 As soon as he moves himself, he will disturb you, and his dread will fall over you.

 

Job 13:12 Your remembrance will be compared to ashes, and your necks will be reduced to clay.

 

Job 13:13 Be silent for a little while, so that I may speak whatever my mind suggests to me.

 

Job 13:14 Why do I wound my flesh with my teeth, and carry my soul in my hands?

 

Job 13:15 And now, if he would kill me, I will hope in him; in this, truly, I will correct my ways in his sight.

 

Job 13:16 And he will be my savior, for no hypocrite at all will approach in his sight.

 

Job 13:17 Listen to my words, and perceive an enigma with your ears.

 

Job 13:18 If I will be judged, I know that I will be found to be just.

 

Job 13:19 Who is it that will go to judgment with me? Let him approach. Why should I be consumed in silence?

 

Job 13:20 Do not do such things to me twice, and then I will not hide from your face.

 

Job 13:21 Take your hand far away from me, and do not let your dread terrify me.

 

Job 13:22 Call me, and I will answer you, or else I will speak, and you can answer me.

 

Job 13:23 How many iniquities and sins do I have? Reveal my crimes and offenses to me.

 

Job 13:24 Why do you conceal your face and consider me to be your enemy?

 

Job 13:25 Against a leaf, which is carried away by the wind, you reveal your power, and you pursue dry straw.

 

Job 13:26 For you write bitter things against me, and you want to consume me for the sins of my youth.

 

Job 13:27 You have put my feet on a tether, and you have observed all my paths, and you have considered the steps of my feet.

 

Job 13:28 I will be left to decay like something rotten and like a garment that is being eaten by moths.