Job · American Standard Version (1901)
Job 9 American Standard Version (1901)
Audio: World English Bible (WEB), read by Winfred W. Henson · About the recordings
1 Then Job answered and said,
1 Then Job answered,
2 Of a truth I know that it is so: But how can man be just with God?
2 “Truly I know that it is so, but how can man be just with God?
3 If he be pleased to contend with him, He cannot answer him one of a thousand.
3 If he is pleased to contend with him, he can’t answer him one time in a thousand.
4 [He is] wise in heart, and mighty in strength: Who hath hardened himself against him, and prospered?—
4 God is wise in heart, and mighty in strength. Who has hardened himself against him and prospered?
5 [Him] that removeth the mountains, and they know it not, When he overturneth them in his anger;
5 He removes the mountains, and they don’t know it, when he overturns them in his anger.
6 That shaketh the earth out of its place, And the pillars thereof tremble;
6 He shakes the earth out of its place. Its pillars tremble.
7 That commandeth the sun, and it riseth not, And sealeth up the stars;
7 He commands the sun and it doesn’t rise, and seals up the stars.
8 That alone stretcheth out the heavens, And treadeth upon the waves of the sea;
8 He alone stretches out the heavens, and treads on the waves of the sea.
9 That maketh the Bear, Orion, and the Pleiades, And the chambers of the south;
9 He makes the Bear, Orion, and the Pleiades, and the rooms of the south.
10 That doeth great things past finding out, Yea, marvellous things without number.
10 He does great things past finding out; yes, marvelous things without number.
11 Lo, he goeth by me, and I see him not: He passeth on also, but I perceive him not.
11 Behold, he goes by me, and I don’t see him. He passes on also, but I don’t perceive him.
12 Behold, he seizeth [the prey], who can hinder him? Who will say unto him, What doest thou?
12 Behold, he snatches away. Who can hinder him? Who will ask him, ‘What are you doing?’
13 God will not withdraw his anger; The helpers of Rahab do stoop under him.
13 “God will not withdraw his anger. The helpers of Rahab stoop under him.
14 How much less shall I answer him, And choose out my words [to reason] with him?
14 How much less will I answer him, and choose my words to argue with him?
15 Whom, though I were righteous, yet would I not answer; I would make supplication to my judge.
15 Though I were righteous, yet I wouldn’t answer him. I would make supplication to my judge.
16 If I had called, and he had answered me, Yet would I not believe that he hearkened unto my voice.
16 If I had called, and he had answered me, yet I wouldn’t believe that he listened to my voice.
17 For he breaketh me with a tempest, And multiplieth my wounds without cause.
17 For he breaks me with a storm, and multiplies my wounds without cause.
18 He will not suffer me to take my breath, But filleth me with bitterness.
18 He will not allow me to catch my breath, but fills me with bitterness.
19 If [we speak] of strength, lo, [he is] mighty! And if of justice, Who, [saith he], will summon me?
19 If it is a matter of strength, behold, he is mighty! If of justice, ‘Who,’ says he, ‘will summon me?’
20 Though I be righteous, mine own mouth shall condemn me: Though I be perfect, it shall prove me perverse.
20 Though I am righteous, my own mouth will condemn me. Though I am blameless, it will prove me perverse.
21 I am perfect; I regard not myself; I despise my life.
21 I am blameless. I don’t respect myself. I despise my life.
22 It is all one; therefore I say, He destroyeth the perfect and the wicked.
22 “It is all the same. Therefore I say he destroys the blameless and the wicked.
23 If the scourge slay suddenly, He will mock at the trial of the innocent.
23 If the scourge kills suddenly, he will mock at the trial of the innocent.
24 The earth is given into the hand of the wicked; He covereth the faces of the judges thereof: If [it be] not [he], who then is it?
24 The earth is given into the hand of the wicked. He covers the faces of its judges. If not he, then who is it?
25 Now my days are swifter than a post: They flee away, they see no good.
25 “Now my days are swifter than a runner. They flee away. They see no good.
26 They are passed away as the swift ships; As the eagle that swoopeth on the prey.
26 They have passed away as the swift ships, as the eagle that swoops on the prey.
27 If I say, I will forget my complaint, I will put off my [sad] countenance, and be of good cheer;
27 If I say, ‘I will forget my complaint, I will put off my sad face, and cheer up,’
28 I am afraid of all my sorrows, I know that thou wilt not hold me innocent.
28 I am afraid of all my sorrows. I know that you will not hold me innocent.
29 I shall be condemned; Why then do I labor in vain?
29 I will be condemned. Why then do I labor in vain?
30 If I wash myself with snow water, And make my hands never so clean;
30 If I wash myself with snow, and cleanse my hands with lye,
31 Yet wilt thou plunge me in the ditch, And mine own clothes shall abhor me.
31 yet you will plunge me in the ditch. My own clothes will abhor me.
