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I will take my flesh in my teeth,</div><div class="po2">And put my life in my hand.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/13-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>Though He slay me, yet will I trust in Him;</div><div class="po2">But I will argue my ways before Him.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/13-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>This also shall be my salvation,</div><div class="po2">That a hypocrite cannot come before Him.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/13-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>Hear diligently my speech,</div><div class="po2">And let my declaration be in your ears.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/13-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>Behold now, I have ordered my cause;</div><div class="po2">I know that I shall be justified.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/13-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>Who is he that will contend with me?</div><div class="po2">For then would I hold my peace and die.</div> <p class="section"></p><div class="po3"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/13-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>Only do not two things unto me,</div><div class="po2">Then will I not hide myself from Thee:</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/13-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>Withdraw Thy hand far from me;</div><div class="po2">And let not Thy terror make me afraid.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/13-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>Then call Thou, and I will answer;</div><div class="po2">Or let me speak, and answer Thou me.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/13-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>How many are mine iniquities and sins?</div><div class="po2">Make me to know my transgression and my sin.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/13-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>Wherefore hidest Thou Thy face,</div><div class="po2">And holdest me for Thine enemy?</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/13-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>Wilt Thou harass a driven leaf?</div><div class="po2">And wilt Thou pursue the dry stubble?</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/13-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>That Thou shouldest write bitter things against me,</div><div class="po2">And make me to inherit the iniquities of my youth.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/13-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>Thou puttest my feet also in the stocks,</div><div class="po2">And lookest narrowly unto all my paths;</div><div class="po2">Thou drawest Thee a line about the soles of my feet;</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/13-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>Though I am like a wine-skin that consumeth,</div><div class="po2">Like a garment that is moth-eaten.</div></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">THE HOLY SCRIPTURES<br>ACCORDING TO THE MASORETIC TEXT<br>A NEW TRANSLATION<p><a href="//www.jps.org/">Jewish Publication Society</a><br>1917<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/">Bible Hub</a></div></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../job/12.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Job 12"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Job 12" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../job/14.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Job 14"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Job 14" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="rightbox"><div class="padright"><div id="pic"><iframe width="100%" height="860" scrolling="no" src="//biblescan.com/mpad/job/13-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></div></div><div id="rightbox4"><div class="padright2"><div id="spons1"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td class="sp1"><iframe width="122" height="860" scrolling="no" src="../sidemenu.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="bot"><div align="center" style="background-color:#F2FAFF"><br /><br /> <table align="center" width="90%" style="max-width:900px"><tr><td> <div id="rcjsload_a957f3"></div> <script type="text/javascript"> (function() { var referer="";try{if(referer=document.referrer,"undefined"==typeof referer||""==referer)throw"undefined"}catch(exception){referer=document.location.href,(""==referer||"undefined"==typeof referer)&&(referer=document.URL)}referer=referer.substr(0,700); 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