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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><title>Job 9 Literal Standard Version</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head> <script async src="https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-LR4HSKRP2H"></script> <script> window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);} gtag('js', new Date()); gtag('config', 'G-LR4HSKRP2H'); </script><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/job/9.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/job/9-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">LSV</a> > Job 9</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="../menu.htm" width="100%" height="48" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../job/8.htm" title="Job 8">◄</a> Job 9 <a href="../job/10.htm" title="Job 10">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">Literal Standard Version</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/parallel/job/9-1.htm#aramaic" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Verses"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><A name="2"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/9-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>And Job answers and says:<p> <A name="3"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/9-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>“Truly I have known that [it is] so, "" But how is man righteous with God?<p> <A name="4"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/9-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>If he delights to strive with Him—He does not answer him one of a thousand.<p> <A name="5"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/9-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>Wise in heart and strong in power—Who has hardened toward Him and is at peace?<p> <A name="6"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/9-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>Who is removing mountains, "" And they have not known, "" Who has overturned them in His anger.<p> <A name="7"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/9-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>Who is shaking earth from its place, "" And its pillars move themselves.<p> <A name="8"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/9-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>Who is commanding to the sun, and it does not rise, "" And the stars He seals up.<p> <A name="9"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/9-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Stretching out the heavens by Himself, "" And treading on the heights of the sea,<p> <A name="10"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/9-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>Making the Great Bear, Orion, and the Pleiades, "" And the inner chambers of the south.<p> <A name="11"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/9-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Doing great things until there is no searching, "" And wonderful, until there is no numbering.<p> <A name="12"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/9-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Behold, He goes over by me, and I do not see, "" And He passes on, and I do not attend to it.<p> <A name="13"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/9-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>Behold, He snatches away, who brings it back? Who says to Him, What [are] You doing?<p> <A name="14"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/9-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>God does not turn back His anger, "" Proud helpers have bowed under Him.<p> <A name="15"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/9-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>How much less do I answer Him? Choose out my words with Him?<p> <A name="16"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/9-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>Whom, though I were righteous, I do not answer, "" For my judgment I make supplication.<p> <A name="17"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/9-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>Though I had called and He answers me, I do not believe that He gives ear [to] my voice.<p> <A name="18"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/9-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>Because He bruises me with a storm, "" And has multiplied my wounds for nothing.<p> <A name="19"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/9-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>He does not permit me to refresh my spirit, "" But fills me with bitter things.<p> <A name="20"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/9-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>If of power, behold, the Strong One; And if of judgment—who convenes me?<p> <A name="21"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/9-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>If I am righteous, my mouth declares me wicked; [If] I am perfect, it declares me perverse.<p> <A name="22"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/9-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>I am perfect; I do not know my soul, I despise my life.<p> <A name="23"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/9-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>It is the same thing, therefore I said, "" He is consuming the perfect and the wicked.<p> <A name="24"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/9-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>If a scourge puts to death suddenly, He laughs at the trial of the innocent.<p> <A name="25"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/9-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>Earth has been given "" Into the hand of the wicked. He covers the faces of her judges, "" If not—where, who [is] he?<p> <A name="26"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/9-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>My days have been swifter than a runner, "" They have fled, they have not seen good,<p> <A name="27"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/9-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>They have passed on with ships of reed, "" As an eagle darts on food.<p> <A name="28"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/9-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>Though I say, I forget my talking, "" I forsake my corner, and I brighten up!<p> <A name="29"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/9-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>I have been afraid of all my griefs, "" I have known that You do not acquit me.<p> <A name="30"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/9-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>I become wicked; why [is] this? I labor [in] vain.<p> <A name="31"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/9-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>If I have washed myself with snow-water, "" And purified my hands with soap,<p> <A name="32"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/9-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span>Then You dip me in corruption, "" And my garments have detested me.<p> <A name="33"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/9-32.htm"><b>32</b></a></span>But if a man like myself—I answer Him, "" We come together into judgment.<p> <A name="34"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/9-33.htm"><b>33</b></a></span>If there were a mediator between us, "" He places his hand on us both.<p> <A name="35"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/9-34.htm"><b>34</b></a></span>He turns aside His rod from off me, "" And His terror does not make me afraid,<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/job/9-35.htm"><b>35</b></a></span>I speak, and do not fear Him, but I am not right with myself.”<p><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Literal Standard Version<br>Copyright © 2022 by Covenant Press. 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