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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "//www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="//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 CEV</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /></head><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" 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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">Contemporary English Version</div><div class="chap"><h5 class="sp">Job's Reply to Bildad</h5><h3 class="s1">What You Say Is True</h3><p class="q1"><span class="v18_9_1"><span class="reftext" id="Job.9.1" class="v18_9_1">1</span>Job said:</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_9_2"><span class="reftext" id="Job.9.2" class="v18_9_2">2</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Job.9.2!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> What you say is true.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_9_2">No human is innocent</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v18_9_2">in the sight of God.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_9_3"><span class="reftext" id="Job.9.3" class="v18_9_3">3</span>Not once in a thousand times</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_9_3">could we win our case</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v18_9_3">if we took him to court.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_9_4"><span class="reftext" id="Job.9.4" class="v18_9_4">4</span>God is wise and powerful—</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_9_4">who could possibly</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v18_9_4">oppose him and win?</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_9_5"><span class="reftext" id="Job.9.5" class="v18_9_5">5</span>When God becomes angry,</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_9_5">he can move mountains</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v18_9_5">before they even know it.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_9_6"><span class="reftext" id="Job.9.6" class="v18_9_6">6</span>God can shake the earth loose</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v18_9_6">from its foundations</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_9_7"><span class="reftext" id="Job.9.7" class="v18_9_7">7</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Job.9.7!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> or command the sun and stars</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v18_9_7">to hold back their light.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_9_8"><span class="reftext" id="Job.9.8" class="v18_9_8">8</span>God alone stretched out the sky,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v18_9_8">stepped on the sea,<a href="#fn" id="link_Job.9.8!f.1" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> </span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_9_9"><span class="reftext" id="Job.9.9" class="v18_9_9">9</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Job.9.9!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> and set the stars in place—</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v18_9_9">the Big Dipper and Orion,</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_9_9">the Pleiades and the stars</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v18_9_9">in the southern sky.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_9_10"><span class="reftext" id="Job.9.10" class="v18_9_10">10</span>Of all the miracles God works,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v18_9_10">we cannot understand a one.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_9_11"><span class="reftext" id="Job.9.11" class="v18_9_11">11</span>God walks right past me,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v18_9_11">without making a sound.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_9_12"><span class="reftext" id="Job.9.12" class="v18_9_12">12</span>And if he grabs something,</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_9_12">who can stop him</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v18_9_12">or raise a question?</span></p><p class="b"></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_9_13"><span class="reftext" id="Job.9.13" class="v18_9_13">13</span>When God showed his anger,</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_9_13">the servants of the sea monster<a href="#fn" id="link_Job.9.13!f.1" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> </span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v18_9_13">fell at his feet.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_9_14"><span class="reftext" id="Job.9.14" class="v18_9_14">14</span>How, then, could I possibly</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v18_9_14">argue my case with God?</span></p><h3 class="s1">Though I Am Innocent</h3><p class="q1"><span class="v18_9_15"><span class="reftext" id="Job.9.15" class="v18_9_15">15</span>Even though I am innocent,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v18_9_15">I can only beg for mercy.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_9_16"><span class="reftext" id="Job.9.16" class="v18_9_16">16</span>And if God came into court</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_9_16">when I called him,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v18_9_16">he would not hear my case.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_9_17"><span class="reftext" id="Job.9.17" class="v18_9_17">17</span>He would strike me with a storm<a href="#fn" id="link_Job.9.17!f.1" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> </span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_9_17">and increase my injuries</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v18_9_17">for no reason at all.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_9_18"><span class="reftext" id="Job.9.18" class="v18_9_18">18</span>Before I could get my breath,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v18_9_18">my miseries would multiply.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_9_19"><span class="reftext" id="Job.9.19" class="v18_9_19">19</span>God is much stronger than I am,</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_9_19">and who would call me into court</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v18_9_19">to give me justice?</span></p><p class="b"></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_9_20"><span class="reftext" id="Job.9.20" class="v18_9_20">20</span>Even if I were innocent,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v18_9_20">God would prove me wrong.<a href="#fn" id="link_Job.9.20!f.1" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> </span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_9_21"><span class="reftext" id="Job.9.21" class="v18_9_21">21</span>I am not guilty,</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_9_21">but I no longer care</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v18_9_21">what happens to me.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_9_22"><span class="reftext" id="Job.9.22" class="v18_9_22">22</span>What difference does it make?</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_9_22">God destroys the innocent</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v18_9_22">along with the guilty.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_9_23"><span class="reftext" id="Job.9.23" class="v18_9_23">23</span>When a good person dies</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_9_23">a sudden death,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v18_9_23">God sits back and laughs.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_9_24"><span class="reftext" id="Job.9.24" class="v18_9_24">24</span>And who else but God</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v18_9_24">blindfolds the judges,</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_9_24">then lets the wicked</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v18_9_24">take over the earth?</span></p><h3 class="s1">My Life Is Speeding By</h3><p class="q1"><span class="v18_9_25"><span class="reftext" id="Job.9.25" class="v18_9_25">25</span>My life is speeding by,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v18_9_25">without a hope of happiness.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_9_26"><span class="reftext" id="Job.9.26" class="v18_9_26">26</span>Each day passes swifter</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_9_26">than a sailing ship</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v18_9_26">or an eagle swooping down.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_9_27"><span class="reftext" id="Job.9.27" class="v18_9_27">27</span>Sometimes I try to be cheerful</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v18_9_27">and to stop complaining,</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_9_28"><span class="reftext" id="Job.9.28" class="v18_9_28">28</span>but my sufferings frighten me,</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_9_28">because I know that God</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v18_9_28">still considers me guilty.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_9_29"><span class="reftext" id="Job.9.29" class="v18_9_29">29</span>So what's the use of trying</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v18_9_29">to prove my innocence?</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_9_30"><span class="reftext" id="Job.9.30" class="v18_9_30">30</span>Even if I washed myself</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v18_9_30">with the strongest soap,</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_9_31"><span class="reftext" id="Job.9.31" class="v18_9_31">31</span>God would throw me into a pit</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_9_31">of stinking slime, leaving me</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v18_9_31">disgusting to my clothes.</span></p><p class="b"></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_9_32"><span class="reftext" id="Job.9.32" class="v18_9_32">32</span>God isn't a mere human like me.</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v18_9_32">I can't put him on trial.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_9_33"><span class="reftext" id="Job.9.33" class="v18_9_33">33</span>Who could possibly judge</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v18_9_33">between the two of us?</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_9_34"><span class="reftext" id="Job.9.34" class="v18_9_34">34</span>Can someone snatch away</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_9_34">the stick God carries</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v18_9_34">to frighten me?</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_9_35"><span class="reftext" id="Job.9.35" class="v18_9_35">35</span>Then I could speak up</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_9_35">without fear of him,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v18_9_35">but for now, I cannot speak.<a href="#fn" id="link_Job.9.35!f.1" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> </span></p></div> </div> <a name="fn"></a><br /><br /><br /><b>Footnotes:<br /><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">9.8 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">sea: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">Or “sea monster” (see verse 13 and the note there).</char></note><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">9.13 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">the sea monster: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">The Hebrew text has “Rahab,” which was some kind of sea monster with supernatural powers (see the notes at 3.8 and 26.12).</char></note><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">9.17 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">strike … storm: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text.</char></note><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">9.20 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">God … wrong: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">Or “my own words would prove me wrong.”</char></note><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">9.35 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">but … speak: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew 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