1 Then Job answered and said,
2 Of a truth I know that it is so:
3 If he be pleased to contend with him,
4 He is
5 Him
6 That shaketh the earth out of its place,
7 That commandeth the sun, and it riseth not,
8 That alone stretcheth out the heavens,
9 That maketh the Bear, Orion, and the Pleiades,
10 That doeth great things past finding out,
11 Lo, he goeth by me, and I see him not:
12 Behold, he seizeth
13 God will not withdraw his anger;
14 How much less shall I answer him,
15 Whom, though I were righteous, yet would I not answer;
16 If I had called, and he had answered me,
17 For he breaketh me with a tempest,
18 He will not suffer me to take my breath,
19 If
20 Though I be righteous, mine own mouth shall condemn me:
21 I am perfect; I regard not myself;
22 It is all one; therefore I say,
23 If the scourge slay suddenly,
24 The earth is given into the hand of the wicked;
25 Now my days are swifter than a post:
26 They are passed away as the swift ships;
27 If I say, I will forget my complaint,
28 I am afraid of all my sorrows,
29 I shall be condemned;
30 If I wash myself with snow water,
31 Yet wilt thou plunge me in the ditch,
32 For he is not a man, as I am, that I should answer him,
33 There is no umpire betwixt us,
34 Let him take his rod away from me,
35 Then would I speak, and not fear him;