Job 13

Berean Standard Bible

Job Prepares His Case

1“IndeedH2005, my eyesH5869 have seenH7200 all thisH3605; my earsH241 have heardH8085 and understoodH995.2What you knowH1847, IH589 alsoH1571 knowH3045; IH595 am notH3808 inferiorH5307 to you.3YetH199 IH589 desireH2654 to speakH1696 toH413 the AlmightyH7706 and argue my caseH3198 beforeH413 GodH410.4YouH859, howeverH199, smearH2950 with liesH8267; you are allH3605 worthlessH457 physiciansH7495.5If onlyH4310 H5414 you would remain silentH2790; for that would beH1961 your wisdomH2451!

6HearH8085 nowH4994 my argumentH8433,and listenH7181 to the pleaH7379 of my lipsH8193.7Will you speakH1696 wickedlyH5766 on God’s behalfH410or speakH1696 deceitfully for HimH7423?8Would you show Him partialityH6440 H5375orH518 argueH7378 in His defenseH410?9Would it be wellH2896 whenH3588 He examined youH2713 ?Could you deceiveH2048 Him as you would deceiveH2048 a manH582?10Surely He would rebukeH3198 youH853ifH518 you secretlyH5643 showed partialityH6440 H5375.11Would His majestyH7613 notH3808 terrify youH1204 ?Would the dread of HimH6343 not fallH5307 upon youH5921?12Your maximsH2146 are proverbsH4912 of ashesH665;your defensesH1354 are defensesH1354 of clayH2563.

13Be silentH2790 H4480, and IH589 will speakH1696.Then let comeH5674 to meH5921 whatH4100 may.14WhyH5921 H4100 do I put myselfH1320 at riskH5375 H8127 1and takeH7760 my lifeH5315 in my own handsH3709?15ThoughH2005 He slay meH6991 H3808, I will hope in HimH3176.2I will stillH389 defendH3198 my waysH1870 toH413 His faceH6440.16MoreoverH1571, this will beH1931 my salvationH3444,forH3588 noH3808 godless manH2611 can appearH935 before HimH6440.17Listen carefullyH8085 to my wordsH4405;let my declarationH262 ring in your earsH241.18SeeH2009 nowH4994, I have preparedH6186 my caseH4639;I knowH3045 thatH3588 IH589 will be vindicatedH6663.19Can anyoneH4310 H1931 indictH7378 meH5978?IfH3588 soH6258, I will be silentH2790 and dieH1478.

20OnlyH389 grantH6213 these twoH8147 H408 things to meH5978,so thatH227 I need notH3808 hideH5641 from YouH6440:21WithdrawH7368 Your handH3709 from meH5921,and do notH408 let Your terrorH367 frighten meH1204.22Then call meH7121, and IH595 will answerH6030,orH176 let me speakH1696, and You can replyH7725.23How manyH4100 are my iniquitiesH5771 and sinsH2403?Reveal to meH3045 my transgressionH6588 and sinH2403.24WhyH4100 do You hideH5641 Your faceH6440and consider meH2803 as Your enemyH341?25Would You frightenH6206 a windblownH5086 leafH5929?Would You chase afterH7291 dryH3002 chaffH7179?26ForH3588 You recordH3789 bitter accusationsH4846 against meH5921and bequeath to meH3423 the iniquitiesH5771 of my youthH5271.27You putH7760 my feetH7272 in the stocksH5465and stand watchH8104 over allH3605 my pathsH734;You set a limitH2707forH5921 the solesH8328 of my feetH7272.

28So manH1931 wastes awayH1086 like something rottenH7538,like a moth-eatenH398 H6211 garmentH899.