Job 9
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Job 9:25-35

25Now my daysH3117 are swifterH7043 than a postH7323: they flee awayH1272, they seeH7200 no goodH2896.

26They are passed awayH2498 asH5973 the swiftH16 shipsH591: as the eagleH5404 that hastethH2907 to the preyH400.1

27If I sayH559, I will forgetH7911 my complaintH7879, I will leave offH5800 my heavinessH6440, and comfortH1082 myself:

28I am afraidH3025 of all my sorrowsH6094, I knowH3045 that thou wilt not hold me innocentH5352.

29If I be wickedH7561, why then labourH3021 I in vainH1892?

30If I washH7364 myself withH7950 snow waterH1119H4325, and make my handsH3709 neverH1253H1252 so cleanH2141;

31YetH227 shalt thou plungeH2881 me in the ditchH7845, and mine own clothesH8008 shall abhorH8581 me.2

32For he is not a manH376, as I am, that I should answerH6030 him, and we should comeH935 togetherH3162 in judgmentH4941.

33Neither isH3426 there any daysmanH3198 betwixt us, that might layH7896 his handH3027 upon us bothH8147.34

34Let him takeH5493 his rodH7626 awayH5493 from me, and let not his fearH367 terrifyH1204 me:

35Then would I speakH1696, and not fearH3372 him; but it is not so with me.5

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Notes

  1. 1. Job 9:26 swift…: or, ships of Ebeh: Heb. ships of desire. ↩
  2. 2. Job 9:31 abhor…: or, make me to be abhorred. ↩
  3. 3. Job 9:33 any…: Heb. one that should argue. ↩
  4. 4. Job 9:33 daysman: or, umpire. ↩
  5. 5. Job 9:35 it is…: Heb. I am not so with myself. ↩

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