Job 13 Unlocked Literal Bible
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1 See, my eye has seen all this; my ear has heard and understood it.
1 “Behold, my eye has seen all this. My ear has heard and understood it.
2 What you know, the same I also know; I am not inferior to you.
2 What you know, I know also. I am not inferior to you.
3 However, I would rather speak with the Almighty; I wish to reason with God.
3 “Surely I would speak to the Almighty. I desire to reason with God.
4 But you whitewash the truth with lies; you are all physicians of no value.
4 But you are forgers of lies. You are all physicians of no value.
5 Oh, that you would altogether hold your peace! That would be your wisdom.
5 Oh that you would be completely silent! Then you would be wise.
6 Hear now my own reasoning; listen to the pleading of my own lips.
6 Hear now my reasoning. Listen to the pleadings of my lips.
7 Will you speak unrighteously for God, and will you talk deceitfully for him?
7 Will you speak unrighteously for God, and talk deceitfully for him?
8 Will you show him partiality? Will you argue the case for God?
8 Will you show partiality to him? Will you contend for God?
9 Will it be good for you when he searches you out? Could you deceive him as you might deceive men?
9 Is it good that he should search you out? Or as one deceives a man, will you deceive him?
10 He would surely reprove you if in secret you showed partiality.
10 He will surely reprove you if you secretly show partiality.
11 Will not his majesty terrify you, and the dread of him fall upon you?
11 Won’t his majesty make you afraid and his dread fall on you?
12 Your memorable sayings are proverbs made of ashes; your defenses are defenses made of clay.
12 Your memorable sayings are proverbs of ashes. Your defenses are defenses of clay.
13 Hold your peace, let me alone, so that I may speak, let come what may on me.
13 “Be silent! Leave me alone, that I may speak. Let come on me what will.
14 I will take my own flesh in my teeth; I will take my life in my hands.
14 Why should I take my flesh in my teeth, and put my life in my hand?
15 See, if he kills me, I will have no hope left; nevertheless, I will defend my ways before him.
15 Behold, he will kill me. I have no hope. Nevertheless, I will maintain my ways before him.
16 This will be the reason for my deliverance, for no godless person would come before him.
16 This also will be my salvation, that a godless man will not come before him.
17 God, listen carefully to my speech; let my declaration come to your ears.
17 Listen carefully to my speech. Let my declaration be in your ears.
18 See now, I have set my defense in order; I know that I am innocent.
18 See now, I have set my cause in order. I know that I am righteous.
19 Who is the one who would argue against me in court? If you came to do so, and if I were proved wrong, then I would be silent and give up my life.
19 Who is he who will contend with me? For then I would hold my peace and give up the spirit.
20 God, do only two things for me, and then I will not hide myself from your face:
20 “Only don’t do two things to me, then I will not hide myself from your face:
21 withdraw your oppressive hand from me, and do not let your terrors make me afraid.
21 withdraw your hand far from me, and don’t let your terror make me afraid.
22 Then call me, and I will answer; or let me speak to you, and you answer me.
22 Then call, and I will answer, or let me speak, and you answer me.
23 How many are my iniquities and sins? Let me know my transgression and my sin.
23 How many are my iniquities and sins? Make me know my disobedience and my sin.
24 Why do you hide your face from me and treat me like your enemy?
24 Why do you hide your face, and consider me your enemy?
25 Will you persecute a driven leaf? Will you pursue dry stubble?
25 Will you harass a driven leaf? Will you pursue the dry stubble?
26 For you write down bitter things against me; you make me inherit the iniquities of my youth.
26 For you write bitter things against me, and make me inherit the iniquities of my youth.
27 You also put my feet in the stocks; you closely watch all my paths; you examine the ground where the soles of my feet have walked
27 You also put my feet in the stocks, and mark all my paths. You set a bound to the soles of my feet,
28 although I am like a rotten thing that wastes away, like a garment that moths have eaten.
28 though I am decaying like a rotten thing, like a garment that is moth-eaten.
Cross references (28)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Job 5:9–16; Job 12:9–25; Job 15:17–18; 1 John 1:3; Job 8:8–10
- 2 Job 12:3; 2 Corinthians 11:16–18; 2 Corinthians 12:11; Job 42:7; Job 40:4–5
- 3 Isaiah 41:21; Job 9:3; Isaiah 1:18–20; Job 13:22; Job 31:35
- 4 Psalm 119:69; Job 16:2; Jeremiah 23:32; Jeremiah 6:14; Mark 5:26
- 5 Proverbs 17:28; James 1:19; Ecclesiastes 5:3; Job 13:13; Job 32:1
- 6 Job 34:2; Proverbs 8:6–7; Job 21:2–3; Job 33:1–3; Judges 9:7
- 7 Job 36:4; Job 27:4; 2 Corinthians 4:2; Romans 3:5–8; Job 4:7
- 8 Proverbs 24:23; Exodus 23:2–3; Job 32:21; Malachi 2:9; Job 34:19
- 9 Galatians 6:7–8; Jeremiah 17:10; Psalm 44:21; Psalm 139:23; Isaiah 28:22
- 10 James 2:9; Psalm 50:21–22; Psalm 82:2; Job 42:7–8
- 11 Psalm 119:120; Job 31:23; Exodus 15:16; Isaiah 8:13; Job 13:21
- 12 Genesis 18:27; Exodus 17:14; 2 Corinthians 5:1; Proverbs 10:7; Psalm 109:15
- 13 Job 7:11; Job 13:5; Job 21:3; Job 10:1; Job 6:9–10
- 14 Judges 12:3; Psalm 119:109; 1 Samuel 19:5; Job 18:4; Ecclesiastes 4:5
- 15 Psalm 23:4; Job 19:25–28; Job 23:10; Romans 8:38–39; 1 John 3:20
- 16 Isaiah 12:1–2; Isaiah 33:14; Psalm 118:21; Psalm 27:1; Job 27:8–10
- 17 Job 33:1; Job 21:2; Job 13:6
- 18 Job 23:4; Job 9:2–3; Job 40:7–8; Isaiah 43:26; Job 16:21
- 19 Isaiah 50:7–8; Job 33:32; Job 10:8; Job 13:13; Job 33:5–7
- 20 Genesis 3:8–10; Psalm 139:12; Revelation 6:15–16; Job 9:34–35
- 21 Job 33:7; Psalm 39:10; Job 9:34; Job 13:11; Job 22:15–17
- 22 Job 14:15; Job 9:16; Job 38:3; Job 42:3–6; Job 40:4–5
- 23 Psalm 139:23; Job 36:8–9; Psalm 44:20–21; Job 22:5
- 24 Job 19:11; Lamentations 2:5; Psalm 13:1; Isaiah 8:17; Job 33:10
- 25 Leviticus 26:36; Job 21:18; 1 Samuel 24:14; Matthew 12:20; Job 14:3
- 26 Psalm 25:7; John 5:14; Job 20:11; Jeremiah 31:19; Job 3:20
- 27 Job 33:11; Job 14:16; Proverbs 7:22; Job 2:7; Acts 16:24
- 28 Psalm 39:11; Job 4:19; Numbers 12:12; Job 30:17–19; Hosea 5:12
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