Job 5:8-16
Modern English Version
8 “Indeed, I would appeal to God,
and before God I would set forth my case,
9 who does the great and the inscrutable,
wonders without number.
10 He gives rain on the surface of the earth
and sends water on the outdoor places.
11 He sets on high those who are lowly,
and those who mourn are lifted to safety.
12 He frustrates the schemes of the crafty,
so that their hands cannot perform their plans.
13 He catches the wise in their own craftiness,
and the scheme of the shrewd is swiftly stopped.
14 In the daytime they encounter darkness,
and at noontime they grope as in the night.
15 But the needy He saves from the sword,
from their mouth, and from the hand of the mighty.
16 So the helpless has hope,
and injustice shuts her mouth.
Job 5:8-16
21st Century King James Version
8 “I would seek unto God, and unto God would I commit my cause.
9 He doeth great things and unsearchable, marvelous things without number:
10 He giveth rain upon the earth, and sendeth waters upon the fields,
11 to set up on high those that are low, that those who mourn may be exalted to safety.
12 He disappointeth the devices of the crafty, so that their hands cannot perform their enterprise.
13 He taketh the wise in their own craftiness, and the counsel of the froward is carried headlong.
14 They meet with darkness in the daytime, and grope in the noonday as in the night.
15 But He saveth the poor from the sword, from the mouth and from the hand of the mighty.
16 So the poor hath hope, and iniquity stoppeth her mouth.
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