32 For he is not a man, as I am, that I should answer him, That we should come together in judgment.
32 For he is not a man, as I am, that I should answer him, that we should come together in judgment.
33 There is no umpire betwixt us, That might lay his hand upon us both.
33 There is no umpire between us, that might lay his hand on us both.
34 Let him take his rod away from me, And let not his terror make me afraid:
34 Let him take his rod away from me. Let his terror not make me afraid;
35 Then would I speak, and not fear him; For I am not so in myself.
35 then I would speak, and not fear him, for I am not so in myself.
Cross references (33)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 2 Job 4:17; Romans 3:20; Psalm 143:2; Job 25:4; 1 Kings 8:46
- 3 Job 10:2; Job 40:2; 1 John 3:20; 1 John 1:8; Psalm 19:12
- 4 Job 36:5; Ephesians 3:20; Romans 11:33; Exodus 14:17–18; Job 9:19
- 5 Luke 21:11; Matthew 27:51; Habakkuk 3:10; Revelation 11:13; Revelation 16:18–20
- 6 Haggai 2:6; Psalm 75:3; Hebrews 12:26; Job 26:11; Isaiah 2:21
- 7 Isaiah 13:10; Amos 8:9; Luke 21:25–26; Job 37:7; Matthew 24:29
- 8 Isaiah 44:24; Isaiah 40:22; Psalm 104:2–3; Job 37:18; Zechariah 12:1
- 9 Amos 5:8; Genesis 1:16; Job 38:31–41; Psalm 147:4; Acts 28:13
- 10 Job 5:9; Psalm 72:18; Ephesians 3:20; Romans 11:33; Daniel 4:2–3
- 11 Job 23:8–9; Job 35:14; Psalm 77:19; 1 Timothy 6:16
- 12 Job 11:10; Isaiah 45:9; Job 23:13; Romans 11:34; Daniel 4:35
- 13 Psalm 89:10; Job 26:12; Isaiah 51:9; Isaiah 30:7; James 4:6–7
- 14 Job 11:4–5; Job 4:19; Job 9:3; Job 23:7; Job 23:4
- 15 Job 10:15; Job 8:5; Job 22:27; Job 10:2; 1 Peter 2:23
- 16 Exodus 6:9; Psalm 66:18–20; Luke 24:41; Job 29:24; Psalm 18:6
- 17 Job 16:14; Job 2:3; Job 34:6; Job 2:13; Ezekiel 13:13
- 18 Job 7:19; Lamentations 3:15; Hebrews 12:11; Job 3:20; Job 27:2
- 19 Job 9:32–33; Job 9:4; 1 Corinthians 1:25; Job 40:9–10; Matthew 6:13
- 20 Psalm 143:2; Job 34:35; Job 9:2; Psalm 130:3; Philippians 3:12–15
- 21 Job 1:1; Psalm 139:23–24; 1 Corinthians 4:4; Job 7:21; Proverbs 28:26
- 22 Ecclesiastes 9:1–3; Job 10:8; Ezekiel 21:3–4; Luke 13:2–4
- 23 Job 24:12; Hebrews 11:36–37; Ezekiel 14:19–21; Job 8:20; Job 2:7
- 24 Job 10:3; Psalm 73:3–7; Jeremiah 12:1–2; Job 21:7–15; 2 Samuel 15:30
- 25 Job 7:6–7; James 4:14; Psalm 90:9–10; Psalm 39:5; Esther 8:14
- 26 Habakkuk 1:8; Isaiah 18:2; Lamentations 4:19; Jeremiah 4:13; 2 Samuel 1:23
- 27 Job 7:13; Psalm 77:2–3; Job 7:11; Jeremiah 8:18
- 28 Psalm 119:120; Psalm 88:15–16; Job 9:20–21; Job 14:16; Job 10:14
- 29 Job 10:7; Job 10:2; Job 10:14–17; Job 21:16–17; Jeremiah 2:35
- 30 Jeremiah 2:22; Psalm 26:6; 1 John 1:8; Isaiah 1:16–18; Jeremiah 4:14
- 31 Job 15:6; Philippians 3:8–9; Job 9:20; Isaiah 59:6; Isaiah 64:6
- 32 Romans 9:20; Ecclesiastes 6:10; Psalm 143:2; Isaiah 45:9; Numbers 23:19
- 33 1 Samuel 2:25; 1 John 2:1–2; Job 9:19; Psalm 106:23; 1 Kings 3:16–28
- 34 Psalm 39:10; Job 33:7; Job 13:11; Psalm 90:11; Job 13:20–22
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“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).
That which a certain scripture says: "The earth was delivered into the hands of the ungodly." The flesh was given into the power of the Jews; and this that thereby the bag, as it were, might be rent asunder, whence our purchase-price might run out.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 7 (1888)
And this Job said mystically, Which alone spread out the heaven, and walketh upon the sea as on firm ground; signifying to those who understand that He who when present here walked upon the sea is also He who aforetime made the heavens.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)
"The earth is given into the hands of the wicked." What is meant by "earth" being "given into the hands of the ungodly"?
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 8 (1888)
"I slept," because "I have power to lay down My life, and I have power to take it again." "I laid Me down and slept, and rose up again." Rage then the Jews; be "the earth given into the hands of the wicked," be the flesh left to the hands of persecutors, let them on wood suspend it, with nails …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 8 (1888)