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<poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/9-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>“If one should want to contend <i>or</i> dispute with Him, <t><p class="indent1">He could not answer Him once in a thousand <i>times</i>. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/9-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>“<i>God</i> is wise in heart and mighty in strength; <t><p class="indent1">Who has [ever] defied <i>or</i> challenged Him and remained unharmed? <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/9-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>“<i>It is God</i> who removes the mountains, and they do not know it, <t><p class="indent1">When He overturns them in His anger; <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/9-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>Who shakes the earth out of its place, <t><p class="indent1">And its pillars tremble; <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/9-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>Who commands the sun, and it does not shine; <t><p class="indent1">Who seals up the stars [from view]; <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/9-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Who alone stretches out the heavens <t><p class="indent1">And tramples down the <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[a]</a></span>waves of the sea; <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/9-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>Who made [the constellations] the Bear, Orion, and the Pleiades, <t><p class="indent1">And the [vast starry] spaces of the south; <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/9-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Who does great things, [beyond understanding,] unfathomable, <t><p class="indent1">Yes, marvelous <i>and</i> wondrous things without number. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/9-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>“Behold, He passes by me, and I do not see Him; <t><p class="indent1">He moves past me, but I do not perceive Him. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/9-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>“Behold, He snatches away; who can restrain <i>or</i> turn Him back? <t><p class="indent1">Who will say to Him, ‘What are You doing?’ <poetry><p class="paragraph"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/9-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>“God will not turn back His anger; <t><p class="indent1">The [proud] helpers of Rahab [the arrogant monster of the sea] bow under Him. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/9-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>“How can I answer Him [and plead my case], <t><p class="indent1">Choosing my words [to reason] with Him? <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/9-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>“For though I were righteous, I could not answer. <t><p class="indent1">I must appeal for mercy to my Opponent <i>and</i> Judge. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/9-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>“If I called and He answered me, <t><p class="indent1">I could not believe that He was listening to my voice. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/9-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>“For He bruises me with a tempest <t><p class="indent1">And multiplies my wounds without cause. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/9-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>“He will not allow me to catch my breath, <t><p class="indent1">But fills <i>and</i> saturates me with bitterness. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/9-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>“If it is a matter of strength <i>and</i> power, behold, <i>He is</i> mighty! <t><p class="indent1">And if of justice, who can summon <i>and</i> challenge Him? <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/9-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>“Though I am innocent <i>and</i> in the right, my own mouth would pronounce me guilty; <t><p class="indent1">Though I am blameless, He would denounce me as guilty. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/9-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>“[Though] I am blameless, <t><p class="indent1">I do not care about myself; <t><p class="indent1">I despise my life. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/9-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>“It is <i>all</i> one; therefore I say, <t><p class="indent1">‘He destroys [both] the blameless and the wicked.’ <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/9-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>“When [His] scourge kills suddenly, <t><p class="indent1">He mocks at the despair of the innocent. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/9-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>“The earth is given into the hands of the wicked; <t><p class="indent1">He covers the faces of its judges [so that they are blind to justice]. <t><p class="indent1">If it is not He, then who is it [that is responsible for all this injustice]? <poetry><p class="paragraph"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/9-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>“Now my days are swifter than a runner; <t><p class="indent1">They vanish, they see no good. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/9-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>“They pass by like the [swift] boats made of reeds, <t><p class="indent1">Like an eagle that swoops down on its prey. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/9-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>“If I say, ‘I will forget my complaint, <t><p class="indent1">I will leave off my sad appearance, and be cheerful <i>and</i> brighten up,’ <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/9-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>I am afraid of all my pains <i>and</i> worries [yet to come]; <t><p class="indent1">I know that You will not acquit me <i>and</i> leave me unpunished. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/9-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>“I am accounted wicked <i>and</i> held guilty; <t><p class="indent1">Why then should I labor in vain [to appear innocent]? <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/9-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>“If I were to wash myself with snow <t><p class="indent1">And cleanse my hands with lye, <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/9-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span>You would still plunge me into the pit, <t><p class="indent1">And my own clothes would hate me [and refuse to cover my foul body]. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/9-32.htm"><b>32</b></a></span>“For God is not a [mere] man, as I am, that I may answer Him, <t><p class="indent1">That we may go to court <i>and</i> judgment together. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/9-33.htm"><b>33</b></a></span>“There is no arbitrator between us, <t><p class="indent1">Who could lay his hand upon us both [would that there were]. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/9-34.htm"><b>34</b></a></span>“Let Him take His rod away from me, <t><p class="indent1">And let not the dread <i>and</i> fear of Him terrify me. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/9-35.htm"><b>35</b></a></span>“<i>Then</i> I would speak [my defense] and not fear Him; <t><p class="indent1">But I am not like that in myself.<A name="fn"></a></p><br /><br /><span class="footnotesbot">[a]</span> <span class="fnverse">8</span> Lit <i>high places</i>.<br></div><br /><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Amplified Bible Copyright © 2015<br>by The Lockman Foundation<br>All rights reserved <a href="http://www.lockman.org">www.lockman.org</a><br><br><a href="/">Bible Hub</a><br>                                                                                                                                <span class="p"><br /><br /></span></div></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../job/8.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Job 8"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Job 8" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../job/10.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Job 10"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Job 10" /></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 align="center"><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhchapnoad.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>